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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 963 · 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.I ___ in this school since 2022. (a) studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) study
  2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
  3. 3.Name the tense: “They buy vegetables.” (a) present perfect (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) present continuous
  4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) making (b) makeeing (c) makeing
  5. 5.Yash did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) swam
  6. 6.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  7. 7.You have lived in Pune ___ 2020. (a) since (b) for
  8. 8.My sister ___ built a sandcastle already. (a) has (b) have
  9. 9.They have just ___ Hindi. (a) spoken (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaking
  10. 10.My sister ___ in this school since 2021. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) have studied
  11. 11.I ___ carry the bag every Sunday. (a) don't (b) aren't (c) doesn't
  12. 12.You ___ Grandma next Sunday. (a) will help (b) will helping (c) helped (d) will helps
  13. 13.My sister ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) takes (c) taked (d) took
  14. 14.My friends ___ going to tell a story next Sunday. (a) am (b) is (c) are
  15. 15.We ___ a letter every Sunday. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write
  16. 16.They ___ a song twice a week. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing
  17. 17.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
  18. 18.Name the tense: “I had spoken Hindi.” (a) simple future (b) simple present (c) past perfect (d) simple past
  19. 19.___ you run in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
  20. 20.Name the tense: “We had bought vegetables.” (a) simple present (b) simple future (c) past perfect (d) past continuous
  21. 21.You did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planted (d) planting
  22. 22.We ___ Grandma when the bell rang. (a) was helping (b) were help (c) were helping (d) are helping
  23. 23.Choose the right verb: Each student ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  24. 24.Name the tense: “You are buying vegetables.” (a) simple present (b) present continuous (c) past perfect (d) simple future
  25. 25.When the phone rang, I ___ lunch. (a) were bringing (b) was bring (c) am bringing (d) was bringing
  26. 26.Omkar did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
  27. 27.He ___ a song when the phone rang. (a) were singing (b) was sing (c) is singing (d) was singing
  28. 28.We ___ to school tomorrow. (a) will goes (b) will go (c) will going (d) went
  29. 29.Name the tense: “We have fed the dog.” (a) simple future (b) simple past (c) present continuous (d) present perfect
  30. 30.You ___ going to climb a tree next Sunday. (a) am (b) is (c) are
  31. 31.My friends ___ in Delhi since 2020. (a) have worked (b) work (c) has worked (d) worked
  32. 32.I ___ the room now. (a) are cleaning (b) am cleaning (c) am clean (d) is cleaning
  33. 33.We ___ the room next month. (a) will cleans (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) will cleaning
  34. 34.They ___ a picture every Sunday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw
  35. 35.When the bell rang, I ___ the dog. (a) was feeding (b) am feeding (c) were feeding (d) was feed
  36. 36.Sneha ___ caught the ball already. (a) have (b) has
  37. 37.He ___ in this school since 2021. (a) studies (b) studied (c) has studied (d) have studied
  38. 38.My sister has just ___ vegetables. (a) buy (b) buying (c) bought (d) buys
  39. 39.___ we tell a story last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
  40. 40.When the bell rang, the students ___ a tree. (a) are climbing (b) were climbing (c) were climb (d) was climbing

Answer key

  1. have studied
  2. drank
  3. simple present
  4. making
  5. swim
  6. has
  7. since
  8. has
  9. spoken
  10. has studied
  11. don't
  12. will help
  13. took
  14. are
  15. write
  16. sing
  17. Did
  18. past perfect
  19. Did
  20. past perfect
  21. plant
  22. were helping
  23. has
  24. present continuous
  25. was bringing
  26. carry
  27. was singing
  28. will go
  29. present perfect
  30. are
  31. have worked
  32. am cleaning
  33. will clean
  34. draw
  35. was feeding
  36. has
  37. has studied
  38. bought
  39. Did
  40. were climbing

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