Class 10 English Grammar Tenses Exercises
Class 10 English grammar modals exercises
A. Choose the correct form of verbs for the following sentences.
1. When the Principal entered the class, a student.. on the blackboard.
(a) Wrote
(c) writes
(b) was writing (d) is writing
Ans: (b) was writing
2. She.....TV when her husband came.
(a) watch
(b) was watching
(c) is watching (d) watched Ans: (b) was watching
3. He always.. to prove that the earth revolves round the sun.
(a) tried
(b) tries
(c) was trying (d) is trying
Ans: (6) tries
4. He saw me by Chance and... the car.
a) stop
(6) stopped
(d) was stopping
(C) stops
Ans: (b) Stopped
5. How many pegs oI wine..yesterday?
(a) you have drank (6) were you drinking
C) did you drink
Ans: () did you drink
6. I was watching 1IV when she...in.
(d) do you drink
b) came
(d) was coming
(a) comes
(C) come
Ans: (6) came
7. She cut her finger while she...vegetables.
(a) cutting
(c) cut
Ans: (b) was cutting
8. She still remembers the day when she first.
to church.
(a) went
(C)gone
Ans: (a) went
9. The train had lefi before 1..the station.
(a) reach
)reached
Ans: (C) reached
(b) was cutting
(d) had cut
6) was going
(d) going
(6) was reaching
(d) reaches
10. Had you worked hard, you..passed?
(a) would
(b) will
(c) would have (d) will have Ans: (c) would have
11. We hope that Papa.........son.
(a) come
(b) is coming
(c) will come (d) shall come Ans: (c) will come
12. Neelam is learning how...
(a) to type
(b) to typing
(c) typing
(d) type
Ans: (a) to type
13. Someone...away my bike within an hour.
(a) takes
(b) took
(c) has taken
(d) had taken
Ans: (c) has taken
14.There are no taxies available because taxi drivers....on strike.
(a) went
(b) go
(o) have gone
(d) will go
Ans: (C) have gone
15 He..suffering from fever since the last week
(b) was
(d) has
(a) is
(C) has been
Ans: (c) has been
17. They...the students on educational tour on
next Monday.
(a) were taking
() are taking
Ans: (c) are taking
18. I have just hired a typewriter and 1... Ype
(b) had
(d) has bcen leaving
(b) have taken
(d) have been taking
now-a-days.
(a) am learning
(C) learnt
Ans: (a) am learning
19. By November, 2010, she......in this firm for
(b) have learnt
(d) will leam
eleven years.
(a) will work
working
(C)will be working (d) has been working
Ans: (b) will have been working
(b) will have been
20. The train....before we reach the station.
(a) will have departed
(b) has departed
(C)is departing
(d) was departing
Ans: (a) will have departed
21. India....reedom in 1947.
(a) attains
(b) attained
(c) has attained (d) was attained Ans: (b) attained
23. My sister was in the bathroom when she..
the call-bell.
(a) rang
(b) have rang
(c) ring
(d) an ringing
Ans: (a) rang
24. She.a better job next month.
(a) will get
(c) got
(b) have got
Ans: (a) will
(d) get
25. went into the hostel to see what students...
(a) cook
(C) was cooking
Ans: (c) was cooking
(b) is cooking
(d) has cooked
26. I went into the hostel to see what students..
(a) are doing
(c) were doing
Ans: (c) were doing
27. While I reached the station, I found Shashi
(b) did
(d) doing
or me.
(a) watered
(C)was watering
Ans: (C) was watering
29. I opened the door and saw that it....
(a) rained
(C) was raining
Ans: (c) was raining
30...you like milk or tea?
(a) Are
(c) Does
Ans: (d) Do
31. Columbus......America.
(b) waits
(d) waiting
(6) has rained
(d) were raining
(6) Have
(d) Do
(a) discovers
(c) has discovered (d) had discovered
Ans: (6) discovered
32. He......born in 1984.
(b) discovered
(a) is
(b) has
(d) had
(c) was
Ans: (c) was
33. No, she is not here, she..Just...out.
(a) has, gone
(6) is, gong
(d) will have, gone
(c)was, going
Ans: (a) has, gone
34. We.....a friendly cricket match in the
evening.
(a) were playing
(c) played
Ans: (d) are playing
35. what...you going to do with this briefcase?
