English tenses

Insert the correct tense of verb in the following:

1. My sister with her husband ----------- to Mumbai.

(go, is going, goes)

2. I am always ----------- trouble with my friend.

(having, has, had)

3. That car ------------- to Kiran.

(is belonging, was belonging, belongs)

4. My father ------------ for a walk every morning.

(goes, has gone, was going)

5. She ------------- for Dubai last Friday.

(has left, leave, left)

6. These grapes --------- sour.

(taste, are tasting, tasted)

7. I ------------ her letter a month ago.

(is receiving, received, will receive)

Answers:

1. is going

2. having

3. belongs

4. goes

5. left

6. taste

7. received

Tense forms

Choose the correct verb form those in brackets:

1. The earth ------------ round the sun.

(moving,moves,moved)

2. Kiran -------- Cricket in the evening.

(playing,plays,played)

3. The sun ------------ in the east.

(rising,rises,raised)

4. She ------ a house in this area.

(has,have,is having)

5. Arun ------------ to be an engineer.

(wanting,wants,is wanting)

6. He --------- apples every day.

(eats,eating,has eaten)

7. The moon ------------ round the earth.

(revolves,is revolving,revolved)

Answers:

1. moves

2. plays

3. rises

4. has

5. wants

6. eats

7. revolves

Tenses worksheets

Use the correct tense forms of the verbs given in brackets:
1. He walks as if he ---------- mad.
(was/ were)
2. I wish I ------------ a rich man.
(was/ were)
3. Slow and steady ------------- the race.
(Wins/winning)
4. India ----------- free in 1947.
(become/ became)
5. I ------------ Tennis Yesterday.
(plays/ played)
6. Gandhiji -------------- the President of Congress in 1924.
(elected/ was elected)
7. Galileo proved that the earth ------------- round the sun.
(goes/ will go)
Answers:
1. were
2. were
3. wins
4. became
5. played
6. was elected
7. goes