Tenses Exercises, Practice 50+ Questions on Tense

One of the most useful topics in English Grammar is Tense. A good understanding of the Tense chapter though Tenses Exercises can help you in your writing as well as in speaking. In this article, we have provided you with many Tense Exercises in the form of fill-in-the-blank identification of tense and other exercises.

Tenses Exercises

We have a total of 3 Tense in English Grammar – Present Tense, Past Tense, Future Tense. These 3 tenses are roughly divided into 12 parts, those are – Simple Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Present Perfect Tense, Present Perfect Continuous Tense, Simple Past Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Perfect Tense, Past Perfect Continuous Tense, Simple Future Tense, Future Continuous Tense, Future Perfect Tense, Future Perfect Continuous Tense.

The best way to remember all the tense and their rules is to practice more Tenses Exercises. The concepts behind all the subtenses are quite similar, so practical different types of good Tense practice Question from this post and check answers at last. Before Starting the exercises you can revise your concepts from Tense Chart PDF.

Tense Identification Exercise

Identify the tense of the sentences below –

1. He currently lives with his parents.
2. I went to the bus stop and waited for the bus.
3. Some parts of Italy have become drier.
4. I still haven’t had the necessary documents for the Interview.
5. She works as a lab technician.
6. She plans to pursue a degree.
7. At that time, I had a job as a physiotherapist in a hotel.
8. I attempted to ignore them, and when the bus arrived, I boarded and took a seat.
9. I’ve got two sisters.
10. Do you want me to get you a coffee for you? No thanks, I’ve already got one.
11. Her employment requires her to answer the phone.
12. People are living increasingly longer lives.
13. I had come to India because my office authority had transferred me there.
14. I thought I looked smart.
15. This month, they are working on a new project.
16. I’ve just seen Chandrima at the railway station.
17. I wore a suit and my best shoes.
18. While I waited, I observed that people looked at me strangely.
19. 30 minutes later, I arrived at my office.

Tenses Exercises – Answers

1. Simple Present Tense
2. Simple Past Tense
3. Present Perfect
4. Present perfect
5. Simple Present
6. Simple Present
7. Simple Past
8. Simple Past
9. Present Perfect
10. Present Perfect
11. Present Tense
12. Present Continuous Tense
13. Past Perfect
14. Simple Past
15. Present Continuous
16. Present Perfect
17. Past Tense
18. Simple past
19. Simple past

Tenses Exercises: Fill in the Blanks

1. I ______ Vidya at the town. (saw, have seen, had seen)
2. I ______ Math Teacher this week. (haven’t seen, didn’t see, am not seeing)
3. This man  _____ twice weekly. (is appearing, appearing, appears)
4. Arka jumped off the school bus while it _______. (already started, had already started, would already start)
5. Did you think you ______ Diya somewhere before? (have seen, had seen, were seeing)
6. Look, the beautiful sun ______ over the grey hills. (rises, is rise, is rising)
7. Rita fell off the ladder when she ________ the roof. (is mending, was mending, mended)
8. I _________ the food burning. (smell, am smelling, have been smelling)
9. We ______ our lunch almost 2 hours ago. (finished, have finished, had finished)
10. I ______ for half 30 minutes when it suddenly started to rain. (have walked, had been walking, have been walking)

Answers

1. Saw
2. Haven’t seen
3. Appears
4. Had already started
5. Had seen
6. Is rising
7. Was mending
8. Smell
9. Finished
10. Had been walking

Exercise Tenses with Interrogative Sentences

1. Did you play cricket yesterday?
2. What are you doing in the garden?
3. Have you ever watched a film in Spanish?
4. Have you played basketball?
5. Was Tara reading the letter last night?
6. Will they be playing football?
7. How long have your sister been waiting for me?
8. Will they have won today’s match?
9. Had it been snowing all day?
10. Does your brother often go to the swimming pool?
11. Will Jimin have been waiting for me?
12. Will you be 23 or 24 next year?
13. Is she going to fly to Europe in the next month?

Answers

1. Simple Past
2. Present Progressive
3. Present Perfect
4. Present Perfect
5. Past Progressive
6. future Progressive (will)
7. Present Perfect Progressive
8. Future Perfect
9. Past Perfect Progressive
10. Simple Present
11. Future Perfect Progressive
12. will-future
13. going to-future

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