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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 962 · 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.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
  2. 2.Which is the correct -ing form of “send”? (a) sendding (b) sendeing (c) sending
  3. 3.Choose the right verb: There ___ two cats in the garden. (a) is (b) are
  4. 4.When Dad called, Isha ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) has (c) had
  5. 5.___ my parents write a letter every morning? (a) Is (b) Do (c) Are (d) Does
  6. 6.Choose the right verb: Mathematics ___ my favourite subject. (a) are (b) is
  7. 7.Name the tense: “Diya will clean the room.” (a) present perfect (b) simple present (c) simple future (d) past perfect
  8. 8.You ___ on the stage on Saturdays. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances
  9. 9.I ___ the bag tomorrow. (a) will carrying (b) carried (c) will carries (d) will carry
  10. 10.I ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
  11. 11.___ I write a letter on Saturdays? (a) Do (b) Is (c) Does (d) Are
  12. 12.He ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) has danced (c) will dance (d) danced
  13. 13.Yash ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) has watched (c) watched (d) will watch
  14. 14.She ___ in the pool right now. (a) is swim (b) are swimming (c) is swimming (d) am swimming
  15. 15.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a mango. (a) has eaten (b) have eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
  16. 16.My friends ___ a cake on Saturdays. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes
  17. 17.They ___ vegetables next Sunday. (a) will buying (b) bought (c) will buys (d) will buy
  18. 18.By the time Mum came home, they ___ Grandma. (a) has helped (b) had help (c) had helped (d) have helped
  19. 19.I am going to ___ a sandcastle tomorrow. (a) build (b) builds (c) built (d) building
  20. 20.By the time Mum came home, I ___ the bag. (a) have carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
  21. 21.He ___ Grandma now. (a) is helping (b) am helping (c) is help (d) are helping
  22. 22.They ___ in this school since 2021. (a) teach (b) taught (c) have taught (d) has taught
  23. 23.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) thrown
  24. 24.My sister has just ___ the dog. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
  25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
  26. 26.My sister is going to ___ the bag next month. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
  27. 27.___ I go to school in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
  28. 28.My sister ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) had built (b) has built (c) have built (d) had build
  29. 29.Name the tense: “Nisha told a story.” (a) past perfect (b) present perfect (c) simple future (d) simple past
  30. 30.She ___ a cake when the phone rang. (a) is baking (b) was baking (c) was bake (d) were baking
  31. 31.By the time Mum came home, my parents ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) had written (d) has written
  32. 32.Choose the right verb: There ___ a lot of rice in the bag. (a) are (b) is
  33. 33.Saanvi is going to ___ a mango next month. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
  34. 34.Name the tense: “My sister is washing the dishes.” (a) simple present (b) present continuous (c) simple future (d) past continuous
  35. 35.Choose the right verb: Either Vivaan or my cousins ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  36. 36.Name the tense: “I am cleaning the room.” (a) present perfect (b) present continuous (c) simple past (d) simple present
  37. 37.My friends are going to ___ science tomorrow. (a) studying (b) study (c) studied (d) studies
  38. 38.By the time we reached, they ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) has built (c) had built (d) have built
  39. 39.She ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) have drawn (b) had drawn (c) had drew (d) has drawn
  40. 40.When Dad called, my brother ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have

Answer key

  1. wrote
  2. sending
  3. are
  4. had
  5. Do
  6. is
  7. simple future
  8. dance
  9. will carry
  10. danced
  11. Do
  12. danced
  13. watched
  14. is swimming
  15. had eaten
  16. bake
  17. will buy
  18. had helped
  19. build
  20. had carried
  21. is helping
  22. have taught
  23. threw
  24. fed
  25. caught
  26. carry
  27. Did
  28. had built
  29. simple past
  30. was baking
  31. had written
  32. is
  33. eat
  34. present continuous
  35. are
  36. present continuous
  37. study
  38. had built
  39. had drawn
  40. had

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