Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 369 · 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.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyying (c) buyeing
2. 2.Name the tense: “He is throwing the ball.” (a) past continuous (b) simple present (c) present continuous (d) past perfect
3. 3.They ___ the dishes when the bell rang. (a) were washing (b) were wash (c) are washing (d) was washing
4. 4.You ___ the train every Sunday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take
5. 5.Kunal has known my best friend ___ a long time. (a) since (b) for
6. 6.We ___ a tree right now. (a) are planting (b) is planting (c) am planting (d) are plant
7. 7.Name the tense: “Arjun is making tea.” (a) simple future (b) present continuous (c) present perfect (d) simple present
8. 8.I ___ drink milk every Sunday. (a) doesn't (b) aren't (c) don't
9. 9.The children ___ a tree on Saturdays. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting
10. 10.Zoya ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) will write (d) writed
11. 11.My friends ___ with Nani since 2019. (a) stay (b) have stayed (c) stayed (d) has stayed
12. 12.We ___ a cake at the moment. (a) am baking (b) are bake (c) are baking (d) is baking
13. 13.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
14. 14.Zoya ___ play cricket every Sunday. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
15. 15.Name the tense: “She carried the bag.” (a) past continuous (b) present continuous (c) simple past (d) simple present
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, Aditya ___ a bicycle. (a) had ridden (b) had rode (c) have ridden (d) has ridden
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, you ___ for the team. (a) have clapped (b) had clap (c) has clapped (d) had clapped
18. 18.My friends ___ going to carry the bag next month. (a) am (b) is (c) are
19. 19.I ___ in the park at 8 pm yesterday. (a) am running (b) were running (c) was running (d) was run
20. 20.You ___ fly a kite every day. (a) don't (b) doesn't (c) aren't
21. 21.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runeing (b) runing (c) running
22. 22.He ___ in this school since 2022. (a) have studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) has studied
23. 23.Choose the right verb: Mathematics ___ my favourite subject. (a) are (b) is
24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) clapeing (b) clapping (c) claping
25. 25.I ___ going to help Grandma next month. (a) are (b) is (c) am
26. 26.I ___ in the park when Mum came home. (a) was jog (b) was jogging (c) were jogging (d) am jogging
27. 27.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) jogeing (b) joging (c) jogging
28. 28.Choose the right verb: There ___ a mango in the basket. (a) are (b) is
29. 29.My sister ___ feed the dog on Saturdays. (a) don't (b) doesn't (c) isn't
30. 30.I ___ a picture at 8 pm yesterday. (a) were drawing (b) was drawing (c) am drawing (d) was draw
31. 31.When Dad called, they ___ already danced on the stage. (a) have (b) has (c) had
32. 32.You ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) have drunk (b) had drank (c) has drunk (d) had drunk
33. 33.Name the tense: “We will wash the dishes.” (a) simple future (b) present perfect (c) simple past (d) simple present
34. 34.The students ___ in the pool when the bell rang. (a) were swim (b) are swimming (c) were swimming (d) was swimming
35. 35.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
36. 36.When the phone rang, my sister ___ Grandma. (a) were helping (b) was helping (c) is helping (d) was help
37. 37.She has lived in Pune ___ January. (a) for (b) since
38. 38.When Dad called, I ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
39. 39.Neel ___ a cap when the bell rang. (a) is wearing (b) was wearing (c) was wear (d) were wearing
40. 40.My cousins have just ___ a cartoon. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch

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