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Class 7–8 English: Tenses practice questions

Practise tenses for Classes 7 and 8. Try the 10-question quiz below and see each answer explained straight away, then read all 12 questions with answers underneath. Free, no sign-up.

All tenses questions with answers

1. Choose the correct form. They ___ cricket every Sunday.

   1. A. play ✓
   2. B. have played
   3. C. played
   4. D. are playing

   Answer: play. A regular habit takes the simple present: play.

2. Choose the correct form. It ___ since morning, so we stayed home.

   1. A. has been raining ✓
   2. B. is raining
   3. C. rained
   4. D. rains

   Answer: has been raining. An action that began in the past and is still going on takes the present perfect continuous.

3. Choose the correct form. Tomorrow I ___ my grandparents.

   1. A. visited
   2. B. will visit ✓
   3. C. was visiting
   4. D. have visited

   Answer: will visit. A future plan takes will + verb: will visit.

4. Choose the correct form. He ___ to school by bus every day.

   1. A. is going
   2. B. has gone
   3. C. goes ✓
   4. D. went

   Answer: goes. A habit takes the simple present: goes.

5. Choose the correct form. We ___ the match last night.

   1. A. won ✓
   2. B. have won
   3. C. win
   4. D. were winning

   Answer: won. Last night is finished time, so use the simple past: won.

6. Choose the correct form. I ___ in Jaipur since 2019.

   1. A. lived
   2. B. had lived
   3. C. have lived ✓
   4. D. am living

   Answer: have lived. Since + a start point in the past takes the present perfect: have lived.

7. Choose the correct form. By next June, we ___ here for ten years.

   1. A. will live
   2. B. will have lived ✓
   3. C. lived
   4. D. have lived

   Answer: will have lived. An action completed by a future time takes the future perfect: will have lived.

8. Choose the correct form. While we ___ dinner, the lights went out.

   1. A. eat
   2. B. will eat
   3. C. were eating ✓
   4. D. have eaten

   Answer: were eating. A longer action in the past is shown by the past continuous: were eating.

9. Choose the correct form. Look! The train ___ .

   1. A. has came
   2. B. is coming ✓
   3. C. came
   4. D. comes

   Answer: is coming. An action happening now takes the present continuous: is coming.

10. Choose the correct form. She ___ the letter when I arrived.

    1. A. was writing ✓
    2. B. has written
    3. C. writes
    4. D. will write

    Answer: was writing. Past continuous: was writing, an action in progress when another began.

11. Choose the correct form. She ___ her homework before dinner yesterday.

    1. A. finishes
    2. B. is finishing
    3. C. has finished
    4. D. had finished ✓

    Answer: had finished. Before another past event, use the past perfect: had finished.

12. Choose the correct form. I ___ my keys. Can you help me look?

    1. A. lose
    2. B. was losing
    3. C. have lost ✓
    4. D. will lose

    Answer: have lost. A past action with a result now takes the present perfect: have lost.

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