Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 820 · 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.My friends ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climb
2. 2.Choose the right verb: The news ___ good today. (a) is (b) are
3. 3.Choose the right verb: Each of the students ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
4. 4.Name the tense: “The children help Grandma.” (a) present continuous (b) simple present (c) simple past (d) simple future
5. 5.We ___ in the park next Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) will jogs (d) will jogging
6. 6.You ___ the room tomorrow. (a) will cleaning (b) will clean (c) will cleans (d) cleaned
7. 7.They are going to ___ a cartoon next month. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
8. 8.Name the tense: “He is baking a cake.” (a) simple present (b) past continuous (c) past perfect (d) present continuous
9. 9.I ___ in the park right now. (a) am jog (b) am jogging (c) is jogging (d) are jogging
10. 10.My sister ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) will help (d) has helped
11. 11.They ___ the ball when the phone rang. (a) were throw (b) was throwing (c) are throwing (d) were throwing
12. 12.Name the tense: “Riya has clapped for the team.” (a) present continuous (b) simple present (c) present perfect (d) past perfect
13. 13.___ Diya draw a picture twice a week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Are (d) Is
14. 14.Neel ___ in the park when the bell rang. (a) is jogging (b) was jog (c) were jogging (d) was jogging
15. 15.Priya ___ a tree every Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs
16. 16.I have lived in Pune ___ five years. (a) since (b) for
17. 17.Name the tense: “I am planting a tree.” (a) present continuous (b) past continuous (c) simple past (d) present perfect
18. 18.___ he cooking rice right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
19. 19.They ___ a picture tomorrow. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) will draws (d) will drawing
20. 20.When Dad called, he ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) has (c) have
21. 21.The students ___ rice when the phone rang. (a) were cook (b) was cooking (c) are cooking (d) were cooking
22. 22.My brother ___ to school when it started to rain. (a) were going (b) is going (c) was go (d) was going
23. 23.Name the tense: “You had ridden a bicycle.” (a) simple present (b) past continuous (c) past perfect (d) present perfect
24. 24.Name the tense: “I told a story.” (a) simple future (b) past continuous (c) simple past (d) present perfect
25. 25.I ___ a message twice a week. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send
26. 26.They ___ watched a cartoon already. (a) have (b) has
27. 27.Aarav ___ take the train every morning. (a) doesn't (b) isn't (c) don't
28. 28.Choose the right verb: There ___ a mango in the basket. (a) are (b) is
29. 29.We have studied in this school ___ last year. (a) since (b) for
30. 30.I ___ buy vegetables every morning. (a) don't (b) doesn't (c) aren't
31. 31.Name the tense: “We will ride a bicycle.” (a) simple future (b) simple past (c) simple present (d) present perfect
32. 32.She ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) have carried (b) had carry (c) has carried (d) had carried
33. 33.We ___ clap for the team on Saturdays. (a) aren't (b) don't (c) doesn't
34. 34.She ___ on the stage every day. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances
35. 35.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
36. 36.The children did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) helped
37. 37.Which is the correct -ing form of “carry”? (a) carryying (b) carrying (c) carryeing
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
39. 39.I ___ a picture at 8 pm yesterday. (a) were drawing (b) was drawing (c) was draw (d) am drawing
40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “win”? (a) winning (b) wining (c) wineing

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