Tense Exercise
Tense Exercise
Tense Exercise
1
The fire _____ the house down by the time the fire forced arrived.
Has burnt
Burnt
Has burnt
None of the above
I ______ them yesterday.
Had met
Meet
Met
Was meeting
He(go) to school in time
Go
Is going
Goes
All of the above
3
Twelve months (make) a year.
Make
Makes
Both
None
1
Your brother (come) to me quite often.
Come
Came
Comes
Both (b) and (c)
The boys(play) in the park now .
Are playing
Is playing
Plays
Were playing
1
I(read) in this school for the last six years.
Am reading
Was reading
Have been reading
Had been reading
3
The two countries(fight) for the last two years.
Are fighting
Were fighting
Has been fighting
Have been fighting
4
Rita(learn) Mathematics for two hours.
Is learning
Have been learning
Has been learning
Was learning
3
The boy(cut) his finger.
Has cut
is cutting
are cutting
none of the above
Mother(tell) me a story yesterday.
Tell
Tells
Told
Had told
3
He wrote the letter after he(come).
Had come
Came
Has come
Comes
1
I(go) there before you went.
Went
Had gone
Was going
None of the above
2
The fire brigade (come) before the fire spread.
Came
Comes
Has come
Had come
4
He _____ never seen a tiger before.
Has
Had
Is
None of the above
They ______ in Delhi since 2010.
Are living
have been living
will be living
lived
2
She said that she ------ help her friend
Will
Would
Could
Both 2and 3______________.
* I(write) a letter.
* He(come) here just now.
* They(go) there.
* you (draw) a sketch on the paper.
* We(eat) our food; Ramen(call) me.
* I(buy) five books.
* Father(sell) the house.
* The children (break) the toy.
* Our friend (find) the bag in the street.
* I(keep) it on the shelf.
* It(rain) for one week.
* He(teach) in this school for the last ten years
* I(wait) for you since 11 oclock in the morning
* You(try) to get the prize for two years.
* My brother(suffer) from fever since Monday last.
* We(live) in this town for fifteen years.
* The labourers(do) this work since Saturday last.
Fill up the blanks with Past Perfect Tense form of the verbs given within brackets.
* The train(start) before we reached the station.
* The doctor came after the patient(die).
* The boys(leave) the school before the clock struck four.
* I heard that he(win) the prize.
* Fill up the blanks with Past Continuous Tense form of the verbs given within
brackets. One is done for you.
> She(rend) a book.
> The child (cry) for food.
> He (laugh) when he heard the story.
> The birds(fly) in the sky.
> The boys(run) in the field.
> We (stand) on the bank of the river.
> I(buy) vegetables in the market.
> The teacher (teach) in the class.
> They(catch) fish in the river.
> My friend(throw) stones at the dog.
> You(wait) for me in the park.
> Mita and Sumita(make) a doll.