Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 691 · 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 have cleaned the room.” (a) present continuous (b) simple present (c) present perfect (d) simple future
2. 2.Which is the correct -ing form of “cook”? (a) cooking (b) cookeing (c) cookking
3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyeing (b) buying (c) buyying
4. 4.Kabir ___ a mango every day. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, Aisha ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) have run (c) has run (d) had run
6. 6.I ___ in the park at the moment. (a) am jog (b) am jogging (c) are jogging (d) is jogging
7. 7.Isha ___ a letter next month. (a) will writing (b) wrote (c) will write (d) will writes
8. 8.When the phone rang, Tara ___ the dishes. (a) were washing (b) was washing (c) was wash (d) is washing
9. 9.Aarav ___ a picture twice a week. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing
10. 10.___ she climb a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.I ___ a tree at the moment. (a) am planting (b) is planting (c) am plant (d) are planting
12. 12.___ you drawing a picture at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
13. 13.The children ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) had written (d) have written
14. 14.You ___ take the train every day. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) aren't
15. 15.Rahul ___ a story at the moment. (a) is tell (b) are telling (c) is telling (d) am telling
16. 16.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 3. (a) is (b) are
17. 17.You ___ for the team twice a week. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clap
18. 18.Choose the right verb: Each of the boys ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
19. 19.___ the children carry the bag every morning? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Are (d) Is
20. 20.Name the tense: “I will help Grandma.” (a) simple future (b) simple past (c) simple present (d) present continuous
21. 21.Riya ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) had baked (b) had bake (c) has baked (d) have baked
22. 22.I ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) has climbed (d) have climbed
23. 23.We ___ with Nani since 2019. (a) stay (b) has stayed (c) stayed (d) have stayed
24. 24.She is going to ___ a bicycle next week. (a) rides (b) ride (c) rode (d) riding
25. 25.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
26. 26.Ishaan ___ the dog every day. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds
27. 27.Name the tense: “She swims in the pool.” (a) present perfect (b) simple present (c) past continuous (d) present continuous
28. 28.We ___ a cake twice a week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake
29. 29.She ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) have swum (b) had swum (c) has swum (d) had swam
30. 30.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carrying (b) carryying (c) carryeing
31. 31.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) writing (d) wrote
32. 32.Name the tense: “Diya swims in the pool.” (a) past continuous (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) present continuous
33. 33.___ she taking the train now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
34. 34.I am going to ___ a cake tomorrow. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) bake (d) baking
35. 35.You ___ carry the bag twice a week. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) aren't
36. 36.She is going to ___ the ball next month. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
37. 37.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) took (d) taking
38. 38.When it started to rain, my brother ___ a tree. (a) was planting (b) was plant (c) were planting (d) is planting
39. 39.I ___ a story now. (a) are telling (b) am telling (c) am tell (d) is telling
40. 40.When the bell rang, we ___ the dog. (a) are feeding (b) were feed (c) were feeding (d) was feeding

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