Worksheet of Tense
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.Name the tense: “My sister jogged in the park.” (a) simple past (b) present continuous (c) past continuous (d) past perfect
- 2.Name the tense: “I had sung a song.” (a) present perfect (b) simple past (c) past perfect (d) simple future
- 3.She did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
- 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) going (d) gone
- 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runing (b) runeing (c) running
- 6.The students ___ a cap in 2023. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) weared (d) wear
- 7.My brother ___ the ball on Saturdays. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws
- 8.Choose the right verb: The bunch of bananas ___ ripe. (a) is (b) are
- 9.I ___ going to wash the dishes tomorrow. (a) is (b) are (c) am
- 10.Which is the correct -ing form of “take”? (a) taking (b) takeing (c) takeeing
- 11.Choose the right verb: Each girl ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
- 12.You ___ for the team tomorrow. (a) will claps (b) will clapping (c) will clap (d) clapped
- 13.Choose the right verb: Either the girls or Rohan ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
- 14.___ we win the match yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
- 15.My brother has just ___ a tree. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbed
- 16.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 7. (a) are (b) is
- 17.My brother ___ a mango at 8 pm yesterday. (a) is eating (b) was eating (c) was eat (d) were eating
- 18.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
- 19.You ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) had clean (b) has cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) have cleaned
- 20.By the time Mum came home, she ___ Grandma. (a) had help (b) have helped (c) had helped (d) has helped
- 21.You ___ with Nani since 2019. (a) have stayed (b) stay (c) has stayed (d) stayed
- 22.You ___ a cap now. (a) are wear (b) am wearing (c) is wearing (d) are wearing
- 23.Name the tense: “We win the match.” (a) past continuous (b) simple future (c) simple past (d) simple present
- 24.You have been in the library ___ morning. (a) for (b) since
- 25.___ you make tea on Saturdays? (a) Is (b) Does (c) Are (d) Do
- 26.He ___ watch a cartoon every morning. (a) doesn't (b) isn't (c) don't
- 27.By the time the bell rang, she ___ the bag. (a) have carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
- 28.You are going to ___ a mango next week. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
- 29.He has lived in Pune ___ two years. (a) for (b) since
- 30.They ___ a kite when the phone rang. (a) are flying (b) were flying (c) was flying (d) were fly
- 31.Choose the right verb: The packet of biscuits ___ open. (a) is (b) are
- 32.Choose the right verb: There ___ some milk in the jug. (a) is (b) are
- 33.Name the tense: “I wash the dishes.” (a) present continuous (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) present perfect
- 34.My sister ___ going to dance on the stage tomorrow. (a) are (b) am (c) is
- 35.I ___ a cap tomorrow. (a) will wearing (b) will wear (c) wore (d) will wears
- 36.My sister has had this bicycle ___ a long time. (a) for (b) since
- 37.Choose the right verb: Each student ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
- 38.Kabir has waited for the bus ___ morning. (a) since (b) for
- 39.Aisha ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) runs
- 40.My friends ___ in the park now. (a) are run (b) am running (c) are running (d) is running
Answer key
- simple past
- past perfect
- cook
- went
- running
- wore
- throws
- is
- am
- taking
- has
- will clap
- is
- Did
- climbed
- is
- was eating
- made
- had cleaned
- had helped
- have stayed
- are wearing
- simple present
- since
- Do
- doesn't
- had carried
- eat
- for
- were flying
- is
- is
- simple present
- is
- will wear
- for
- has
- since
- ran
- are running
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