CBSE Class 10 English Worksheets | Tenses
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb. Each question is followed by four suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one.
English Grammar Exercise
1. I ————– a letter yesterday.
a) was received
b) received
c) had received
d) would receive
2. What ————— your name?
a) are
b) is
c) was
d) has
3. It takes two ——— a quarrel.
a) making
b) to make
c) to made
d) made
4. The policeman ——————- the thief red-handed.
a) was caught
b) had caught
c) caught
d) would caught
5. The Bangalore-Mumbai flight —————— by two hours due to a bomb scare.
a) delayed
b) was delayed
c) had delayed
d) has delayed
6. The stadium ——————- with dance and song as various troupes from different parts of the country —————–
a) reverberate, perform
b) reverberated, performed
c) was reverberated, performed
d) reverberated, was performed
7. Jim Corbett —————- animals, but he also —————— many man-eaters.
a) love, kill
b) loved, killed
c) was loved, was killed
d) had loved, had killed
8. Last year they ————– a wall around their plot.
a) build
b) built
c) had built
d) has built
9. Last evening two teenagers —————— cocaine into the town but they ————-
a) smuggled, arrested
b) smuggled, were arrested
c) were smuggled, were arrested
d) has smuggled, are arrested
10. After getting on the bus, we —————— that we ——————- the wrong one.
a) had discovered, boarded
b) discovered, had boarded
c) discovered, boarded
d) have discovered, have boarded
11. I asked him what mischief he ————————
a) has done
b) did
c) had done
d) is done
12. Why —————– you ———————- him?
a) did, beat
b) do, beaten
c) did, had beaten
d) had, beaten
13. The battle of Haldighati ——————- in the sixteenth century.
a) fought
b) has fought
c) had fought
d) was fought
14. Maharana Pratap —————– in the battle of Haldighati, and so he ————— to the jungle.
a) defeated, was escaped
b) was defeated, escaped
c) had defeated, had escaped
d) defeated, had escaped
15. Many people ——————— in the riots.
a) Was killed
b) Were killed
c) Killed
d) Had killed
16. In the battle a number of soldiers ———————– and many of them ————- prisoners.
a) were killed, were taken
b) have killed, have taken
c) had killed, had taken
d) was killed, was taken
17. The entire nation —————- by the news of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
a) is shocked
b) was shocked
c) have shocked
d) had shocked
18. Unauthorized settlements in many parts of the country —————
a) have demolished
b) were demolished
c) was demolished
d) had demolished
19. I ——————— it —————- the wrong thing to do.
a) knew, was
b) knew, were
c) had known, would be
d) know, was
20. Those who —————- respect their parents and elders cannot ————– civilized.
a) do, be called
b) don’t, be called
c) don’t, called
d) hadn’t, called
21. If you ————– ice, it ————–
a) heat, melts
b) heated, melted
c) had heated, melted
d) have heated, was melted
22. If you —————– her she —————- come.
a) had invited, would have
b) invited, would have
c) have invited, will have
d) were invited, would come
23. If I ————-you, I ————- accept the job.
a) were, would
b) were, would have
c) were, had
d) am, would
24. If it ————- the match ————— cancelled.
a) rains, will be
b) rained, will be
c) rains, would be
d) rains, would have been
25. If I were the Prime Minister, I ———— the taxes.
a) Would lower
b) would have lowered
c) will lower
d) will have lowered
Answers
1. received
2. is
3. to make
4. caught
5. was delayed
6. reverberated, performed
7. loved, killed
8. built
9. smuggled, were arrested
10. discovered, had boarded
11. had done
12. did, beat
13. was fought
14. was defeated, escaped
15. were killed
16. were killed, were taken
17. was shocked
18. were demolished
19. knew, was
20. don’t, be called
21. heat, melts
22. had invited, would have
23. were, would
24. rains, will be
25. would lower
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