This grammar worksheet is designed for students of classes 9 and 10. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate tense form.

Class 10 English grammar worksheets

A group of women volunteers, all daily wagers, …………………. (take / took / taking) a day off from work every week to patrol the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary during the day. Anything suspicious that they find is then ………………….. (reporting / report / reported) to the officials. So what …………………… (motivate / motivates / is motivating) these women? Well, all they seek is an increase in social status. The villagers look at these women with respect and protecting the forest ……………………. (give / gives / giving) them a sense of accomplishment.

Kerala is not the only state ………………… (try / trying / tried) to preserve its forest wealth. Similar initiatives can be ………………… (see / saw / seen) throughout the country. Vast tracts of land are voluntarily ………………. (declared / being declared / declaring) as forest reserves in Nagaland, where village communities have put a ban on hunting and felling of trees. Similar initiatives have also ……………… (taken / being taking / been taken) at Corbett and Ranthambore.

Solution

A group of women volunteers, all daily wagers, take a day off from work every week to patrol the Periyar Wildlife sanctuary during the day. Anything suspicious that they find is then reported to the officials. So what motivates these women? Well, all they seek is an increase in social status. The villagers look at these women with respect and protecting the forest gives them a sense of accomplishment.

Kerala is not the only state trying to preserve its forest wealth. Similar initiatives can be seen throughout the country. Vast tracts of land are voluntarily being declared as forest reserves in Nagaland, where village communities have put a ban on hunting and felling of trees. Similar initiatives have also been taken at Corbett and Ranthambore.