Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 863 · 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: There ___ some water in the bottle. (a) are (b) is
2. 2.My brother ___ a tree now. (a) are climbing (b) is climb (c) am climbing (d) is climbing
3. 3.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eating (d) eaten
4. 4.Myra ___ a tree next month. (a) will planting (b) planted (c) will plant (d) will plants
5. 5.Name the tense: “He swam in the pool.” (a) simple present (b) present perfect (c) simple past (d) present continuous
6. 6.Name the tense: “Rahul had bought vegetables.” (a) present perfect (b) present continuous (c) simple past (d) past perfect
7. 7.They ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) have planted
8. 8.She ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) have eaten (b) has eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
9. 9.Myra ___ the ball next Sunday. (a) will throwing (b) threw (c) will throws (d) will throw
10. 10.I ___ Hindi every morning. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) speaks
11. 11.Sneha ___ the dishes now. (a) am washing (b) is washing (c) is wash (d) are washing
12. 12.Name the tense: “The children catch the ball.” (a) past perfect (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) simple past
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) had buy (d) have bought
14. 14.He did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clap
15. 15.My sister did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
16. 16.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
17. 17.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpeing (b) helping (c) helpping
18. 18.I ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) had sent
19. 19.My friends ___ a bicycle at the moment. (a) are riding (b) am riding (c) are ride (d) is riding
20. 20.When it started to rain, Manav ___ a cartoon. (a) was watch (b) was watching (c) were watching (d) is watching
21. 21.By the time we reached, my brother ___ for the team. (a) have clapped (b) has clapped (c) had clap (d) had clapped
22. 22.She ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) has studied (c) studied (d) will study
23. 23.Manav ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
24. 24.The children ___ clap for the team every morning. (a) aren't (b) doesn't (c) don't
25. 25.We have just ___ the room. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
26. 26.We have known my best friend ___ 2020. (a) for (b) since
27. 27.___ she cooking rice at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
28. 28.He ___ a picture when it started to rain. (a) is drawing (b) was drawing (c) was draw (d) were drawing
29. 29.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
30. 30.My cousins ___ a tree now. (a) are planting (b) is planting (c) are plant (d) am planting
31. 31.When the phone rang, she ___ the dog. (a) were feeding (b) is feeding (c) was feeding (d) was feed
32. 32.Diya ___ play cricket every morning. (a) isn't (b) don't (c) doesn't
33. 33.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
34. 34.The children ___ a kite every day. (a) fly (b) flying (c) flies
35. 35.We ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) is building (b) are building (c) are build (d) am building
36. 36.She ___ tea every day. (a) make (b) makes (c) making
37. 37.We ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) had build (b) had built (c) has built (d) have built
38. 38.We ___ rice right now. (a) are cook (b) am cooking (c) are cooking (d) is cooking
39. 39.He ___ lunch at 8 pm yesterday. (a) was bring (b) were bringing (c) was bringing (d) is bringing
40. 40.Choose the right verb: All the boys ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have

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