SRI RAMANA ACADEMY SENIOR SECONDARY CBSE SCHOOL, RAJAPALAYAM. 2023-2024 Class :X Sec: Subject : English Topic : Tense Name : Roll Number: Date : I. Choose the best option: 1. On March 15, 2006, the Maywood Recreation Department requested a grant from the state to rebuild the community centre that ________ in the recent fire. a. destroys c. had been destroyed b. will be destroyed d. is being destroyed 2. Matthew Morris and Jessica Glassman hosted a holiday party that The River Bank Café _____. a. caters b. will cater c. is catering d. catered 3. Megan is trying to read all three books in the series before summer ________. a. ended b. will have ended c. will end d. ends 4. We have _________ more sweets since that wonderful bakery opened down the block. a. ate b. been eating c. been eat d. eat 5. The plumber discovered a bad leak while _______ the sink. a. repair b. repaired c. repairing d. have repaired 6. Do not ________ until I blow the whistle. a. begin b. began c. begun d. beginning 7. It’s after 2 p.m., so Ted _______ started by now. a. won’t b. did not c. was d. should have 8. I hope _______ German someday. a. learn b. learned c. to learn d. learning 9. The woman who confronted the owner of the unleashed dog ____angry. a. were b. was c. are d. have been 10. The boy _____ the bat and ran to first base as fast as he could. a. swings b. swinged c. swung d. swing 11.There _____ four excellent restaurants in the center of town. a. is b. are c. was d. being 12. The noise from the lawn mowers ___louder as the morning progresses. a. gets b. get c. have gotten d. are getting II. Change the Tenses of the Following Sentences, as Directed: 1. The boy speaks the truth. (Present Continuous Tense) 2. Mr.Cooper has spoken about Dinosaurs. (Present Perfect Continuous Tense) 3. The boat sailed yesterday. (Simple Present Tense) 4. Amy went to school yesterday. ( Future Continuous Tense) 5. The baby cried for hours. (Present Perfect Continuous Tense) 6. Robert ate all the cookies. (Present Perfect Tense) 7. I have finished my assignment. (Past Perfect Tense) 8.Mr. Bert had taught for five years. (Past Perfect Continuous Tense). 9. Dev saw the Prime Minister yesterday. (Future Continuous Tense) 10.Priya shall finish her stitching by then. (Future Perfect Tense) III.Choose the right option: 1. Joey __________ from the vacation just now. A. has returned B. had returned C. had been returning D. returns 2. You should not __________ the worst. A. assumed B. assuming C. assume D. assumes 3. Choose the present indefinite tense form of the sentence. “He had been sleeping.” A. He has been sleeping. B. He had slept. C. He has slept. D. He sleeps. 4. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “He joined the cooking school late but only in a few months had mastered the recipes.” A Past indefinite tense B Past perfect tense C Present perfect tense D Present indefinite tense 5. By the time she was fifteen, she __________ a beautiful singer. A shall become B become C had become D has becoming 6. Fill in the blank with the present perfect continuous tense form of the verb given in the bracket. “Adam __________ a health regime every day.” (follow) A. follows B. have been following C. has been following D. has followed 7. Neither she nor I __________ at home. A. were B. was C. has been D. be 8. My friends and I __________ there. A. meet B. meets C. meeting D. have meet 9. Choose the correct sentence. A. Sam have gone to buy some groceries. B. Sam had going to buy some groceries. C. Sam be going to buy some groceries. D. Sam is going to buy some groceries. 10. The stars __________ bright at night. A. shines B. shine C. has shine D. shining 11. Chris __________ to attend the programme. A. did not wanted B. did not want C. do not wanted D. does not wanted 12. Meera __________ for the charitable cause. A. came to contribute B. come to contributed C. came to contributed D. comes to contributed 13. Fill in the blank with the past continuous tense form of the verb given in the bracket. “Monica __________ since last week.” (plan) A. did plan B. has been planning C. had been planning D. was planning 14. The crowd that __________ due to the quarrel has dispersed now. A. have gathered B. has been gathered C. had gathered D. has been gathering 15. Identify the tense used in the sentence. “Nick has purchased a new laptop.” A. Present perfect tense B. Past indefinite tense C. Past perfect tense D. Present indefinite tense 16. Identify the tense used in the sentence. “When shall we submit our application?” A. Future perfect tense B. Present indefinite tense C. Past perfect tense D. Future indefinite tense 17. “Shyam and his brothers” ______a famous sweet shop in our neighbourhood. A. are B. have been C. is D. have 18. Choose the past perfect continuous tense form of the sentence. “George travels around the world.” A. George has been travelling around the world. B. George had been travelling around the world. C. George shall have been travelling around the world. D. George was travelling around the world. 