Tenses & Subject-Verb Concord is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 English First Additional Language CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Choose the correct present simple form: "She ___ to school every day."
walks
walk
walking
walked
Answer: walks — The present simple tense adds "-s" for a singular third-person subject like "she", matching the habitual time word "every day".
Easy
2. Choose the correct past simple form: "Yesterday, she ___ to school."
walked
walk
walks
will walk
Answer: walked — The past simple tense of "walk" adds "-ed" to form "walked", matching the past time word "yesterday".
Medium
3. Correct the tense error in this sentence: "Yesterday, she walks to school and misses the bus home."
Answer: Yesterday, she walked to school and missed the bus home. — Both verbs must consistently use the past tense to match the time word "yesterday": "walked" and "missed".
