Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 804 · 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.When the phone rang, they ___ a cap. (a) were wearing (b) are wearing (c) were wear (d) was wearing
2. 2.You ___ watch a cartoon twice a week. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) aren't
3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) joging (b) jogeing (c) jogging
4. 4.Ananya ___ jogged in the park already. (a) have (b) has
5. 5.The children ___ studied science already. (a) have (b) has
6. 6.He ___ going to tell a story next Sunday. (a) are (b) am (c) is
7. 7.You ___ going to play cricket next week. (a) are (b) is (c) am
8. 8.They ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
9. 9.We ___ a bicycle every morning. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides
10. 10.When Dad called, my brother ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) had (b) have (c) has
11. 11.Name the tense: “He rode a bicycle.” (a) present continuous (b) past continuous (c) present perfect (d) simple past
12. 12.___ she eating a mango now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
13. 13.Name the tense: “They have planted a tree.” (a) present perfect (b) simple past (c) past continuous (d) past perfect
14. 14.Name the tense: “They had climbed a tree.” (a) present perfect (b) present continuous (c) past perfect (d) simple present
15. 15.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
16. 16.My sister ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) has helped (c) will help (d) helped
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, we ___ for the team. (a) had clapped (b) have clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clap
18. 18.Choose the right verb: The box of pencils ___ on the table. (a) are (b) is
19. 19.They ___ Grandma when Mum came home. (a) were help (b) were helping (c) are helping (d) was helping
20. 20.When Mum came home, they ___ rice. (a) was cooking (b) are cooking (c) were cook (d) were cooking
21. 21.I ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) has fed (b) have fed (c) had feed (d) had fed
22. 22.You ___ in the park on Saturdays. (a) runs (b) run (c) running
23. 23.Rahul ___ made tea already. (a) have (b) has
24. 24.Choose the right verb: The bunch of bananas ___ ripe. (a) are (b) is
25. 25.We have just ___ a cake. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) baked
26. 26.He ___ in the park at the moment. (a) is jog (b) is jogging (c) am jogging (d) are jogging
27. 27.Kunal ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) rided
28. 28.We have just ___ cricket. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
29. 29.Name the tense: “We are playing cricket.” (a) simple past (b) present continuous (c) past continuous (d) present perfect
30. 30.I ___ climb a tree on Saturdays. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) aren't
31. 31.She ___ to school every day. (a) go (b) going (c) goes
32. 32.She ___ in the park when it started to rain. (a) was jogging (b) were jogging (c) is jogging (d) was jog
33. 33.Name the tense: “We carried the bag.” (a) past perfect (b) past continuous (c) simple future (d) simple past
34. 34.They ___ cricket at 8 pm yesterday. (a) were playing (b) were play (c) was playing (d) are playing
35. 35.She ___ Hindi when Mum came home. (a) was speaking (b) is speaking (c) was speak (d) were speaking
36. 36.She did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
37. 37.When Mum came home, I ___ a tree. (a) am climbing (b) was climb (c) were climbing (d) was climbing
38. 38.Name the tense: “You fed the dog.” (a) simple past (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) present continuous
39. 39.___ my parents study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.Arjun ___ going to eat a mango next week. (a) am (b) are (c) is

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