Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 417 · 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 sister ___ vegetables now. (a) is buying (b) is buy (c) am buying (d) are buying
2. 2.Choose the right verb: One of my cousins ___ in Class 7. (a) is (b) are
3. 3.We ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had thrown (b) had threw (c) has thrown (d) have thrown
4. 4.___ they tell a story on Saturdays? (a) Does (b) Is (c) Are (d) Do
5. 5.You did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) took (c) taking (d) take
6. 6.Name the tense: “We had climbed a tree.” (a) simple future (b) simple past (c) past perfect (d) present continuous
7. 7.He ___ a tree next Sunday. (a) will climbs (b) will climb (c) will climbing (d) climbed
8. 8.Name the tense: “They studied science.” (a) simple future (b) present continuous (c) past continuous (d) simple past
9. 9.Name the tense: “Vivaan cleans the room.” (a) simple future (b) past continuous (c) simple present (d) simple past
10. 10.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) planted (d) have planted
11. 11.They did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planted (d) planting
12. 12.You ___ a tree now. (a) am climbing (b) are climb (c) is climbing (d) are climbing
13. 13.Choose the right verb: The news ___ good today. (a) is (b) are
14. 14.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
15. 15.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
16. 16.I ___ in Pune since 2019. (a) has lived (b) live (c) have lived (d) lived
17. 17.I ___ to school tomorrow. (a) went (b) will go (c) will going (d) will goes
18. 18.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 7. (a) is (b) are
19. 19.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) clapeing (b) clapping (c) claping
20. 20.Neel is going to ___ a picture next Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
21. 21.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
22. 22.He ___ with Nani since 2020. (a) stayed (b) has stayed (c) have stayed (d) stays
23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpping (b) helping (c) helpeing
24. 24.Name the tense: “You will speak Hindi.” (a) simple future (b) present continuous (c) past perfect (d) simple present
25. 25.Priya ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) have caught (b) had catch (c) has caught (d) had caught
26. 26.___ you eat a mango every morning? (a) Is (b) Do (c) Does (d) Are
27. 27.By the time we reached, we ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) have run (c) had run (d) has run
28. 28.By the time we reached, I ___ the ball. (a) have caught (b) had caught (c) had catch (d) has caught
29. 29.My brother has just ___ in the park. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
30. 30.My cousins ___ science every morning. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies
31. 31.I did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
32. 32.My sister ___ the ball when the phone rang. (a) was catching (b) is catching (c) were catching (d) was catch
33. 33.___ we speak Hindi every day? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.He ___ in this school since 2019. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) studied (d) studies
35. 35.We ___ the room on Saturdays. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean
36. 36.My cousins ___ the train right now. (a) is taking (b) am taking (c) are taking (d) are take
37. 37.Name the tense: “My parents are studying science.” (a) past perfect (b) past continuous (c) present continuous (d) simple present
38. 38.Name the tense: “She wears a cap.” (a) past continuous (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) present perfect
39. 39.___ the children cook rice twice a week? (a) Are (b) Do (c) Does (d) Is
40. 40.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 5. (a) are (b) is

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