Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 923 · 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.At 8 pm yesterday, he ___ the dishes. (a) was wash (b) is washing (c) were washing (d) was washing
2. 2.When the phone rang, I ___ a cake. (a) was baking (b) am baking (c) was bake (d) were baking
3. 3.My brother ___ the room at the moment. (a) am cleaning (b) is clean (c) is cleaning (d) are cleaning
4. 4.We ___ science every day. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying
5. 5.Choose the right verb: Either my cousins or Yash ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
6. 6.My brother ___ a letter tomorrow. (a) will write (b) will writing (c) will writes (d) wrote
7. 7.They have just ___ the train. (a) taking (b) took (c) take (d) taken
8. 8.The students ___ ride a bicycle every Sunday. (a) doesn't (b) aren't (c) don't
9. 9.I ___ cricket on Saturdays. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays
10. 10.He has waited for the bus ___ half an hour. (a) since (b) for
11. 11.When Mum came home, she ___ Hindi. (a) is speaking (b) was speak (c) were speaking (d) was speaking
12. 12.When Dad called, I ___ already clapped for the team. (a) has (b) had (c) have
13. 13.He is going to ___ for the team next month. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) clapped (d) claps
14. 14.Tara ___ rice now. (a) is cooking (b) are cooking (c) am cooking (d) is cook
15. 15.He ___ vegetables next Sunday. (a) will buy (b) will buying (c) bought (d) will buys
16. 16.He ___ baked a cake already. (a) have (b) has
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, she ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
18. 18.___ I go to school two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
19. 19.___ my friends drink milk on Saturdays? (a) Does (b) Are (c) Do (d) Is
20. 20.Name the tense: “We had washed the dishes.” (a) simple future (b) past continuous (c) past perfect (d) simple past
21. 21.Name the tense: “Aisha jogged in the park.” (a) present continuous (b) present perfect (c) simple past (d) simple present
22. 22.When Dad called, my sister ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.At 8 pm yesterday, Ira ___ in the park. (a) is running (b) was running (c) were running (d) was run
24. 24.Ishaan ___ flown a kite already. (a) has (b) have
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, she ___ Grandma. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) has helped
26. 26.He ___ in Delhi since 2019. (a) have worked (b) works (c) has worked (d) worked
27. 27.Name the tense: “I helped Grandma.” (a) present continuous (b) simple past (c) past continuous (d) simple present
28. 28.Name the tense: “I will cook rice.” (a) past perfect (b) simple past (c) present continuous (d) simple future
29. 29.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had planted (c) had plant (d) have planted
31. 31.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
32. 32.Name the tense: “They have gone to school.” (a) simple present (b) past perfect (c) present perfect (d) simple future
33. 33.___ I buy vegetables every day? (a) Does (b) Is (c) Do (d) Are
34. 34.They ___ for the team twice a week. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps
35. 35.Aditya ___ eat a mango every morning. (a) isn't (b) doesn't (c) don't
36. 36.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
37. 37.They ___ the train before the guests arrived. (a) has taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) have taken
38. 38.My parents are going to ___ in the pool next month. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
39. 39.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) going (b) goeing (c) gooing
40. 40.Choose the right verb: My trousers ___ new. (a) is (b) are

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