(a) will
(c) )are
(b) have played
(d) are playing
(b) shall
(d) were
Ans: (c) are
36. An honest man avays..... the truth
(a) speak (c) spoke Ans: (b) speaks
1. When the Principal entered the class, a student.. on the blackboard.
(a) Wrote
(c) writes
(b) was writing (d) is writing
Ans: (b) was writing
2. She.....TV when her husband came.
(a) watch
(b) was watching
(c) is watching (d) watched Ans: (b) was watching
3. He always.. to prove that the earth revolves round the sun.
(a) tried
(b) tries
(c) was trying (d) is trying
Ans: (6) tries
4. He saw me by Chance and... the car.
a) stop
(6) stopped
(d) was stopping
(C) stops
Ans: (b) Stopped
5. How many pegs oI wine..yesterday?
(a) you have drank (6) were you drinking
C) did you drink
Ans: () did you drink
6. I was watching 1IV when she...in.
(d) do you drink
b) came
(d) was coming
(a) comes
(C) come
Ans: (6) came
7. She cut her finger while she...vegetables.
(a) cutting
(c) cut
Ans: (b) was cutting
8. She still remembers the day when she first.
to church.
(a) went
(C)gone
Ans: (a) went
9. The train had lefi before 1..the station.
(a) reach
)reached
Ans: (C) reached
(b) was cutting
(d) had cut
6) was going
(d) going
(6) was reaching
(d) reaches
10. Had you worked hard, you..passed?
(a) would
(b) will
(c) would have (d) will have Ans: (c) would have
11. We hope that Papa.........son.
(a) come
(b) is coming
(c) will come (d) shall come Ans: (c) will come
12. Neelam is learning how...
(a) to type
(b) to typing
(c) typing
(d) type
Ans: (a) to type
13. Someone...away my bike within an hour.
(a) takes
(b) took
(c) has taken
(d) had taken
Ans: (c) has taken
14.There are no taxies available because taxi drivers....on strike.
(a) went
(b) go
(o) have gone
(d) will go
Ans: (C) have gone
15 He..suffering from fever since the last week
(b) was
(d) has
(a) is
(C) has been
Ans: (c) has been
17. They...the students on educational tour on
next Monday.
(a) were taking
() are taking
Ans: (c) are taking
18. I have just hired a typewriter and 1... Ype
(b) had
(d) has bcen leaving
(b) have taken
(d) have been taking
now-a-days.
(a) am learning
(C) learnt
Ans: (a) am learning
19. By November, 2010, she......in this firm for
(b) have learnt
(d) will leam
eleven years.
(a) will work
working
(C)will be working (d) has been working
Ans: (b) will have been working
(b) will have been
20. The train....before we reach the station.
(a) will have departed
(b) has departed
(C)is departing
(d) was departing
Ans: (a) will have departed
21. India....reedom in 1947.
(a) attains
(b) attained
(c) has attained (d) was attained Ans: (b) attained
23. My sister was in the bathroom when she..
the call-bell.
(a) rang
(b) have rang
(c) ring
(d) an ringing
Ans: (a) rang
24. She.a better job next month.
(a) will get
(c) got
(b) have got
Ans: (a) will
(d) get
25. went into the hostel to see what students...
(a) cook
(C) was cooking
Ans: (c) was cooking
(b) is cooking
(d) has cooked
26. I went into the hostel to see what students..
(a) are doing
(c) were doing
Ans: (c) were doing
27. While I reached the station, I found Shashi
(b) did
(d) doing
or me.
(a) watered
(C)was watering
Ans: (C) was watering
29. I opened the door and saw that it....
(a) rained
(C) was raining
Ans: (c) was raining
30...you like milk or tea?
(a) Are
(c) Does
Ans: (d) Do
31. Columbus......America.
(b) waits
(d) waiting
(6) has rained
(d) were raining
(6) Have
(d) Do
(a) discovers
(c) has discovered (d) had discovered
Ans: (6) discovered
32. He......born in 1984.
(b) discovered
(a) is
(b) has
(d) had
(c) was
Ans: (c) was
33. No, she is not here, she..Just...out.
(a) has, gone
(6) is, gong
(d) will have, gone
(c)was, going
Ans: (a) has, gone
34. We.....a friendly cricket match in the
evening.
(a) were playing
(c) played
Ans: (d) are playing
35. what...you going to do with this briefcase?
(a) will
(c) )are
(b) have played
(d) are playing
(b) shall
(d) were
Ans: (c) are
36. An honest man avays..... the truth
(a) speak (c) spoke Ans: (b) speaks
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