Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 689 · 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.Choose the right verb: My trousers ___ new. (a) is (b) are
2. 2.___ he making tea at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
3. 3.I did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
4. 4.They ___ a song every day. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing
5. 5.He ___ the bag before the bell rang. (a) had carry (b) have carried (c) has carried (d) had carried
6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “run”? (a) runing (b) runeing (c) running
7. 7.My brother has lived in Pune ___ five years. (a) since (b) for
8. 8.You ___ eat a mango every day. (a) don't (b) doesn't (c) aren't
9. 9.She ___ tea every Sunday. (a) make (b) makes (c) making
10. 10.I ___ the room last Sunday. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
11. 11.By the time we reached, she ___ the match. (a) have won (b) had won (c) had win (d) has won
12. 12.___ you swim in the pool every day? (a) Do (b) Are (c) Is (d) Does
13. 13.My brother ___ drink milk every Sunday. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
14. 14.Dev ___ help Grandma on Saturdays. (a) don't (b) doesn't (c) isn't
15. 15.She ___ going to build a sandcastle next week. (a) am (b) are (c) is
16. 16.Choose the right verb: The bunch of bananas ___ ripe. (a) are (b) is
17. 17.My sister ___ play cricket every day. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) isn't
18. 18.___ the students studying science right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
19. 19.I have just ___ for the team. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) claps
20. 20.We ___ science last Sunday. (a) have studied (b) study (c) studied (d) will study
21. 21.When Dad called, we ___ already clapped for the team. (a) had (b) have (c) has
22. 22.My friends ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
23. 23.He ___ Hindi next week. (a) will speaking (b) will speaks (c) spoke (d) will speak
24. 24.At 8 pm yesterday, we ___ the ball. (a) was catching (b) were catch (c) were catching (d) are catching
25. 25.My sister ___ science every Sunday. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying
26. 26.Name the tense: “My cousins eat a mango.” (a) past continuous (b) simple present (c) past perfect (d) simple future
27. 27.Name the tense: “He was bringing lunch.” (a) present continuous (b) past continuous (c) simple future (d) present perfect
28. 28.You ___ thrown the ball already. (a) have (b) has
29. 29.Choose the right verb: Each of the students ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
30. 30.He ___ a cartoon when the bell rang. (a) is watching (b) was watch (c) were watching (d) was watching
31. 31.I did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
32. 32.She is going to ___ a story next month. (a) telling (b) told (c) tell (d) tells
33. 33.I ___ going to bring lunch next week. (a) is (b) am (c) are
34. 34.You ___ the ball every morning. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws
35. 35.You ___ to school when it started to rain. (a) were go (b) was going (c) were going (d) are going
36. 36.My sister ___ a tree when Mum came home. (a) were planting (b) is planting (c) was planting (d) was plant
37. 37.We ___ with Nani since 2022. (a) have stayed (b) has stayed (c) stay (d) stayed
38. 38.___ she flying a kite at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
39. 39.When the phone rang, Kabir ___ a kite. (a) was fly (b) were flying (c) was flying (d) is flying
40. 40.You ___ a story when the bell rang. (a) were tell (b) was telling (c) are telling (d) were telling

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