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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 964 · 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.Aditya is going to ___ science next month. (a) studied (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
  2. 2.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
  3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telleing (c) tellling
  4. 4.We ___ a mango tomorrow. (a) will eats (b) will eating (c) will eat (d) ate
  5. 5.My brother ___ a story twice a week. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell
  6. 6.My brother ___ wear a cap on Saturdays. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) isn't
  7. 7.When the bell rang, you ___ for the team. (a) were clapping (b) are clapping (c) was clapping (d) were clap
  8. 8.___ the children washing the dishes at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  9. 9.We ___ worn a cap already. (a) has (b) have
  10. 10.___ he speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
  11. 11.I ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) will speak (d) speaked
  12. 12.We ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) has gone (b) have gone (c) had went (d) had gone
  13. 13.We ___ the train every day. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes
  14. 14.We ___ in the pool right now. (a) are swimming (b) are swim (c) is swimming (d) am swimming
  15. 15.You ___ milk every day. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking
  16. 16.___ my sister climb a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
  17. 17.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) claping (b) clapping (c) clapeing
  18. 18.My brother ___ tell a story every morning. (a) don't (b) isn't (c) doesn't
  19. 19.Name the tense: “We are studying science.” (a) present perfect (b) simple future (c) simple past (d) present continuous
  20. 20.I have just ___ milk. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drink
  21. 21.Karan ___ in this school since 2022. (a) taught (b) have taught (c) teaches (d) has taught
  22. 22.We ___ wear a cap twice a week. (a) aren't (b) don't (c) doesn't
  23. 23.She ___ a cake when the bell rang. (a) was bake (b) is baking (c) were baking (d) was baking
  24. 24.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writing (b) writeeing (c) writeing
  25. 25.We ___ a letter now. (a) is writing (b) are write (c) are writing (d) am writing
  26. 26.Choose the right verb: All the students ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  27. 27.Which is the correct -ing form of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catcheing (c) catchhing
  28. 28.When Mum came home, you ___ in the park. (a) were running (b) were run (c) are running (d) was running
  29. 29.___ Rahul plant a tree every morning? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Are (d) Is
  30. 30.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a name tag. (a) have (b) has
  31. 31.By the time Mum came home, they ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) have built (c) had built (d) had build
  32. 32.You ___ rice when Mum came home. (a) were cook (b) was cooking (c) are cooking (d) were cooking
  33. 33.Yash ___ lunch twice a week. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing
  34. 34.Meera ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleans
  35. 35.Choose the right verb: There ___ two cats in the garden. (a) are (b) is
  36. 36.___ they dance on the stage every morning? (a) Does (b) Is (c) Do (d) Are
  37. 37.Choose the right verb: The bag of apples ___ in the car. (a) are (b) is
  38. 38.Name the tense: “She will jog in the park.” (a) simple future (b) simple present (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
  39. 39.We ___ going to watch a cartoon next Sunday. (a) am (b) are (c) is
  40. 40.Choose the right verb: Each of the students ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have

Answer key

  1. study
  2. rode
  3. telling
  4. will eat
  5. tells
  6. doesn't
  7. were clapping
  8. Are
  9. have
  10. Did
  11. spoke
  12. had gone
  13. take
  14. are swimming
  15. drink
  16. Did
  17. clapping
  18. doesn't
  19. present continuous
  20. drunk
  21. has taught
  22. don't
  23. was baking
  24. writing
  25. are writing
  26. have
  27. catching
  28. were running
  29. Does
  30. has
  31. had built
  32. were cooking
  33. brings
  34. cleaned
  35. are
  36. Do
  37. is
  38. simple future
  39. are
  40. has

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