English Language Grammar Practice

 English Language Grammar Practice 

Set 1: Simple Present (Questions 1–15)

Choose the correct option.

1. She ______ to school every day.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
d) went

2. They ______ coffee every morning.
a) drink
b) drinks
c) drinking
d) drank

3. The sun ______ in the east.
a) rise
b) rises
c) rising
d) rose

4. He ______ his car every weekend.
a) wash
b) washes
c) washing
d) washed

5. We ______ our homework regularly.
a) do
b) does
c) doing
d) did

6. My father ______ to work by bus.
a) travel
b) travels
c) traveling
d) traveled

7. The train ______ at 6 PM every day.
a) leave
b) leaves
c) leaving
d) left

8. She ______ English very well.
a) speak
b) speaks
c) speaking
d) spoke

9. They ______ in a big house.
a) live
b) lives
c) living
d) lived

10. He ______ tennis on Sundays.
a) play
b) plays
c) playing
d) played

11. The baby ______ a lot.
a) cry
b) cries
c) crying
d) cried

12. I ______ to the gym every morning.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
d) went

13. She ______ her grandmother every month.
a) visit
b) visits
c) visiting
d) visited

14. The shop ______ at 9 AM.
a) open
b) opens
c) opening
d) opened

15. We ______ our teeth twice a day.
a) brush
b) brushes
c) brushing
d) brushed

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Set 2: Present Continuous (Questions 16–30)

16. She ______ a letter right now.
a) write
b) writes
c) is writing
d) wrote

17. They ______ dinner at the moment.
a) have
b) has
c) are having
d) had

18. He ______ to the radio now.
a) listen
b) listens
c) is listening
d) listened

19. I ______ for my exam at present.
a) study
b) studies
c) am studying
d) studied

20. The children ______ in the park now.
a) play
b) plays
c) are playing
d) played

21. She ______ a new dress today.
a) wear
b) wears
c) is wearing
d) wore

22. We ______ a movie right now.
a) watch
b) watches
c) are watching
d) watched

23. He ______ his bike at the moment.
a) fix
b) fixes
c) is fixing
d) fixed

24. They ______ a new house this week.
a) build
b) builds
c) are building
d) built

25. My mother ______ a cake now.
a) make
b) makes
c) is making
d) made

26. The teacher ______ with the students right now.
a) talk
b) talks
c) is talking
d) talked

27. I ______ my room this afternoon.
a) clean
b) cleans
c) am cleaning
d) cleaned

28. She ______ for a job these days.
a) look
b) looks
c) is looking
d) looked

29. They ______ to the beach today.
a) go
b) goes
c) are going
d) went

30. The phone ______ at the moment.
a) ring
b) rings
c) is ringing
d) rang

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Set 3: Present Perfect (Questions 31–45)

31. She ______ already ______ her homework.
a) has / finish
b) have / finished
c) has / finished
d) is / finishing

32. They ______ never ______ to Japan.
a) have / been
b) has / been
c) are / going
d) were / going

33. I ______ just ______ my lunch.
a) have / eat
b) have / eaten
c) has / eaten
d) am / eating

34. He ______ not ______ his keys yet.
a) have / found
b) has / find
c) has / found
d) is / finding

35. We ______ already ______ that movie.
a) have / see
b) have / seen
c) has / seen
d) are / seeing

36. She ______ never ______ to a concert.
a) have / been
b) has / been
c) is / going
d) was / going

37. I ______ known him for 5 years.
a) have
b) has
c) am
d) was

38. They ______ just ______ from London.
a) have / return
b) have / returned
c) has / returned
d) are / returning

39. He ______ not ______ his breakfast yet.
a) have / had
b) has / have
c) has / had
d) is / having

40. We ______ visited the museum twice.
a) have
b) has
c) are
d) were

41. She ______ written three books so far.
a) have
b) has
c) is
d) was

42. I ______ never ______ that before.
a) have / see
b) have / seen
c) has / seen
d) am / seeing

43. They ______ already ______ dinner.
a) have / have
b) have / had
c) has / had
d) are / having

44. He ______ worked here since 2010.
a) have
b) has
c) is
d) was

45. We ______ just ______ the news.
a) have / hear
b) have / heard
c) has / heard
d) are / hearing

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Set 4: Past Simple (Questions 46–60)

