Worksheet: Tenses | English Grammar Basic - Class 10 PDF Download

Q1: Fill up the blanks by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.
(i)
(a) We ________  (go) to Guwahati by Rajdhani Express last month.
(b) Rajdhani train ________ (be) a fully air-conditioned train.
(c) It ________ (provide) food, cold drinks, water, and the blankets at night.
(d) The journey ________ (be) cool. It imparted solace to the soul and mind.
(e) On the opposite, there ________ (be) a priest.
(f) He ________ (be) in the church of Patna for the past twenty years.
(g) I was informed that he ________ (read) a book.
(h) He did not say when he ________ (come).
(i) I hope that you ________ (pardon) me soon.
(j) He taught me that good deeds ________ (b) never lost.

(ii)
(a) Arjun ________ (be) a good friend of Lord Krishna.
(b) He never ________ (want) to fight with his brother Duryodhan.
(c) It was Krishna who ________ (inspire) Arjun by giving him Upadesas of Gita.
(d) Arjun ________ (bow) before his Guru and then he started fighting.
(e) The Mahabharata ________ (write) by Ved Vyasji.
(f) The Mahabharata ________ (be) an epic.

(iii)
(a) Malaria ________ (be) caused by female Anopheles mosquito.
(b) They ________ (be) also called carriers.
(c) When a Mosquito ________ (bite) a person, the microbes enter into the bloodstream.
(d) We should ________ (keep) the surrounding clean to avoid the breeding of mosquitoes.
(e) Disease-causing microbes ________ (be) called pathogens.
(f) Yeast ________ (be) a friendly microbe.

(iv) 
Last week I (a) ________ (visit) the trade fair. It (b) ________ (inaugurate) by the President of India. I (c) ________ (accompany) by my friend who (d) ________ (come) from the U.S.A. last week. He (e) ________ (live) in the U.S.A. since last five years. He (f) ________ (do) his M.B.A. from the New York University.

Q2: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
(i) The weather was bad but we _________ swimming anyway.
(a) go;
(b) went;
(c) have gone;
(d) had gone

(iii) They _________ into a new apartment last week.
(a) have moved;
(b) had moved;
(c) moved;
(d) move

(iii) When he _________ the toy, it fell apart.
(a) drops;
(b) has dropped;
(c) had dropped;
(d) dropped

(iv) A man _________ by the company he keeps.
(a) knows;
(b) has known;
(c) is known;
(d) is knowing

(v) She _________ older than she is.
(a) look;
(b) looks;
(c) is looking;
(d) has looked

(vi) The diet pills made her _________ her appetite.
(a) to lose;
(b) lose;
(c) lost;
(d) losing

(vii)  The kitchen _________ with modern appliances.
(a) equips;
(b) is equipping;
(c) is equipped;
(d) had equipped

(viii) The rules of safe driving _________ to everyone.
(a) applies;
(b) apply;
(c) are applying;
(d) applying

(ix) The results _________ on Monday.
(a) have announced;
(b) will announce;
(c) will be announced;
(d) would be announced:

(x) He _________ with apprehension about the future.
(a) filled;
(b) is filling;
(c) was filled;
(d) had filled

Q3: Complete the following sentences using appropriate verb forms.
Rahul ...........1............ (elect) captain of the school team two years ago. He ...........2............. (win) several trophies since then. Yesterday, however, he ...........3............. (play) a poor game. I am sure that he .........4............ (regain) his form soon.

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