Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 542 · 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.Karan ___ the train every day. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes
2. 2.Sneha ___ run in the park already. (a) have (b) has
3. 3.Choose the right verb: Neither the boys nor Priya ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
4. 4.When the bell rang, she ___ a bicycle. (a) was riding (b) is riding (c) was ride (d) were riding
5. 5.They ___ Hindi when the phone rang. (a) were speak (b) are speaking (c) were speaking (d) was speaking
6. 6.Name the tense: “She danced on the stage.” (a) past continuous (b) present perfect (c) simple past (d) simple future
7. 7.Choose the right verb: Every girl ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
8. 8.Choose the right verb: My spectacles ___ on the table. (a) are (b) is
9. 9.My brother ___ a song tomorrow. (a) will sing (b) will sings (c) will singing (d) sang
10. 10.At 8 pm yesterday, you ___ on the stage. (a) was dancing (b) were dancing (c) were dance (d) are dancing
11. 11.Choose the right verb: There ___ three pencils in the box. (a) is (b) are
12. 12.Name the tense: “You feed the dog.” (a) past continuous (b) simple future (c) present continuous (d) simple present
13. 13.My brother ___ buy vegetables every Sunday. (a) doesn't (b) isn't (c) don't
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, I ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) has bought (c) had bought (d) had buy
15. 15.My sister ___ a cake every Sunday. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake
16. 16.___ my friends riding a bicycle right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
17. 17.You ___ going to jog in the park next week. (a) is (b) am (c) are
18. 18.He ___ in this school since 2022. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) studied (d) studies
19. 19.The children ___ the dishes when Mum came home. (a) was washing (b) were wash (c) are washing (d) were washing
20. 20.At 8 pm yesterday, you ___ the train. (a) are taking (b) was taking (c) were take (d) were taking
21. 21.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 8. (a) are (b) is
22. 22.The children ___ going to play cricket next week. (a) am (b) are (c) is
23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “play”? (a) playeing (b) playying (c) playing
24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “win”? (a) wining (b) winning (c) wineing
25. 25.She has just ___ a mango. (a) eat (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
26. 26.We ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
27. 27.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
28. 28.My brother ___ a cake now. (a) is baking (b) am baking (c) are baking (d) is bake
29. 29.My sister ___ on the stage next week. (a) danced (b) will dances (c) will dancing (d) will dance
30. 30.I am going to ___ science next month. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
31. 31.___ Meera washing the dishes now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
32. 32.We ___ play cricket every day. (a) doesn't (b) aren't (c) don't
33. 33.He ___ in this school since 2019. (a) have studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) has studied
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, she ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cook
35. 35.The children ___ going to fly a kite next week. (a) is (b) am (c) are
36. 36.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had wrote (c) had written (d) have written
37. 37.Name the tense: “We had bought vegetables.” (a) present continuous (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) past perfect
38. 38.They ___ tea right now. (a) am making (b) is making (c) are make (d) are making
39. 39.Sneha ___ in the park when it started to rain. (a) was jogging (b) were jogging (c) is jogging (d) was jog
40. 40.Rohan ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided

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