Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 723 · 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.Kunal ___ a tree on Saturdays. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb
2. 2.___ you playing cricket at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
3. 3.___ the students ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.Farhan ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) will climb (c) has climbed (d) climbed
5. 5.You ___ on the stage now. (a) am dancing (b) are dance (c) is dancing (d) are dancing
6. 6.When Dad called, he ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) has (c) had
7. 7.You ___ going to make tea tomorrow. (a) is (b) am (c) are
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
9. 9.She ___ a picture every Sunday. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing
10. 10.I ___ a sandcastle when Mum came home. (a) was building (b) was build (c) were building (d) am building
11. 11.When Dad called, they ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
12. 12.Neel has just ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) ride
13. 13.We ___ rice every morning. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook
14. 14.I ___ buy vegetables every morning. (a) doesn't (b) aren't (c) don't
15. 15.My cousins ___ rice tomorrow. (a) will cooks (b) cooked (c) will cook (d) will cooking
16. 16.She ___ the bag when it started to rain. (a) is carrying (b) was carry (c) was carrying (d) were carrying
17. 17.He ___ tea tomorrow. (a) made (b) will make (c) will makes (d) will making
18. 18.He ___ going to win the match next Sunday. (a) am (b) is (c) are
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) have baked (d) had baked
20. 20.We ___ going to draw a picture tomorrow. (a) am (b) is (c) are
21. 21.Choose the right verb: All the girls ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
22. 22.When Dad called, you ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
23. 23.My sister ___ study science on Saturdays. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
24. 24.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
25. 25.Name the tense: “My friends have carried the bag.” (a) simple past (b) simple present (c) present perfect (d) past continuous
26. 26.You are going to ___ a message next week. (a) sends (b) sending (c) sent (d) send
27. 27.My friends ___ milk now. (a) are drinking (b) are drink (c) is drinking (d) am drinking
28. 28.Kavya ___ a letter next week. (a) will write (b) will writes (c) wrote (d) will writing
29. 29.The students ___ a mango next week. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) will eating (d) will eats
30. 30.We ___ milk before it got dark. (a) had drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
31. 31.When the phone rang, I ___ Grandma. (a) am helping (b) was help (c) were helping (d) was helping
32. 32.Meera ___ the train when Mum came home. (a) was take (b) were taking (c) was taking (d) is taking
33. 33.The children ___ a story at 8 pm yesterday. (a) are telling (b) was telling (c) were tell (d) were telling
34. 34.The students ___ milk when the phone rang. (a) were drinking (b) were drink (c) are drinking (d) was drinking
35. 35.___ they throw the ball every morning? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Do (d) Does
36. 36.Choose the right verb: All the players ___ a ID card. (a) have (b) has
37. 37.My friends ___ built a sandcastle already. (a) have (b) has
38. 38.I ___ go to school every morning. (a) don't (b) aren't (c) doesn't
39. 39.We ___ the ball next week. (a) will throw (b) will throwing (c) threw (d) will throws
40. 40.They ___ make tea every Sunday. (a) aren't (b) doesn't (c) don't

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