19. You should not __________ back with your teacher. A. talk B. talks C. had talked D. talked 20. Pentagon ________five sides. A. have had B. had been C. has D. have 21. Identify the tense used in the given sentence. “My father has been playing football since morning.” A. Past perfect tense B. Present perfect continuous tense C. Past indefinite tense D. Present indefinite tense 22. Identify the tense used in the given sentence. “I am visiting her now.” A. Present indefinite tense B. Future perfect continuous tense C. Future perfect tense D. Present continuous tense 23. Choose the correct sentence. A. He visit the temple frequently. B. He visits the temple frequently. C. He had visiting the temple frequently. D. He have had visited the temple frequently. 24. Choose the present continuous tense form in the given sentences. A. He is going to Chandigarh. B. He must be going to Chandigarh. C. He had gone to Chandigarh. D. He will be going to Chandigarh. 25. I __________at us hopefully, when he was in need of money. A. glances B. will glance C. glanced D. having glanced IV.Complete the following sentences using an appropriate tense form. 1. I ---------------------- for his reply since last week. a) had been waiting b) have been waiting c) am waiting d) was waiting 2. This time tomorrow, I ---------------------- with my grandchildren. a) will play b) will be playing c) am playing 3. I -------------------- the newspaper every morning. a) read b) will read c) am reading d) have read 4. When I visited her she --------------------- bed-ridden for six months. a) had been b) was c) has been d) were 5. I ------------------ in 2006. a) graduated b) will graduate c) had graduated d) would graduate 6. There --------------------- a famine in Bengal in 1982. a) was b) were c) has been d) had been 7. During Akbar's reign the Mughals ------------------------ the supreme power in India. a) become b) had become c) became d) would become 8. It is 6 o'clock. She ---------------------- home. a) will reach b) will have reached c) is reaching d) reached 9. She ---------------------- many awards for her contribution to classical music. a) won b) has won c) had won d) wins V. Correct the errors in verb tense usage. 1. I am studying here since last January. 2. By the time Hassan returned to his country, he is away from home for more than three years. 3. After I will graduate, I going to return to my hometown. 4. By the end of the 21st century, man will had discovered the cure for the common cold. 5. I want to get married, but I don’t meet the right person yet. 6. I have been seeing that movie three times, and now I am wanting to see it again. 7. I am not like my job. My brother wants me to quit. I am thinking he is right. 8. While I’m study tonight, I ’m going to listen to classical music. 9. We washed the dishes and clean up the kitchen after our dinner guests were leaving. 10. My neighbours are Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez. I know them ever since I am a child. 11. Many scientists believe there is a major earthquake in California in the near future. VI.The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error and write its correction against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the correction. The first one has been done for you. Error Correction Have you ever learn from a mistake you have made? E.g. learn learnt Many shouldn’t admit doing so. For those who do, a) ___________ there was no need for guilt. We often make mistakes b)___________ while taking risks, but all brush them aside and learn. c)___________ With that, they usually don’t make mistakes the next time. VII.Complete the sentences with any appropriate tense of the verbs in parentheses. 1. John is in my English class. He (study)__________ English this semester. He (take, also) __________ some other classes. His classes (begin) ______at 9:00 every day. 2. Yesterday John ate breakfast at 8:00. He ________ (eat, already) breakfast when he (leave) _________________for class at 8:45. 3. John (eat, always) _________breakfast before he (go) _______ to class. Tomorrow before he (go) _________to class, he (eat) _______ breakfast. 4. John is in class every morning from 9:00 to 12:00. Two days ago, I (call) _________him at 11:30, but I could not reach him because he (attend) ____class at that time. 5. Don’t try to call John at 11:30 tomorrow morning because he (attend) _______ class at that time. 6. Yesterday John took a nap from 1:00 to 2:00. I arrived at 1:45. When I (get) ________there, John (sleep)__________.He (sleep) _________ for 45 minutes by the time I got there. 7. Right now John (take) _______a nap. He (fall) ______ asleep an hour ago. He (sleep) _______ for an hour. 8. Tomorrow, after he (eat) _________dinner, John (go) ______to a movie. In other words, he (eat) ____________ dinner by the time he (go) _______movie. 9. Three days ago, John (start) _________to read The Old Man and the Sea, a novel by Ernest Hemingway. It is a long novel. He (finish, not) ________reading it yet. He (read) ___________it because his English teacher assigned it. 10.Since the beginning of the semester, John (finish) ________three novels. Right now he (read) ____________ The Old Man and the Sea. He (read) _________that novel for the past three days. He (intend) _________to finish it by next week. In his lifetime, he (read) __________many novels, but this is the first Hemingway novel he (read, ever) _________.
