Primary 2 · English · Tenses & Verb Forms
Tenses & Verb Forms questions for Primary 2 English
10 questions to work through online. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Past tense
- Present tense with he, she, it
- Present continuous
- Future
- Irregular past
- Am, is and are
- Present tense with plural
- Past continuous
Answers and explanations for all 10 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
Yesterday we ______ to my grandmother's house for lunch.
Answer: went
Yesterday tells you it already happened, and the past of go is went.
My baby brother ______ his milk every morning.
Answer: drinks
Every morning means it happens regularly, and with he the verb takes an s: drinks.
Look! The cat ______ up the tree.
Answer: is climbing
Look! tells you it is happening now, so the verb is is climbing.
Tomorrow my class ______ the science centre.
Answer: will visit
Tomorrow means it has not happened yet, so we use will visit.
Last night I ______ a strange dream.
Answer: had
Have is irregular: have, had, had. Last night puts it in the past.
My shoes ______ under the bed.
Answer: are
Shoes is plural, so the verb is are.
The wind ______ my hat into the drain last week.
Answer: blew
Blow is irregular: blow, blew, blown. Last week takes blew.
My friends ______ badminton after school on Mondays.
Answer: play
Friends is plural, and on Mondays means it happens regularly, so it is play.
I ______ my homework when the power went off.
Answer: was doing
Something was already going on when the power went off, and that takes was doing.
Ravi ______ his water bottle to school every day last term.
Answer: brought
Bring is irregular: bring, brought, brought. Last term takes brought.