Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 891 · 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.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flyeing (b) flyying (c) flying
2. 2.Meera is going to ___ the ball next week. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
3. 3.When Dad called, we ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) making (b) makeing (c) makeeing
5. 5.Choose the right verb: Neither my cousins nor Manav ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
6. 6.We ___ going to climb a tree tomorrow. (a) is (b) am (c) are
7. 7.My brother ___ a tree at the moment. (a) are planting (b) am planting (c) is plant (d) is planting
8. 8.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) taked (d) took
9. 9.Name the tense: “He was helping Grandma.” (a) simple past (b) present continuous (c) past continuous (d) simple future
10. 10.We ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) have carried (b) has carried (c) had carry (d) had carried
11. 11.She ___ a picture on Saturdays. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw
12. 12.She has just ___ for the team. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clap
13. 13.They ___ with Nani since 2021. (a) stay (b) have stayed (c) has stayed (d) stayed
14. 14.Kunal ___ plant a tree every day. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
15. 15.___ Kavya playing cricket at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
16. 16.___ the students study science in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
18. 18.Name the tense: “She bought vegetables.” (a) simple future (b) present perfect (c) present continuous (d) simple past
19. 19.My brother is going to ___ in the park next Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
20. 20.We ___ washed the dishes already. (a) have (b) has
21. 21.He ___ going to help Grandma tomorrow. (a) is (b) are (c) am
22. 22.Name the tense: “You will buy vegetables.” (a) present perfect (b) simple future (c) past continuous (d) present continuous
23. 23.When Dad called, they ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.Saanvi has played in the garden ___ morning. (a) since (b) for
25. 25.We ___ the ball now. (a) are catching (b) is catching (c) are catch (d) am catching
26. 26.He ___ a cap at the moment. (a) am wearing (b) is wear (c) are wearing (d) is wearing
27. 27.When it started to rain, Priya ___ a message. (a) were sending (b) is sending (c) was send (d) was sending
28. 28.She is going to ___ Hindi next month. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
29. 29.At 8 pm yesterday, you ___ the room. (a) were cleaning (b) are cleaning (c) were clean (d) was cleaning
30. 30.My brother ___ a bicycle now. (a) am riding (b) is riding (c) is ride (d) are riding
31. 31.You ___ in this school since 2020. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) study (d) has studied
32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “draw”? (a) drawwing (b) drawing (c) draweing
33. 33.He ___ Grandma tomorrow. (a) will help (b) will helping (c) helped (d) will helps
34. 34.I ___ a message when Mum came home. (a) am sending (b) was sending (c) were sending (d) was send
35. 35.When Dad called, my sister ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) have (b) has (c) had
36. 36.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
37. 37.You ___ a letter when the bell rang. (a) were write (b) were writing (c) are writing (d) was writing
38. 38.She ___ the bag now. (a) is carry (b) are carrying (c) am carrying (d) is carrying
39. 39.They have just ___ Hindi. (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speak
40. 40.The students ___ a kite when the phone rang. (a) were flying (b) was flying (c) were fly (d) are flying

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