Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 790 · 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.Isha ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) had swam (b) have swum (c) has swum (d) had swum
2. 2.My sister is going to ___ the ball next month. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) caught
3. 3.You have just ___ a sandcastle. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) built
4. 4.Name the tense: “I will clean the room.” (a) present continuous (b) simple present (c) past perfect (d) simple future
5. 5.She ___ the room next week. (a) will cleans (b) will clean (c) will cleaning (d) cleaned
6. 6.Choose the right verb: My trousers ___ new. (a) is (b) are
7. 7.Karan has had this bicycle ___ six months. (a) for (b) since
8. 8.They ___ in this school since 2019. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) has studied (d) study
9. 9.My friends ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swam
10. 10.Aisha has just ___ a letter. (a) writing (b) wrote (c) write (d) written
11. 11.We ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) send (c) will send (d) sended
12. 12.Choose the right verb: There ___ some water in the bottle. (a) are (b) is
13. 13.Choose the right verb: Either Yash or my cousins ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
14. 14.Karan is going to ___ the dog tomorrow. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feed
15. 15.They ___ in the park right now. (a) are jogging (b) is jogging (c) am jogging (d) are jog
16. 16.When Dad called, she ___ already won the match. (a) had (b) has (c) have
17. 17.She ___ a picture right now. (a) are drawing (b) am drawing (c) is drawing (d) is draw
18. 18.Choose the right verb: One of my cousins ___ in Class 9. (a) are (b) is
19. 19.Choose the right verb: Either the twins or Priya ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
20. 20.Choose the right verb: There ___ many books on the shelf. (a) is (b) are
21. 21.Kavya ___ clapped for the team already. (a) have (b) has
22. 22.They ___ a cap tomorrow. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) will wearing (d) will wears
23. 23.They ___ science now. (a) am studying (b) are study (c) are studying (d) is studying
24. 24.Dev ___ science when the bell rang. (a) was study (b) were studying (c) was studying (d) is studying
25. 25.___ my sister cleaning the room now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
26. 26.Zoya has just ___ lunch. (a) bring (b) brings (c) brought (d) bringing
27. 27.You ___ a message next week. (a) will sends (b) sent (c) will send (d) will sending
28. 28.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) tellling (b) telleing (c) telling
29. 29.He did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baked (d) baking
30. 30.At 8 pm yesterday, she ___ a message. (a) was sending (b) is sending (c) was send (d) were sending
31. 31.When Dad called, he ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
32. 32.We ___ a picture twice a week. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws
33. 33.I ___ in the park at 8 pm yesterday. (a) was running (b) were running (c) was run (d) am running
34. 34.Choose the right verb: My spectacles ___ on the table. (a) is (b) are
35. 35.Zoya ___ eat a mango every morning. (a) don't (b) doesn't (c) isn't
36. 36.Saanvi ___ in the pool at 8 pm yesterday. (a) were swimming (b) was swimming (c) is swimming (d) was swim
37. 37.I ___ a cap every day. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing
38. 38.You ___ a message when it started to rain. (a) were sending (b) were send (c) was sending (d) are sending
39. 39.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideeing (c) rideing
40. 40.When Dad called, they ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has

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