46. She ______ to the store yesterday.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
d) went

47. They ______ a new car last week.
a) buy
b) buys
c) buying
d) bought

48. He ______ me a gift on my birthday.
a) give
b) gives
c) giving
d) gave

49. I ______ my keys at home this morning.
a) leave
b) leaves
c) leaving
d) left

50. We ______ dinner at 8 PM last night.
a) have
b) has
c) having
d) had

51. She ______ to Paris last summer.
a) travel
b) travels
c) traveling
d) traveled

52. He ______ the door and walked in.
a) open
b) opens
c) opening
d) opened

53. They ______ the match yesterday.
a) win
b) wins
c) winning
d) won

54. I ______ a letter to my friend last week.
a) write
b) writes
c) writing
d) wrote

55. She ______ a lot of money on clothes.
a) spend
b) spends
c) spending
d) spent

56. We ______ the train because we were late.
a) miss
b) misses
c) missing
d) missed

57. He ______ his arm while playing cricket.
a) break
b) breaks
c) breaking
d) broke

58. They ______ the project on time.
a) finish
b) finishes
c) finishing
d) finished

59. I ______ a strange noise last night.
a) hear
b) hears
c) hearing
d) heard

60. She ______ her phone and it broke.
a) drop
b) drops
c) dropping
d) dropped

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Set 5: Past Continuous (Questions 61–75)

61. She ______ TV when I called her.
a) watch
b) was watching
c) watched
d) has watched

62. They ______ football when it started to rain.
a) play
b) were playing
c) played
d) have played

63. He ______ his homework when his friend arrived.
a) do
b) was doing
c) did
d) has done

64. I ______ to music while my brother was studying.
a) listen
b) was listening
c) listened
d) have listened

65. The children ______ in the garden when I saw them.
a) play
b) were playing
c) played
d) have played

66. She ______ a dress when the power went off.
a) sew
b) was sewing
c) sewed
d) has sewn

67. We ______ dinner when the guest arrived.
a) have
b) were having
c) had
d) have had

68. He ______ for a bus when I met him.
a) wait
b) was waiting
c) waited
d) has waited

69. They ______ a movie when the lights went out.
a) watch
b) were watching
c) watched
d) have watched

70. I ______ a book when my phone rang.
a) read
b) was reading
c) read
d) have read

71. She ______ in the park when I saw her.
a) jog
b) was jogging
c) jogged
d) has jogged

72. He ______ his car when I called him.
a) wash
b) was washing
c) washed
d) has washed

73. They ______ in the river when it began to rain.
a) swim
b) were swimming
c) swam
d) have swum

74. The baby ______ when the doorbell rang.
a) sleep
b) was sleeping
c) slept
d) has slept

75. We ______ a game when the power went out.
a) play
b) were playing
c) played
d) have played

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Set 6: Mixed Tenses (Questions 76–90)

Choose the correct tense.

76. She ______ to work every day.
a) walk
b) walks
c) is walking
d) walked

77. Right now, I ______ my homework.
a) do
b) does
c) am doing
d) did

78. He ______ already ______ his breakfast.
a) has / have
b) has / had
c) have / had
d) is / having

79. We ______ to the cinema yesterday.
a) go
b) goes
c) are going
d) went

80. When I called him, he ______.
a) sleep
b) slept
c) was sleeping
d) has slept

81. They ______ never ______ to India.
a) have / been
b) has / been
c) are / going
d) were / going

82. She ______ a new dress at the moment.
a) wear
b) wears
c) is wearing
d) wore

83. He ______ his leg while playing yesterday.
a) break
b) breaks
c) broke
d) has broken

84. We ______ each other for 10 years.
a) know
b) knows
c) have known
d) knew

85. The students ______ quietly when the teacher entered.
a) talk
b) were talking
c) talked
d) have talked

86. I ______ never ______ such a beautiful place.
a) have / see
b) have / seen
c) has / seen
d) am / seeing

87. The train ______ at 10 AM every day.
a) depart
b) departs
c) is departing
d) departed

88. She ______ a lot of weight recently.
a) lose
b) loses
c) is losing
d) has lost

89. I ______ my wallet and I can’t find it.
a) lose
b) loses
c) lost
d) have lost

90. He ______ his car when it started raining.
a) wash
b) washes
c) was washing
d) has washed

 

English Language Grammar Practice – Answers with Short Reasons

Set 1: Simple Present (Questions 1–15)

1.      b) goes – Third-person singular (she + goes).

