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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 419 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpeing (b) helping (c) helpping
  2. 2.Ananya ___ a cake next month. (a) will bakes (b) will bake (c) will baking (d) baked
  3. 3.Name the tense: “He has brought lunch.” (a) simple present (b) simple past (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
  4. 4.He has just ___ a message. (a) send (b) sent (c) sends (d) sending
  5. 5.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
  6. 6.You are going to ___ cricket next week. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
  7. 7.___ he watch a cartoon every morning? (a) Does (b) Is (c) Do (d) Are
  8. 8.___ I feed the dog every day? (a) Does (b) Is (c) Do (d) Are
  9. 9.My sister ___ swim in the pool every day. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) isn't
  10. 10.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a name tag. (a) have (b) has
  11. 11.I did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
  12. 12.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
  13. 13.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  14. 14.When Dad called, we ___ already caught the ball. (a) have (b) has (c) had
  15. 15.They ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) has clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) had clapped
  16. 16.When Dad called, you ___ already made tea. (a) had (b) has (c) have
  17. 17.He has just ___ the dog. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
  18. 18.We ___ the room every morning. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean
  19. 19.Choose the right verb: All the players ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  20. 20.I have just ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbed
  21. 21.By the time we reached, my brother ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swum (d) had swam
  22. 22.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) wearing (d) weared
  23. 23.Dev ___ the ball tomorrow. (a) will throws (b) will throwing (c) will throw (d) threw
  24. 24.When Dad called, she ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) have (c) had
  25. 25.When Mum came home, my sister ___ a cap. (a) were wearing (b) is wearing (c) was wear (d) was wearing
  26. 26.We ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) planted (d) have planted
  27. 27.My friends ___ a tree next month. (a) will climbing (b) will climbs (c) climbed (d) will climb
  28. 28.Aisha ___ in Delhi since 2022. (a) worked (b) works (c) have worked (d) has worked
  29. 29.My parents ___ in the park next Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) will jogs (d) will jogging
  30. 30.When it started to rain, my brother ___ the room. (a) was cleaning (b) were cleaning (c) is cleaning (d) was clean
  31. 31.By the time we reached, Riya ___ a letter. (a) had written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) has written
  32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “throw”? (a) throwwing (b) throweing (c) throwing
  33. 33.___ he tell a story every Sunday? (a) Do (b) Are (c) Does (d) Is
  34. 34.We did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) took
  35. 35.They did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) sang (c) singing (d) sings
  36. 36.When Dad called, you ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) has (c) had
  37. 37.My sister is going to ___ Hindi next week. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) spoke
  38. 38.You ___ a sandcastle every day. (a) build (b) building (c) builds
  39. 39.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) had clean (c) have cleaned (d) had cleaned
  40. 40.Choose the right verb: The packet of biscuits ___ open. (a) are (b) is

Answer key

  1. helping
  2. will bake
  3. present perfect
  4. sent
  5. brought
  6. play
  7. Does
  8. Do
  9. doesn't
  10. has
  11. sing
  12. went
  13. has
  14. had
  15. had clapped
  16. had
  17. fed
  18. clean
  19. have
  20. climbed
  21. had swum
  22. wore
  23. will throw
  24. had
  25. was wearing
  26. planted
  27. will climb
  28. has worked
  29. will jog
  30. was cleaning
  31. had written
  32. throwing
  33. Does
  34. take
  35. sing
  36. had
  37. speak
  38. build
  39. had cleaned
  40. is

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