Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 915 · 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 cousins ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) jog
2. 2.You ___ lunch tomorrow. (a) will bringing (b) brought (c) will bring (d) will brings
3. 3.___ Vivaan swim in the pool twice a week? (a) Does (b) Are (c) Is (d) Do
4. 4.My brother ___ the room before the guests arrived. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
5. 5.___ Aarav watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
6. 6.He is going to ___ on the stage tomorrow. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dance
7. 7.Choose the right verb: Neither Isha nor the girls ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
8. 8.Pooja ___ fly a kite every morning. (a) doesn't (b) isn't (c) don't
9. 9.You ___ a song next month. (a) sang (b) will sing (c) will sings (d) will singing
10. 10.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) have bought (c) has bought (d) had buy
11. 11.Ananya did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
12. 12.Name the tense: “My brother washes the dishes.” (a) past continuous (b) present continuous (c) past perfect (d) simple present
13. 13.Tara ___ going to cook rice next month. (a) is (b) am (c) are
14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) weareing (b) wearring (c) wearing
15. 15.I ___ to school every morning. (a) goes (b) going (c) go
16. 16.We have known my best friend ___ 2019. (a) since (b) for
17. 17.Isha ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) has danced (b) have danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
18. 18.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
19. 19.You ___ for the team when the bell rang. (a) was clapping (b) were clapping (c) were clap (d) are clapping
20. 20.When it started to rain, Isha ___ a mango. (a) is eating (b) was eating (c) was eat (d) were eating
21. 21.We ___ a song right now. (a) am singing (b) are singing (c) are sing (d) is singing
22. 22.By the time the bell rang, they ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had took
23. 23.___ she buying vegetables now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
24. 24.___ my cousins taking the train at the moment? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
25. 25.He did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) rode
26. 26.We are going to ___ for the team tomorrow. (a) clapped (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapping
27. 27.When Dad called, they ___ already told a story. (a) has (b) have (c) had
28. 28.She ___ in the park when the phone rang. (a) were jogging (b) is jogging (c) was jog (d) was jogging
29. 29.Omkar ___ a cartoon tomorrow. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) will watching (d) will watches
30. 30.Name the tense: “I bake a cake.” (a) simple present (b) present perfect (c) simple future (d) past perfect
31. 31.I ___ in Pune since 2019. (a) has lived (b) lived (c) have lived (d) live
32. 32.Choose the right verb: Either my cousins or Meera ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
33. 33.By the time the bell rang, Aditya ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had buy
34. 34.Rohan ___ a tree right now. (a) am climbing (b) is climbing (c) are climbing (d) is climb
35. 35.Choose the right verb: Either Nisha or the girls ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
36. 36.The children ___ clapped for the team already. (a) have (b) has
37. 37.When Dad called, she ___ already sung a song. (a) have (b) has (c) had
38. 38.She ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) has watched (d) will watch
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had written (d) had wrote
40. 40.We ___ going to run in the park next week. (a) is (b) am (c) are

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