2.      a) drink – Plural subject (they + base verb).

3.      b) rises – General truth.

4.      b) washes – He + verb takes -es.

5.      a) do – We + base verb.

6.      b) travels – My father (singular) + -s.

7.      b) leaves – Timetable/schedule.

8.      b) speaks – She + -s.

9.      a) live – They + base verb.

10. b) plays – He + -s.

11. b) cries – Consonant + y → ies.

12. a) go – I + base verb.

13. b) visits – She + -s.

14. b) opens – Shop (singular) + -s.

15. a) brush – We + base verb.

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Set 2: Present Continuous (Questions 16–30)

16. c) is writing – Action happening now.

17. c) are having – Happening at the moment.

18. c) is listening – Now.

19. c) am studying – At present.

20. c) are playing – Now.

21. c) is wearing – Today (temporary action).

22. c) are watching – Right now.

23. c) is fixing – At the moment.

24. c) are building – Ongoing this week.

25. c) is making – Now.

26. c) is talking – Right now.

27. c) am cleaning – This afternoon (planned/current).

28. c) is looking – These days.

29. c) are going – Today.

30. c) is ringing – At the moment.

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Set 3: Present Perfect (Questions 31–45)

31. c) has / finished – Completed action.

32. a) have / been – Life experience.

33. b) have / eaten – Just completed.

34. c) has / found – Yet + present perfect.

35. b) have / seen – Already.

36. b) has / been – Experience.

37. a) have – I + have known.

38. b) have / returned – Just returned.

39. c) has / had – Yet.

40. a) have – We + have.

41. b) has – She + has.

42. b) have / seen – Never before.

43. b) have / had – Already finished.

44. b) has – Since 2010.

45. b) have / heard – Just heard.

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Set 4: Past Simple (Questions 46–60)

46. d) went – Yesterday.

47. d) bought – Last week.

48. d) gave – Past event.

49. d) left – This morning (completed).

50. d) had – Last night.

51. d) traveled – Last summer.

52. d) opened – Past action.

53. d) won – Yesterday.

54. d) wrote – Last week.

55. d) spent – Past action.

56. d) missed – Completed action.

57. d) broke – Past event.

58. d) finished – On time.

59. d) heard – Last night.

60. d) dropped – Past event.

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Set 5: Past Continuous (Questions 61–75)

61. b) was watching – Interrupted action.

62. b) were playing – Interrupted by rain.

63. b) was doing – Ongoing when friend arrived.

64. b) was listening – Simultaneous past action.

65. b) were playing – Ongoing action.

66. b) was sewing – Interrupted action.

67. b) were having – Guest arrived during action.

68. b) was waiting – Ongoing in the past.

69. b) were watching – Interrupted by lights going out.

70. b) was reading – Phone rang during action.

71. b) was jogging – Ongoing action.

72. b) was washing – Interrupted by call.

73. b) were swimming – Rain interrupted.

74. b) was sleeping – Doorbell interrupted.

75. b) were playing – Power went out during action.

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Set 6: Mixed Tenses (Questions 76–90)

76. b) walks – Daily habit.

77. c) am doing – Right now.

78. b) has / had – Already completed.

79. d) went – Yesterday.

80. c) was sleeping – Interrupted action.

81. a) have / been – Experience.

82. c) is wearing – At the moment.

83. c) broke – Yesterday.

84. c) have known – For 10 years.

85. b) were talking – Interrupted by teacher.

86. b) have / seen – Life experience.

87. b) departs – Fixed timetable.

88. d) has lost – Recently.

89. d) have lost – Present result ("can't find it").

90. c) was washing – Ongoing action interrupted by rain.