Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 540 · 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.Riya ___ send a message every morning. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
2. 2.___ he speaking Hindi right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
3. 3.My brother did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawing
4. 4.My brother ___ a cap right now. (a) are wearing (b) am wearing (c) is wear (d) is wearing
5. 5.Ira ___ a bicycle twice a week. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides
6. 6.My parents are going to ___ a tree next Sunday. (a) planted (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
7. 7.___ my parents play cricket every Sunday? (a) Are (b) Does (c) Do (d) Is
8. 8.I ___ the bag on Saturdays. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries
9. 9.We did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooked
10. 10.My brother ___ the match when the phone rang. (a) is winning (b) was win (c) was winning (d) were winning
11. 11.We ___ milk before it got dark. (a) had drank (b) had drunk (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
12. 12.The children have just ___ rice. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cooking
13. 13.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ a tree. (a) had plant (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) has planted
14. 14.By the time we reached, he ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) have spoken
15. 15.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) plants (d) has planted
16. 16.Farhan ___ a song right now. (a) is sing (b) are singing (c) is singing (d) am singing
17. 17.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
18. 18.My friends have just ___ cricket. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
19. 19.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
20. 20.My sister ___ plant a tree on Saturdays. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
21. 21.My brother has just ___ a kite. (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) fly
22. 22.Sneha ___ with Nani since 2022. (a) stayed (b) has stayed (c) stays (d) have stayed
23. 23.The children ___ the ball when it started to rain. (a) was throwing (b) were throw (c) were throwing (d) are throwing
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had tell (c) has told (d) had told
25. 25.Rohan ___ Grandma next week. (a) will helps (b) will helping (c) will help (d) helped
26. 26.Choose the right verb: All the girls ___ a ID card. (a) have (b) has
27. 27.When Dad called, my friends ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) had (c) have
28. 28.Kabir is going to ___ a cap next week. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, you ___ milk. (a) have drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
30. 30.By the time Mum came home, she ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) has washed (c) have washed (d) had washed
31. 31.She did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooking
32. 32.Name the tense: “I had told a story.” (a) past perfect (b) simple future (c) past continuous (d) present perfect
33. 33.Name the tense: “They had helped Grandma.” (a) present perfect (b) simple past (c) simple present (d) past perfect
34. 34.He ___ vegetables right now. (a) are buying (b) is buying (c) is buy (d) am buying
35. 35.My brother ___ the dog next month. (a) will feeding (b) will feeds (c) fed (d) will feed
36. 36.We ___ bake a cake every Sunday. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) aren't
37. 37.Yash ___ going to clean the room next week. (a) is (b) are (c) am
38. 38.When the phone rang, I ___ a cap. (a) was wearing (b) was wear (c) were wearing (d) am wearing
39. 39.We ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) taked (c) will take (d) took
40. 40.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flown

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