Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 989 · 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.Name the tense: “You are jogging in the park.” (a) simple future (b) simple past (c) past continuous (d) present continuous
2. 2.Choose the right verb: Mathematics ___ my favourite subject. (a) is (b) are
3. 3.Name the tense: “They took the train.” (a) past continuous (b) present perfect (c) past perfect (d) simple past
4. 4.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
5. 5.We ___ make tea every morning. (a) doesn't (b) aren't (c) don't
6. 6.I ___ going to catch the ball next month. (a) am (b) is (c) are
7. 7.___ she singing a song now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
8. 8.We ___ Grandma when Mum came home. (a) were help (b) are helping (c) was helping (d) were helping
9. 9.Aditya ___ won the match already. (a) has (b) have
10. 10.When the bell rang, they ___ cricket. (a) are playing (b) were play (c) was playing (d) were playing
11. 11.Choose the right verb: There ___ two cats in the garden. (a) is (b) are
12. 12.We ___ cricket at the moment. (a) am playing (b) are play (c) is playing (d) are playing
13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) jogeing (b) joging (c) jogging
14. 14.Isha ___ Grandma twice a week. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help
15. 15.Tara ___ the bag now. (a) is carry (b) are carrying (c) am carrying (d) is carrying
16. 16.My friends ___ a cartoon next week. (a) will watch (b) will watching (c) watched (d) will watches
17. 17.He has just ___ a message. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
18. 18.When it started to rain, I ___ a kite. (a) were flying (b) was flying (c) am flying (d) was fly
19. 19.Name the tense: “Isha has played cricket.” (a) past perfect (b) simple past (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
20. 20.My cousins ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) built (c) build (d) builded
21. 21.My cousins are going to ___ the ball next month. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
22. 22.My brother ___ cricket on Saturdays. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play
23. 23.The students are going to ___ Grandma next Sunday. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) helped
24. 24.She ___ a kite next Sunday. (a) flew (b) will flies (c) will fly (d) will flying
25. 25.Name the tense: “She buys vegetables.” (a) past perfect (b) past continuous (c) simple present (d) simple future
26. 26.Name the tense: “She will jog in the park.” (a) simple present (b) simple future (c) past perfect (d) present perfect
27. 27.When Dad called, I ___ already sent a message. (a) had (b) have (c) has
28. 28.I ___ in the pool right now. (a) are swimming (b) am swimming (c) am swim (d) is swimming
29. 29.Which is the correct -ing form of “write”? (a) writeeing (b) writeing (c) writing
30. 30.Name the tense: “The students had run in the park.” (a) past perfect (b) present continuous (c) simple past (d) simple present
31. 31.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a letter. (a) have written (b) has written (c) had written (d) had wrote
32. 32.We ___ in Pune since 2022. (a) live (b) have lived (c) lived (d) has lived
33. 33.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
34. 34.___ she ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
35. 35.Tara ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) had made (b) have made (c) had make (d) has made
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) had (c) has
37. 37.___ Riya speaking Hindi now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
38. 38.___ Vivaan bringing lunch right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
39. 39.When the phone rang, we ___ science. (a) are studying (b) were study (c) was studying (d) were studying
40. 40.We ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had rode (d) had ridden

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