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Tenses for Grade 5

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What form of the verb is used in perfect tenses

a)

Pastparticple

b)

Past

c)

Present

2.

What is the pastparticiple form of the verb come

a)

Came

b)

Comed

c)

Camed

d)

Come

3.

Fill in the blank with present perfect tense or present tense

We _________ yet (eat)

a)

Ate

b)

Eat

c)

Have not eaten

4.

Write the pastperfect form of this sentence

The noise troubled the people

a)

The noise had troubled the people

b)

The noise troubles the people

c)

The noise will trouble the people

d)

The noise will have troubled the people

5.

Which of the following are examples of words that do not change in their past form

a)

Cut

b)

Burst

c)

Go

d)

Lie

e)

Play

6.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

She __________ with her parents in London.

a)

lived

b)

lives

c)

living

d)

live

7.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Last year I (go) (a)   to America for my holidays

8.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The weather (be) ____________ strangely fine this morning when I opened the windows.

a)

is

b)

am

c)

was

d)

should

9.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Aisha's son is (a)   (talk) on the phone rightnow.

10.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Sara was _____________ (run) because she was late for her classes.

a)

ran

b)

run

c)

runs

d)

running

11.

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

Amisha __________ exited the room.

a)

Shall

b)

Will be

c)

Shall have

d)

Will have

12.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Please ring me up as soon as he ____________ (arrive)

a)

arriving

b)

arrived

c)

arrive

d)

arrives

13.

Seema ________ playing with her sister.

a)

Shall be

b)

Will be

c)

had

d)

has

14.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

The phone rang while I ________________ dinner.

a)

had

b)

was having

c)

am having

d)

will have

15.

I _______ reach class by 10 am.

a)

Shall

b)

Will

c)

have

d)

am

16.
.... (the driver/talk) to you or had he stayed in his car before the police arrived?
a)
Had the driver talked
b)
Did the driver talk
c)
Was the driver talking
d)
Had the diver beetn talked
17.
I was more than happy to see Tom again as I ... him for ages.
a)
 hadn't seen
b)
saw
c)
didn't see
18.
... to the National Museum before we went last month?
a)
Have you been
b)
Had you been
c)
Had you be
d)
Hadn't you been
19.
When we finally found his house, everyone....... (already/leave) for a club in town.
a)
had already left
b)
had left
c)
already had left
d)
left
20.
Choose the correct option:
It ... all day! Why can’t it stop!
a)
is raining
b)
rains
c)
has been raining
d)
have been raining
21.

Choose the correct option:   Joe ... for a new job all week since Friday.

a)
has been looking
b)
is looking
c)
looks
d)
has looked
22.
Choose the correct option: 
Paul ... on the phone for half an hour now.
a)
is talking
b)
has talked
c)
has been talking
d)
talks
23.

When we got to the bookshop, we were too late! The last copy ... .

a)

sold

b)

had sold

c)

had been sold

24.

It was strange to see my old school again - all the walls ... a different colour by the new caretaker.

a)

had been painted

b)

had painted

c)

painted

25.

When the soldiers got home, they discovered that their homes ... during the war.

a)

had been destroyed

b)

destroyed

c)

had destroyed

26.

I was angry when I got to the shop because my bicycle ... .

a)

had not been repaired

b)

was not repaired

c)

had not repaired

27.

When I got to the party all the food ... .

a)

eaten

b)

had been eaten

c)

had eaten

28.

By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ......................... more than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.

a)

will have driven

b)

will have been driving

29.

I'm afraid the books you ordered.............. by Friday.

a)

won't have arrived

b)

won't have been arriving

c)

will have arrived

d)

will have been arriving

30.

Select the correct sentence on future perfect

a)

I will be reading this book

b)

I will have read this book by tomorrow

c)

I go to read the book tomorrow

d)

I won’t Reading the book tomorrow