Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 563 · 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.Name the tense: “They had written a letter.” (a) present perfect (b) simple present (c) past perfect (d) past continuous
2. 2.Ananya has just ___ to school. (a) went (b) going (c) go (d) gone
3. 3.Sneha ___ in this school since 2020. (a) teaches (b) have taught (c) taught (d) has taught
4. 4.We ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) have taken (b) has taken (c) had took (d) had taken
5. 5.We ___ in Pune since 2020. (a) have lived (b) live (c) lived (d) has lived
6. 6.___ she draw a picture every day? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Is (d) Are
7. 7.Karan has just ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) baked (c) baking (d) bakes
8. 8.Isha has just ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
9. 9.Choose the right verb: There ___ a mango in the basket. (a) is (b) are
10. 10.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telleing (c) tellling
11. 11.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbeing (b) climbing (c) climbbing
12. 12.When the phone rang, she ___ the dishes. (a) was wash (b) were washing (c) was washing (d) is washing
13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flyying (b) flying (c) flyeing
14. 14.They ___ a cartoon twice a week. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches
15. 15.___ my sister planting a tree right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
16. 16.___ my parents clap for the team last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.We ___ a story next Sunday. (a) will telling (b) told (c) will tells (d) will tell
18. 18.Choose the right verb: All the girls ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
19. 19.Name the tense: “We help Grandma.” (a) simple past (b) simple present (c) present continuous (d) simple future
20. 20.Name the tense: “We are baking a cake.” (a) simple future (b) present continuous (c) simple present (d) past continuous
21. 21.___ Kabir bake a cake twice a week? (a) Do (b) Is (c) Does (d) Are
22. 22.Name the tense: “They have taken the train.” (a) present continuous (b) simple present (c) present perfect (d) simple future
23. 23.You ___ drawn a picture already. (a) has (b) have
24. 24.They ___ the bag tomorrow. (a) will carries (b) carried (c) will carrying (d) will carry
25. 25.She ___ a tree when the bell rang. (a) were planting (b) is planting (c) was planting (d) was plant
26. 26.My parents ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) will run (c) runned (d) run
27. 27.Name the tense: “We will send a message.” (a) simple future (b) past continuous (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
28. 28.Name the tense: “You had cleaned the room.” (a) simple present (b) past perfect (c) past continuous (d) present continuous
29. 29.Choose the right verb: Physics ___ interesting. (a) is (b) are
30. 30.We ___ drink milk twice a week. (a) aren't (b) doesn't (c) don't
31. 31.___ he bring lunch on Saturdays? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Are (d) Is
32. 32.___ my brother swimming in the pool at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
33. 33.When Mum came home, you ___ the train. (a) are taking (b) were taking (c) was taking (d) were take
34. 34.She ___ a letter next Sunday. (a) will writes (b) will write (c) wrote (d) will writing
35. 35.Name the tense: “My sister has swum in the pool.” (a) simple future (b) past perfect (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ for the team. (a) has clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) had clapped
37. 37.They have just ___ milk. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
38. 38.I ___ a cap before the bell rang. (a) have worn (b) has worn (c) had worn (d) had wore
39. 39.Name the tense: “I threw the ball.” (a) past continuous (b) present continuous (c) simple past (d) simple present
40. 40.I ___ in the park every morning. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs

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