Class 4 Tenses Questions with Answers

Tenses tell us when something happens. In Class 4, children practise the simple present, past and future (she sings, she sang, she will sing) and the continuous forms (she is singing, she was singing). Choosing the right tense is one of the most common grammar questions in school tests and the IEO.

What your child should know

• A verb shows an action or a state of being: run, smiled, is.
• Present: I play. Past: I played. Future: I will play.
• Continuous tenses use is/am/are/was/were + -ing: She is singing now.
• Time words help: yesterday (past), now (present), tomorrow (future).

5 Tenses questions with answers

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Q1. Which word is the verb in the sentence "The baby smiled happily."?

A) baby
B) smiled
C) happily
D) The

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Answer: B) smiled

A verb shows an action or a state of being. "Smiled" is the action.

Q2. Choose the correct past tense of "go".

A) goed
B) went
C) goes
D) going

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Answer: B) went

The past tense of "go" is the irregular verb "went".

Q3. Choose the correct verb: "The birds ____ in the sky every morning."

A) flies
B) fly
C) flew
D) flying

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Answer: B) fly

The plural subject "birds" takes the base verb "fly" in the simple present tense.

Q4. Which sentence uses the correct verb form?

A) The children plays outside.
B) The children play outside every evening.
C) The children playing outside every evening.
D) The children is play outside.

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Answer: B) The children play outside every evening.

A plural subject like "children" takes the verb "play".

Q5. Which sentence correctly combines tense and subject-verb agreement?

A) Each player have a new bat.
B) Each player has a new bat.
C) Each players has a new bat.
D) Each player having a new bat.

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Answer: B) Each player has a new bat.

"Each" is singular, so it takes the singular verb "has".

How to practise tenses at home

• Ask your child to tell you about their day. That's past-tense practice.
• Change one sentence through all tenses: "I eat" → "I ate" → "I will eat" → "I am eating".
• Keep a list of irregular verbs (go–went, eat–ate) on the fridge.

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