Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 672 · 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 climbing a tree now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
2. 2.Myra ___ a sandcastle every Sunday. (a) builds (b) building (c) build
3. 3.You ___ in this school since 2019. (a) teach (b) taught (c) have taught (d) has taught
4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideing (c) rideeing
5. 5.I ___ a letter when the bell rang. (a) was writing (b) were writing (c) am writing (d) was write
6. 6.Neel ___ caught the ball already. (a) has (b) have
7. 7.___ my brother playing cricket at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
8. 8.She has just ___ a cap. (a) worn (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wore
9. 9.When the phone rang, Aditya ___ in the park. (a) was running (b) were running (c) was run (d) is running
10. 10.When Dad called, my sister ___ already planted a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
11. 11.My friends ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) had plant (b) has planted (c) have planted (d) had planted
12. 12.I ___ bought vegetables already. (a) have (b) has
13. 13.She ___ vegetables every Sunday. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys
14. 14.Arjun ___ going to wear a cap next month. (a) is (b) are (c) am
15. 15.We ___ the room on Saturdays. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans
16. 16.Vivaan ___ a story every day. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling
17. 17.___ my brother bake a cake every day? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Are (d) Is
18. 18.We ___ the train on Saturdays. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take
19. 19.You did not ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
20. 20.My brother ___ cricket when Mum came home. (a) is playing (b) were playing (c) was play (d) was playing
21. 21.My sister ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
22. 22.Arjun ___ thrown the ball already. (a) has (b) have
23. 23.They ___ the train tomorrow. (a) took (b) will takes (c) will taking (d) will take
24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) clapping (b) clapeing (c) claping
25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “cook”? (a) cookeing (b) cookking (c) cooking
26. 26.My sister ___ the train every day. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take
27. 27.___ he build a sandcastle every Sunday? (a) Is (b) Do (c) Does (d) Are
28. 28.Choose the right verb: Either Kabir or the twins ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
29. 29.You ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) had buy
30. 30.My brother ___ helped Grandma already. (a) have (b) has
31. 31.Name the tense: “Ananya was playing cricket.” (a) present perfect (b) simple present (c) past continuous (d) simple past
32. 32.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) had buy (d) has bought
33. 33.Kabir ___ a sandcastle when Mum came home. (a) was build (b) is building (c) were building (d) was building
34. 34.___ she bring lunch last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.___ Saanvi sing a song two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
36. 36.Name the tense: “He was clapping for the team.” (a) past perfect (b) simple present (c) present perfect (d) past continuous
37. 37.They ___ in the park right now. (a) is running (b) are run (c) am running (d) are running
38. 38.When it started to rain, I ___ the room. (a) was clean (b) were cleaning (c) am cleaning (d) was cleaning
39. 39.My friends ___ going to tell a story tomorrow. (a) is (b) are (c) am
40. 40.Choose the right verb: All the children ___ a ID card. (a) have (b) has

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