Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 654 · 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.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyeing (c) buyying
2. 2.___ my brother jogging in the park now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
3. 3.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 9. (a) are (b) is
4. 4.Name the tense: “They brought lunch.” (a) past continuous (b) simple future (c) simple past (d) present perfect
5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) rideing (b) riding (c) rideeing
6. 6.Name the tense: “My brother is swimming in the pool.” (a) past perfect (b) simple present (c) simple future (d) present continuous
7. 7.Name the tense: “She was baking a cake.” (a) present continuous (b) past perfect (c) simple future (d) past continuous
8. 8.___ we dancing on the stage right now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
9. 9.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaked
10. 10.When the phone rang, my sister ___ a picture. (a) were drawing (b) was draw (c) was drawing (d) is drawing
11. 11.Aisha ___ a cake tomorrow. (a) will bakes (b) will bake (c) will baking (d) baked
12. 12.My cousins ___ in this school since 2020. (a) have taught (b) has taught (c) taught (d) teach
13. 13.We are going to ___ the bag next Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
14. 14.Rohan did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
15. 15.Choose the right verb: Either Saanvi or my cousins ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
16. 16.___ Kabir win the match twice a week? (a) Do (b) Are (c) Is (d) Does
17. 17.Name the tense: “Rohan has planted a tree.” (a) simple future (b) present perfect (c) present continuous (d) past continuous
18. 18.Neel ___ the train before the guests arrived. (a) had took (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) have taken
19. 19.When Dad called, my sister ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) has (c) had
20. 20.___ Kavya fly a kite every Sunday? (a) Are (b) Does (c) Do (d) Is
21. 21.___ she climb a tree last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
22. 22.Choose the right verb: Either Saanvi or the boys ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
23. 23.My brother ___ the room next Sunday. (a) will clean (b) will cleans (c) cleaned (d) will cleaning
24. 24.Dev ___ lunch every Sunday. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings
25. 25.My friends have just ___ a cartoon. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watching (d) watches
26. 26.You are going to ___ science tomorrow. (a) studying (b) studied (c) study (d) studies
27. 27.The students ___ in this school since 2019. (a) teach (b) has taught (c) have taught (d) taught
28. 28.You ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climb
29. 29.We have just ___ the ball. (a) catch (b) catching (c) caught (d) catches
30. 30.We ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) have carried (b) has carried (c) had carry (d) had carried
31. 31.Name the tense: “You will climb a tree.” (a) simple future (b) present continuous (c) present perfect (d) past perfect
32. 32.Choose the right verb: Neither Diya nor the twins ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
33. 33.Choose the right verb: The basket of mangoes ___ heavy. (a) are (b) is
34. 34.Rohan ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) rided
35. 35.I ___ going to eat a mango next week. (a) is (b) am (c) are
36. 36.He has just ___ a tree. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plant (d) plants
37. 37.We ___ in the park next week. (a) jogged (b) will jogging (c) will jog (d) will jogs
38. 38.___ Tara cook rice every day? (a) Are (b) Do (c) Does (d) Is
39. 39.Name the tense: “Meera plays cricket.” (a) present continuous (b) past perfect (c) present perfect (d) simple present
40. 40.Choose the right verb: Each of the students ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have

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