Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 761 · 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: Either the girls or Rahul ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
2. 2.At 8 pm yesterday, he ___ cricket. (a) was playing (b) is playing (c) were playing (d) was play
3. 3.Name the tense: “He had told a story.” (a) past perfect (b) present continuous (c) present perfect (d) simple past
4. 4.Name the tense: “You had run in the park.” (a) present continuous (b) past perfect (c) past continuous (d) simple future
5. 5.When Mum came home, Manav ___ the dog. (a) were feeding (b) was feeding (c) is feeding (d) was feed
6. 6.Name the tense: “She had cleaned the room.” (a) present perfect (b) past perfect (c) simple future (d) simple present
7. 7.She is going to ___ Hindi next Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
8. 8.When the bell rang, they ___ a tree. (a) was climbing (b) were climb (c) were climbing (d) are climbing
9. 9.My cousins ___ a tree when it started to rain. (a) were climbing (b) were climb (c) are climbing (d) was climbing
10. 10.We ___ in the park at the moment. (a) is running (b) are running (c) am running (d) are run
11. 11.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
12. 12.When Dad called, she ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) has (c) have
13. 13.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 7. (a) is (b) are
14. 14.She ___ the match every day. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins
15. 15.We ___ a message at 8 pm yesterday. (a) was sending (b) are sending (c) were sending (d) were send
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) has baked
17. 17.Aarav ___ the ball on Saturdays. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching
18. 18.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eatting (b) eating (c) eateing
19. 19.Choose the right verb: Mathematics ___ my favourite subject. (a) is (b) are
20. 20.By the time the bell rang, they ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cooked (d) had cook
21. 21.We ___ a cake when it started to rain. (a) were bake (b) was baking (c) are baking (d) were baking
22. 22.You ___ tea every Sunday. (a) makes (b) make (c) making
23. 23.They ___ a tree every day. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant
24. 24.Name the tense: “He has bought vegetables.” (a) simple past (b) present perfect (c) simple future (d) past continuous
25. 25.You ___ going to fly a kite next month. (a) are (b) am (c) is
26. 26.I ___ in the park when Mum came home. (a) am running (b) were running (c) was run (d) was running
27. 27.Myra ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had play (d) had played
28. 28.They have just ___ the dog. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeding
29. 29.He ___ win the match every day. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
30. 30.She ___ with Nani since 2021. (a) stays (b) have stayed (c) has stayed (d) stayed
31. 31.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
32. 32.I ___ a cake now. (a) am bake (b) am baking (c) is baking (d) are baking
33. 33.The children ___ science before the bell rang. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had studied (d) had study
34. 34.They ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) help
35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinkking (b) drinking (c) drinkeing
36. 36.The children are going to ___ a sandcastle next month. (a) build (b) building (c) built (d) builds
37. 37.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyying (b) buyeing (c) buying
38. 38.Choose the right verb: All the girls ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
39. 39.Zoya ___ rice now. (a) are cooking (b) am cooking (c) is cooking (d) is cook
40. 40.She ___ going to speak Hindi tomorrow. (a) is (b) am (c) are

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