Worksheet of Tense
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.
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- 1.Choose the right verb: Neither my cousins nor Sneha ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
- 2.Name the tense: “I sang a song.” (a) past continuous (b) past perfect (c) simple future (d) simple past
- 3.You ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) help (c) have helped (d) will help
- 4.Name the tense: “He is baking a cake.” (a) past perfect (b) simple past (c) past continuous (d) present continuous
- 5.She ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) have run (b) has run (c) had run (d) had ran
- 6.Name the tense: “My brother has built a sandcastle.” (a) present perfect (b) simple past (c) past continuous (d) past perfect
- 7.My sister did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
- 8.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) speaking
- 9.You ___ rice when the phone rang. (a) are cooking (b) was cooking (c) were cook (d) were cooking
- 10.They ___ a bicycle on Saturdays. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides
- 11.He has just ___ on the stage. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) danced (d) dances
- 12.Saanvi ___ watched a cartoon already. (a) have (b) has
- 13.She ___ a tree twice a week. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants
- 14.You ___ science now. (a) am studying (b) are studying (c) is studying (d) are study
- 15.When Dad called, my parents ___ already fed the dog. (a) have (b) had (c) has
- 16.He ___ Grandma when the phone rang. (a) were helping (b) was help (c) was helping (d) is helping
- 17.Name the tense: “We are sending a message.” (a) simple past (b) present continuous (c) simple present (d) present perfect
- 18.I ___ eat a mango every morning. (a) doesn't (b) aren't (c) don't
- 19.He ___ lunch next week. (a) will brings (b) brought (c) will bringing (d) will bring
- 20.I ___ worn a cap already. (a) has (b) have
- 21.You ___ a tree tomorrow. (a) will plants (b) will plant (c) will planting (d) planted
- 22.My sister ___ going to buy vegetables next Sunday. (a) am (b) is (c) are
- 23.Saanvi ___ the dog on Saturdays. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds
- 24.When the bell rang, you ___ tea. (a) were make (b) were making (c) are making (d) was making
- 25.I ___ cleaned the room already. (a) have (b) has
- 26.Name the tense: “Pooja cleans the room.” (a) simple future (b) simple present (c) past continuous (d) past perfect
- 27.Choose the right verb: All the students ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
- 28.We have had this bicycle ___ two years. (a) for (b) since
- 29.Choose the right verb: Every girl ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
- 30.I ___ a bicycle at the moment. (a) is riding (b) am ride (c) am riding (d) are riding
- 31.___ I wearing a cap at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
- 32.She ___ vegetables every Sunday. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy
- 33.They ___ rice next Sunday. (a) will cooks (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) will cooking
- 34.Myra ___ a letter every morning. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write
- 35.We ___ science at 8 pm yesterday. (a) was studying (b) were study (c) are studying (d) were studying
- 36.Choose the right verb: There ___ many books on the shelf. (a) is (b) are
- 37.Name the tense: “I had planted a tree.” (a) simple past (b) present perfect (c) past perfect (d) present continuous
- 38.You ___ the dishes now. (a) is washing (b) are wash (c) am washing (d) are washing
- 39.Choose the right verb: There ___ some water in the bottle. (a) is (b) are
- 40.Arjun ___ a cake when it started to rain. (a) was baking (b) is baking (c) was bake (d) were baking
Answer key
- is
- simple past
- helped
- present continuous
- had run
- present perfect
- feed
- spoke
- were cooking
- ride
- danced
- has
- plants
- are studying
- had
- was helping
- present continuous
- don't
- will bring
- have
- will plant
- is
- feeds
- were making
- have
- simple present
- have
- for
- has
- am riding
- Am
- buys
- will cook
- writes
- were studying
- are
- past perfect
- are washing
- is
- was baking
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