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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 892 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which is the correct -ing form of “plant”? (a) plantting (b) planteing (c) planting
  2. 2.We ___ a song next month. (a) will sing (b) will sings (c) sang (d) will singing
  3. 3.Choose the right verb: Neither my cousins nor Diya ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  4. 4.By the time we reached, my friends ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) has played (c) had played (d) have played
  5. 5.You ___ helped Grandma already. (a) has (b) have
  6. 6.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
  7. 7.My friends ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) wear (c) wore (d) will wear
  8. 8.Choose the right verb: Each of the boys ___ a ID card. (a) have (b) has
  9. 9.___ my brother jog in the park every day? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Do (d) Does
  10. 10.Choose the right verb: There ___ an apple on the plate. (a) is (b) are
  11. 11.You ___ going to take the train next week. (a) are (b) am (c) is
  12. 12.Choose the right verb: There ___ a cat in the garden. (a) are (b) is
  13. 13.We ___ science before Mum came home. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had studied (d) had study
  14. 14.I ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
  15. 15.You are going to ___ Grandma tomorrow. (a) helps (b) helping (c) helped (d) help
  16. 16.She ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) has ridden (b) had rode (c) had ridden (d) have ridden
  17. 17.You ___ the bag when the bell rang. (a) are carrying (b) was carrying (c) were carrying (d) were carry
  18. 18.Ananya ___ going to feed the dog next Sunday. (a) am (b) is (c) are
  19. 19.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) threw (d) thrown
  20. 20.Farhan ___ Grandma right now. (a) is help (b) am helping (c) is helping (d) are helping
  21. 21.We ___ a kite when it started to rain. (a) are flying (b) were flying (c) was flying (d) were fly
  22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) had ran (c) have run (d) had run
  23. 23.They ___ Hindi every morning. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak
  24. 24.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 3. (a) is (b) are
  25. 25.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had
  26. 26.I have known my best friend ___ January. (a) for (b) since
  27. 27.___ my brother wearing a cap right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  28. 28.Choose the right verb: The basket of mangoes ___ heavy. (a) is (b) are
  29. 29.They ___ vegetables when it started to rain. (a) are buying (b) were buying (c) were buy (d) was buying
  30. 30.He ___ on the stage now. (a) are dancing (b) is dance (c) am dancing (d) is dancing
  31. 31.We ___ told a story already. (a) have (b) has
  32. 32.He ___ a tree when it started to rain. (a) was plant (b) was planting (c) is planting (d) were planting
  33. 33.I ___ in the pool right now. (a) am swimming (b) am swim (c) are swimming (d) is swimming
  34. 34.We ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) has carried (b) had carried (c) have carried (d) had carry
  35. 35.___ Yash building a sandcastle now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  36. 36.Saanvi ___ the ball twice a week. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches
  37. 37.We ___ going to make tea tomorrow. (a) are (b) am (c) is
  38. 38.Choose the right verb: Physics ___ interesting. (a) are (b) is
  39. 39.You ___ on the stage at the moment. (a) am dancing (b) are dancing (c) is dancing (d) are dance
  40. 40.Sneha ___ a song when it started to rain. (a) was sing (b) was singing (c) were singing (d) is singing

Answer key

  1. planting
  2. will sing
  3. is
  4. had played
  5. have
  6. has
  7. wore
  8. has
  9. Does
  10. is
  11. are
  12. is
  13. had studied
  14. had thrown
  15. help
  16. had ridden
  17. were carrying
  18. is
  19. threw
  20. is helping
  21. were flying
  22. had run
  23. speak
  24. is
  25. had
  26. since
  27. Is
  28. is
  29. were buying
  30. is dancing
  31. have
  32. was planting
  33. am swimming
  34. had carried
  35. Is
  36. catches
  37. are
  38. is
  39. are dancing
  40. was singing

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