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Let's explore tenses

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mom ______ the potatoes for dinner.

a)

mash

b)

mashes

c)

mashing

d)

none of the above

2.

My grandpa and grandma ______ to Florida every summer.

a)

Go

b)

Goes

c)

Going

d)

Goed

3.

Tacos ______ better with cheese on top.

a)

Taste

b)

Tastes

c)

Tasted

d)

Tasted

4.

That chair ______ when you sit in it.

a)

Spins

b)

Spin

c)

Spinning

d)

Spinned

5.

On the playground, the children _______ on the swings.

a)

Swing

b)

Swings

c)

Swinged

d)

Swinging

6.

Archaeologists will use them for studying prehistoric life.

a)

Past

b)

Present

c)

Future

7.

Complete the sentence with the choice that represents the present perfect tense.


I have never been to Detroit, but _______ I to other cities in Michigan.

a)

Visited

b)

Go

c)

Went

d)

Have been

8.

Identify the verb tense in the following sentence:


General Custer died at the battle of Little Big Horn.

a)

Past

b)

Present

c)

Future

9.

All of the leaves _____ from the trees now, and I must clean them all up.

a)

Will be falling

b)

Are falling

c)

Fall

d)

Fallen

10.

In the sentence below, choose the correct verb to change the sentence to future tense.


She joined the school choir.

a)

Joins

b)

Will joins

c)

Joined

d)

Will join

11.

My dog _______ from noon to four every day of the week.

a)

Slept

b)

Is sleeping

c)

Sleeps

d)

Will sleep

12.

Tomorrow, my family _______ the royal wedding on television.

a)

Will watch

b)

Is watching

c)

Watches

d)

Have watches

13.

Identify the verb tense in the following sentence:


The cave consists of limestone rock.

a)

Past

b)

Present

c)

Future

14.

I ______ to school with my brother every morning.

a)

Have been walking

b)

Walk

c)

Am walking

d)

Walked

15.

The painters ____________ the house tomorrow.

a)

Paints

b)

Paint

c)

Will paint

d)

Painting

16.

Last summer, Jorge and I ____________ to Disney World.

a)

Went

b)

Was going

c)

Had gone

d)

Had been going

17.

My brother __________ a bear an hour ago.

a)

See

b)

Sees

c)

Saw

d)

Seen

18.

________ Mike visit his grandmother last night?

a)

Did

b)

Are

c)

Does

d)

Will

19.

Alex did not ___________ last weekend.

a)

Worked

b)

Work

c)

Working

d)

Works

20.

________________ Judy and Liz at last month's meeting?

a)

Was

b)

Were

c)

Are

d)

Did

21.

I ____________ English for two years.

a)

Studying

b)

Study

c)

Studied

22.

"Where's Mom?" I asked my brother.

"She _______ in the kitchen," my brother replied.

a)

Have cooked

b)

Cooked

c)

Cooks

d)

is cooking