Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form. This tenses MCQ is helpful for students preparing for Class 10 Term 1 English exam.

1. They …………………………. in the lobby for two hours.

a) are waiting

b) have been waiting

c) wait

d) has been waiting

2. Birds ……………………….. in nests.

a) are living

b) have lived

c) live

d) lives

3. Stars ……………………….. light.

a) are giving

b) give

c) have given

d) gave

4. I ………………………. my grandmother last week.

a) visit

b) visited

c) have visited

d) had visited

5. We will go for a walk when dad ………………………………

a) will arrive

b) arrive

c) arrives

d) has arrived

6. My grandfather ………………………… at 85.

a) dies

b) died

c) had died

d) has died

7. You ……………………………. the law and now you shall face the music.

a) violated

b) had violated

c) have violated

d) violate

8. We had …………………………….. from scratch.

a) start

b) to start

c) starting

d) starting

9. As years went on, he ………………………….. all interest in worldly affairs.

a) was losing

b) lost

c) had lost

d) has lost

10. It ……………………….. so many years since I last saw him.

a) is

b) was

c) has been

d) had been

11. I …………………….. for a walk in the morning.

a) go

b) am going

c) have gone

d) had gone

12. I forgot …………………….. the letter.

a) post

b) to post

c) posting

d) to have posted

13. ………………………… much blood, he struggled to move his limbs.

a) Losing

b) Lost

c) Having lost

d) Have lost

14. When I was at university, I ………………………….. hiking every weekend.

a) was going

b) would go

c) would be going

d) had gone

15. A patriotic person never ………………………… his own country.

a) is betraying

b) betrays

c) would betray

d) had betrayed

16. You had better …………………………. to his advice.

a) to listen

b) listened

c) listen

d) be listening

17. I spent the whole afternoon ………………………….

a) to sleep

b) sleeping

c) slept

d) was sleeping

18. She …………………………… in Paris since 2015.

a) was living

b) is living

c) has been living

d) had been living

19. Suddenly I realized that I …………………………. a huge mistake.

a) make

b) made

c) had made

d) have made

20. It is time you ……………………….. complaining.

a) stop

b) have stopped

c) stopped

d) would stop

Answers

1. have been waiting, 2. live, 3. give, 4. visited, 5. arrives (When both clauses refer to the future, a simple present is used in the subordinate clause.), 6. died (Use the simple past to say when something happened.), 7. have violated, 8. to start, 9. lost, 10. has been, 11. go, 12. to post, 13. having lost, 14. would go (Use would to talk about past habits.), 15. betrays (Use the simple present to talk about facts.), 16. listen (Use the first form of the verb (v1) after had better.), 17. sleeping, 18. has been living (Use the present perfect continuous to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.), 19. had made, 20. stopped (Use a simple past tense after it is time.)

Worksheet 2

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

The success of euro as the single currency unit in Europe ……………1……….. (is prompting / has prompted / prompted) Asian countries to explore the idea of …………2………… (introduce / introduced / introducing) a similar unit in the largest continent in the world. Finance ministers from China, Japan , South Korea and Southeast Asia …………3………….. (has endorsed / endorsed / have endorsed) the plan. A Japanese research institute …………4…………. (has entrusted / has been entrusted / has been entrusting) with the duty of exploring the steps needed to create a single currency.

Answers

1. has prompted; 2. introducing; 3. have endorsed; 4. has been entrusted

Worksheet 3

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

The ozone layer …………1………. (shows / show / is showing) signs of recovering, thanks to a drop in ozone-depleting chemicals, researchers …………2………… (say / said / have said) on May 4. They, however, ………3………… (added / add / have added) that it is unlikely to stabilize at pre-1980 levels. Depletion of the earth’s protective ozone layer …………4………. (causes / is caused / has caused) by the chemical action of chlorine and bromine released by man-made chloroflurocarbons, which …………5…………. (use / are used / are using) in aerosol sprays and cooling equipment.

Answers

1. is recovering; 2. said; 3. added; 4. is caused; 5. are used