Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 333 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Time word first): Find the time word: every day, now, yesterday, tomorrow, since, before … Choose the tense it needs. Fit the verb to the subject: he / she → -s, is, has, was; I → am; we / they → are, have, were.

1. 1.My brother ___ a letter at 8 pm yesterday. (a) was write (b) is writing (c) were writing (d) was writing
2. 2.My brother is going to ___ a song tomorrow. (a) sang (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
3. 3.She ___ planted a tree already. (a) have (b) has
4. 4.We have just ___ Grandma. (a) help (b) helped (c) helps (d) helping
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, Ira ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) has spoken (d) had spoken
6. 6.Choose the right verb: Every student ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
7. 7.Name the tense: “I will feed the dog.” (a) present continuous (b) simple past (c) past continuous (d) simple future
8. 8.She ___ in this school since 2020. (a) taught (b) has taught (c) teaches (d) have taught
9. 9.Choose the right verb: Each of the players ___ a name tag. (a) have (b) has
10. 10.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 6. (a) is (b) are
11. 11.My sister has just ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) caught
12. 12.___ my brother dancing on the stage now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
13. 13.Kunal ___ drink milk twice a week. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) isn't
14. 14.Choose the right verb: Either Dev or the girls ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
15. 15.When Mum came home, we ___ a story. (a) were tell (b) was telling (c) were telling (d) are telling
16. 16.Yash ___ going to run in the park next month. (a) am (b) are (c) is
17. 17.The children ___ the dishes last week. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) washed (d) have washed
18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpeing (b) helping (c) helpping
19. 19.Choose the right verb: One of my cousins ___ in Class 9. (a) are (b) is
20. 20.My cousins ___ carry the bag every morning. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) aren't
21. 21.He has had this bicycle ___ five years. (a) for (b) since
22. 22.Yash ___ a song when the phone rang. (a) was sing (b) is singing (c) was singing (d) were singing
23. 23.I did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch (d) watching
24. 24.You ___ a cake next week. (a) will baking (b) will bakes (c) will bake (d) baked
25. 25.___ we baking a cake at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
26. 26.You did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
27. 27.Choose the right verb: The box of pencils ___ on the table. (a) is (b) are
28. 28.They ___ a message yesterday. (a) sended (b) sent (c) send (d) will send
29. 29.My sister ___ a picture every day. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws
30. 30.Which is the correct -ing form of “plant”? (a) planteing (b) plantting (c) planting
31. 31.I ___ going to buy vegetables next month. (a) is (b) are (c) am
32. 32.My parents ___ the dog at the moment. (a) am feeding (b) are feeding (c) are feed (d) is feeding
33. 33.We ___ in the park when it started to rain. (a) are running (b) was running (c) were run (d) were running
34. 34.You ___ on the stage twice a week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances
35. 35.Ira ___ rice at 8 pm yesterday. (a) is cooking (b) was cook (c) were cooking (d) was cooking
36. 36.You ___ in the pool every day. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims
37. 37.When Dad called, the students ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
38. 38.___ they feed the dog on Saturdays? (a) Do (b) Is (c) Does (d) Are
39. 39.The children ___ going to bring lunch tomorrow. (a) am (b) is (c) are
40. 40.We have just ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch

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