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Kids Verbs and Tenses Quiz

A fun 10-question quiz for children on verbs and simple past and present tenses. Click an answer to see if it is right, with a friendly explanation. Free and no sign-up.

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1. Aarav ___ to school every day. Which word fits?

We say ‘he goes’ for something Aarav does each day.

2. Yesterday Diya ___ a big cake with her mum.

For something that already happened we add -ed, so it becomes ‘baked’.

3. Right now the puppies ___ playing in the garden.

For more than one puppy we use ‘are’.

4. What is the past tense of the verb ‘run’?

‘Run’ is a tricky verb, and its past form is ‘ran’.

5. Add -ing to ‘jump’. The frog is ___ over the log.

When something is happening now we add -ing, so ‘jump’ becomes ‘jumping’.

6. Last week Kabir ___ very happy at the party.

For one person in the past we use ‘was’.

7. Meera and I ___ friends since school began.

For ‘we’ or two people we use ‘are’.

8. What is the past tense of ‘go’?

‘Go’ is special, and in the past it changes to ‘went’.

9. Every morning the sun ___ in the sky.

For the sun (one thing) we add -s, so it ‘shines’.

10. Yesterday the two cats ___ sleeping on the sofa.

For two cats in the past we use ‘were’.

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