Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 383 · 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.___ Ishaan going to school at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
2. 2.Kabir ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) have planted (b) had planted (c) had plant (d) has planted
3. 3.___ she drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.When Dad called, Kavya ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.___ he drink milk twice a week? (a) Do (b) Are (c) Does (d) Is
6. 6.Pooja ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) had played (b) has played (c) had play (d) have played
7. 7.We ___ the dishes every day. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes
8. 8.We ___ vegetables when it started to rain. (a) were buy (b) are buying (c) were buying (d) was buying
9. 9.She ___ a bicycle every day. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides
10. 10.At 8 pm yesterday, she ___ a message. (a) were sending (b) was send (c) was sending (d) is sending
11. 11.My brother ___ tea tomorrow. (a) will make (b) made (c) will making (d) will makes
12. 12.Choose the right verb: Neither Nisha nor the twins ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
13. 13.Choose the right verb: Every player ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
14. 14.___ we ride a bicycle on Saturdays? (a) Are (b) Do (c) Is (d) Does
15. 15.I ___ going to jog in the park next week. (a) is (b) are (c) am
16. 16.We ___ Grandma next month. (a) helped (b) will helping (c) will help (d) will helps
17. 17.We ___ cleaned the room already. (a) has (b) have
18. 18.___ the students bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.You ___ the dog every morning. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding
20. 20.___ he tell a story last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had sent (c) had send (d) have sent
22. 22.Diya ___ Grandma next week. (a) will helping (b) will help (c) will helps (d) helped
23. 23.When it started to rain, she ___ a cartoon. (a) is watching (b) were watching (c) was watching (d) was watch
24. 24.My friends ___ in Pune since 2019. (a) has lived (b) live (c) lived (d) have lived
25. 25.My parents ___ the train before the guests arrived. (a) have taken (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) had took
26. 26.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
27. 27.Farhan ___ a tree at 8 pm yesterday. (a) is climbing (b) were climbing (c) was climb (d) was climbing
28. 28.Aditya ___ the ball now. (a) is catch (b) are catching (c) am catching (d) is catching
29. 29.Saanvi ___ in the pool next Sunday. (a) will swims (b) swam (c) will swim (d) will swimming
30. 30.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) have taken
31. 31.We ___ a song next week. (a) sang (b) will singing (c) will sing (d) will sings
32. 32.Name the tense: “He flies a kite.” (a) present continuous (b) present perfect (c) past continuous (d) simple present
33. 33.When Mum came home, my brother ___ a bicycle. (a) was ride (b) were riding (c) is riding (d) was riding
34. 34.When it started to rain, my brother ___ in the park. (a) is running (b) was running (c) were running (d) was run
35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinkeing (c) drinkking
36. 36.Sneha did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) wins (c) won (d) winning
37. 37.He ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) have baked
38. 38.She has just ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
39. 39.My friends have just ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buying (d) buys
40. 40.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed

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