Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 416 · 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 friends ___ the dog every morning. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding
2. 2.When the bell rang, you ___ a mango. (a) are eating (b) were eating (c) were eat (d) was eating
3. 3.They ___ the dog every morning. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding
4. 4.Myra ___ a tree on Saturdays. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing
5. 5.You ___ going to sing a song next Sunday. (a) am (b) are (c) is
6. 6.I ___ a cake every morning. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake
7. 7.She has just ___ milk. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinking (d) drunk
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
9. 9.She ___ going to build a sandcastle next week. (a) am (b) are (c) is
10. 10.Which is the correct -ing form of “watch”? (a) watching (b) watcheing (c) watchhing
11. 11.When Dad called, I ___ already caught the ball. (a) had (b) has (c) have
12. 12.They ___ climb a tree every morning. (a) don't (b) aren't (c) doesn't
13. 13.Name the tense: “Neel is jogging in the park.” (a) simple present (b) present continuous (c) present perfect (d) simple past
14. 14.We ___ clap for the team twice a week. (a) aren't (b) don't (c) doesn't
15. 15.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flyying (b) flying (c) flyeing
16. 16.Name the tense: “Pooja was running in the park.” (a) simple present (b) past continuous (c) simple past (d) present continuous
17. 17.___ she riding a bicycle right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “draw”? (a) drawwing (b) drawing (c) draweing
19. 19.I ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
20. 20.We ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
21. 21.Which is the correct -ing form of “wash”? (a) washing (b) washeing (c) washhing
22. 22.He did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
23. 23.When Dad called, Kavya ___ already swum in the pool. (a) have (b) has (c) had
24. 24.She ___ cricket now. (a) are playing (b) is play (c) am playing (d) is playing
25. 25.Choose the right verb: Neither my cousins nor Farhan ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
26. 26.___ I jog in the park every day? (a) Does (b) Are (c) Do (d) Is
27. 27.When Dad called, I ___ already written a letter. (a) had (b) have (c) has
28. 28.You ___ with Nani since 2022. (a) has stayed (b) stay (c) have stayed (d) stayed
29. 29.My brother ___ a cap tomorrow. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) will wearing (d) will wears
30. 30.Aisha ___ a letter on Saturdays. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write
31. 31.My brother ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) had wash (c) have washed (d) had washed
32. 32.We ___ bring lunch on Saturdays. (a) doesn't (b) aren't (c) don't
33. 33.My friends ___ Hindi every day. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking
34. 34.Diya ___ a cartoon when it started to rain. (a) was watch (b) were watching (c) is watching (d) was watching
35. 35.Manav ___ a cartoon last week. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) watched (d) will watch
36. 36.He ___ for the team before the bell rang. (a) has clapped (b) had clap (c) have clapped (d) had clapped
37. 37.You ___ Hindi when the bell rang. (a) were speaking (b) are speaking (c) was speaking (d) were speak
38. 38.Name the tense: “Dev was studying science.” (a) past perfect (b) simple past (c) past continuous (d) present perfect
39. 39.I ___ the match next Sunday. (a) will winning (b) won (c) will wins (d) will win
40. 40.We ___ with Nani since 2019. (a) stay (b) have stayed (c) stayed (d) has stayed

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