Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 409 · 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.When Mum came home, Aisha ___ on the stage. (a) were dancing (b) is dancing (c) was dancing (d) was dance
2. 2.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
3. 3.I ___ the room at the moment. (a) am clean (b) is cleaning (c) am cleaning (d) are cleaning
4. 4.When Mum came home, Karan ___ a cake. (a) is baking (b) were baking (c) was bake (d) was baking
5. 5.At 8 pm yesterday, you ___ a sandcastle. (a) were build (b) were building (c) are building (d) was building
6. 6.My friends ___ play cricket every Sunday. (a) aren't (b) doesn't (c) don't
7. 7.I am going to ___ the dishes next Sunday. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washed (d) washing
8. 8.Name the tense: “He is washing the dishes.” (a) present continuous (b) simple present (c) past perfect (d) present perfect
9. 9.You ___ rice at 8 pm yesterday. (a) are cooking (b) were cooking (c) was cooking (d) were cook
10. 10.Choose the right verb: Either the twins or Myra ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
11. 11.They ___ going to plant a tree tomorrow. (a) is (b) are (c) am
12. 12.She has just ___ the dishes. (a) washes (b) washed (c) washing (d) wash
13. 13.Ira ___ on the stage when the phone rang. (a) was dancing (b) were dancing (c) was dance (d) is dancing
14. 14.We ___ in the park now. (a) am running (b) are running (c) is running (d) are run
15. 15.___ my sister playing cricket right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
16. 16.They ___ the dog next week. (a) will feeds (b) will feeding (c) will feed (d) fed
17. 17.We have just ___ Hindi. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) spoken (d) speaking
18. 18.Name the tense: “She will dance on the stage.” (a) simple present (b) present perfect (c) present continuous (d) simple future
19. 19.Ananya ___ going to build a sandcastle next week. (a) am (b) are (c) is
20. 20.You did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) told (c) tell (d) telling
21. 21.My parents have just ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
22. 22.By the time Mum came home, they ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) have taken
23. 23.___ she singing a song at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
24. 24.He ___ a song next week. (a) will singing (b) will sing (c) sang (d) will sings
25. 25.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
26. 26.You ___ in this school since 2021. (a) has taught (b) teach (c) taught (d) have taught
27. 27.Karan did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
28. 28.He ___ going to build a sandcastle next Sunday. (a) is (b) am (c) are
29. 29.Name the tense: “I was cooking rice.” (a) simple present (b) past continuous (c) simple past (d) past perfect
30. 30.She ___ the match two days ago. (a) will win (b) wins (c) winned (d) won
31. 31.When Mum came home, Rohan ___ a picture. (a) is drawing (b) was drawing (c) was draw (d) were drawing
32. 32.We ___ a cap every day. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing
33. 33.Manav ___ going to watch a cartoon next week. (a) are (b) am (c) is
34. 34.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyying (b) buying (c) buyeing
35. 35.Omkar ___ rice every morning. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook
36. 36.When it started to rain, he ___ on the stage. (a) is dancing (b) was dancing (c) were dancing (d) was dance
37. 37.When the bell rang, my sister ___ Grandma. (a) is helping (b) was help (c) were helping (d) was helping
38. 38.My brother ___ buy vegetables twice a week. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
39. 39.The children ___ the ball next month. (a) will throws (b) will throwing (c) threw (d) will throw
40. 40.Name the tense: “I had helped Grandma.” (a) present continuous (b) simple present (c) past continuous (d) past perfect

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