Tense exercise for Class 8 and 9

 

Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets.

1.     When the burglars broke into the house, everybody……… sound sleep, (have)

2.     The milk…… over as she went to see the crowd passing by with loud slogans, (spill)

3.     If Shubham….. any mistake, he will be rewarded, (not + make)

4.     They were watching TV when they…….. a loud bang at the door, (hear)

5.     The bus…… the stop before we could catch it. (leave)

6.     Rounak……. the same song for last three days. It has become boring now. (play)

7.     Shamal…… after we reach home, (call)

8.     The show…… its one thousand episodes by next month, (complete)

9.     Don’t worry, we will be……. the airport in time. (reach).

10.  Arman has.. sick after eating some snacks at the street side shop, (fall)

Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Simple Past Tense.

1.     The ministry of education …………. some new policies recently, (form)

2.     He never….. up till he was alive, (give)

3.     The doctors ……… on her successfully on Tuesday afternoon, (operate)

4.     Vaibhav ….. for the post of Assistant Manager this month, (apply)

5.     He…… his appointment letter two days ago. (get)

6.     The movie ……. before we …………  the cinema hall, (being/reach)

7.     The cat……. licking his feet immediately after Rohan………. inside the gate, (start/get)

8.     The patient……… before the doctors ……………….. (die/arrive)

9.     The thief ….. away before the police ……………. catch him. (run/can)

10.  My friend… me just after I………… (join/start)

Tick the correct option to complete the sentences.

1.     The climate of the city………. mild and pleasant most of the time.
(a) is remaining
(b) remains
(c) was remaining
(d) is remained

2.     One day he ……… into a hotel in Shillong, a beautiful city in Meghalaya.
(a) booking
(b) was booking
(c) booked
(d) had booked

3.     You will certainly…….. rewards for what you are doing.
(a) getting
(b) had got
(c) was getting
(d) be getting

4.     Do you …….. the day we moved the piano upstairs?
(a) remember
(b) remembered
(c) are remembering
(d) had remembered

5.     The rain completely………. our day.
(a) spoilt
(b) is spoiling
(c) is spoilt
(d) was spoilt

6.     Akbar…… the king at the age of fifteen after the sudden death of his father.
(a) was becoming
(b) had become
(c) became
(d) become

7.     The criminal …… the place before the police could reach.
(a) was escaping
(b) had escaped
(c) is escaping
(d) will escape

8.     They ………  all the arrangements before the guestis arrival.
(a) will have made
(b) will be made
(c) had been making
(d) were making

9.     She……… her job by tomorrow evening.
(a) will be completing
(b) will complete
(c) will have completed
(d) will have been completing

10.  Aryan…… his mother in making rangoli in the yard for last one hour.
(a) is helping
(b) has helped
(c) has been helping
(d) helps

Use the appropriate form (Present Tense) of the verbs given in brackets to fill in the gaps.

1.     Susan………. for three hours. Now she needs some rest, (work)

2.     In India, people ……………. different festivals througout the year, (celebrate)

3.     John……. some important issue with Jennie. Let us not disturb him. (discuss)-

4.     All the planets in the solar system…….. around the Sun. (revolve)

5.     Sam ….. to Zarun on phone for forty-five minutes, (talk)

6.     You can give me some other novel. I…… read this earlier, (read)

7.     Ninad….. very hard these days, (work)

8.     Tisha often…………… her work and goes to play. (shirk)

Use the appropriate form (Past Tense) of the verb given in brackets to fill in the blanks.

1.     Mr Ranjit’s sudden arrival ……………………. (surprise)

2.     The girls……… everybody to the dining table to enjoy the food, (invite)

3.     They…….. him before he……….. that they were thieves, (rob, realise)

4.     Lai Bahadur Shastri……… a simple life but still ……. the nation to unprecedented heights of success, (live, take)

5.     The little boys…….. dance merrily while the music was playing, (dance)

6.     She …….. queen and ……….  to be known as Lakshmibai. (become, come)

7.     Maddy…………. for a job for a few months when I met him last year, (look for)

8.     She was……….. to hide her tears when I………….. her crying, (try, notice)

9.     Lydia……. many difficulties before she……………. with her life partner, (face, meet)

10.  I didn’t ………… why she ……………  so loudly. (understand/shout)