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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 362 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Name the tense: “I jog in the park.” (a) present continuous (b) present perfect (c) simple future (d) simple present
  2. 2.My brother ___ tea two days ago. (a) maked (b) will make (c) makes (d) made
  3. 3.They have just ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eating (c) ate (d) eaten
  4. 4.Name the tense: “She will cook rice.” (a) simple past (b) present perfect (c) present continuous (d) simple future
  5. 5.They ___ milk at the moment. (a) are drink (b) is drinking (c) are drinking (d) am drinking
  6. 6.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  7. 7.When Dad called, we ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) had (c) has
  8. 8.He ___ rice at 8 pm yesterday. (a) was cook (b) is cooking (c) was cooking (d) were cooking
  9. 9.Rahul did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
  10. 10.___ you bringing lunch at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  11. 11.You ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) win (c) won (d) winned
  12. 12.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
  13. 13.Choose the right verb: All the students ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  14. 14.I ___ in the pool at the moment. (a) are swimming (b) is swimming (c) am swimming (d) am swim
  15. 15.My brother ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) have clapped (b) had clap (c) has clapped (d) had clapped
  16. 16.The children ___ a letter when the phone rang. (a) were write (b) was writing (c) are writing (d) were writing
  17. 17.When Dad called, Arjun ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
  18. 18.You have had this bicycle ___ last year. (a) for (b) since
  19. 19.By the time we reached, we ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
  20. 20.They ___ in this school since 2022. (a) has studied (b) studied (c) study (d) have studied
  21. 21.I ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
  22. 22.Which is the correct -ing form of “bring”? (a) bringging (b) bringeing (c) bringing
  23. 23.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
  24. 24.___ Saanvi carry the bag in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
  25. 25.Name the tense: “Vivaan has built a sandcastle.” (a) past continuous (b) past perfect (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
  26. 26.The children ___ in Delhi since 2020. (a) have worked (b) worked (c) work (d) has worked
  27. 27.My brother ___ the ball right now. (a) is catch (b) am catching (c) are catching (d) is catching
  28. 28.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ the match. (a) has won (b) had won (c) have won (d) had win
  29. 29.The students are going to ___ science next Sunday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  30. 30.When Dad called, my parents ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had
  31. 31.Name the tense: “My sister had studied science.” (a) present perfect (b) past perfect (c) present continuous (d) past continuous
  32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, Ira ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
  33. 33.Omkar ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throws (d) will throw
  34. 34.Choose the right verb: Every student ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  35. 35.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) had swum (c) has swum (d) had swam
  36. 36.The students ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
  37. 37.Name the tense: “The children helped Grandma.” (a) simple future (b) present perfect (c) simple past (d) simple present
  38. 38.Which is the correct -ing form of “draw”? (a) drawwing (b) draweing (c) drawing
  39. 39.You ___ a mango now. (a) are eating (b) am eating (c) are eat (d) is eating
  40. 40.Choose the right verb: There ___ an apple on the plate. (a) is (b) are

Answer key

  1. simple present
  2. made
  3. eaten
  4. simple future
  5. are drinking
  6. has
  7. had
  8. was cooking
  9. feed
  10. Are
  11. won
  12. drew
  13. have
  14. am swimming
  15. had clapped
  16. were writing
  17. had
  18. since
  19. had cleaned
  20. have studied
  21. had studied
  22. bringing
  23. made
  24. Did
  25. present perfect
  26. have worked
  27. is catching
  28. had won
  29. study
  30. had
  31. past perfect
  32. had washed
  33. threw
  34. has
  35. had swum
  36. spoke
  37. simple past
  38. drawing
  39. are eating
  40. is

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