Tenses Exercises with Answers
Tense is one of the basic topics of English grammar which all learners should learn well and use without any mistake. For this, it is important that all learners practice it as much as possible and use it in their daily life. In this article, a few exercises of Tenses have been given which you can try to check your understanding of tenses.
काल अंग्रेजी व्याकरण के बुनियादी विषयों में से एक है जिसे सभी शिक्षार्थियों को अच्छी तरह से सीखना चाहिए और बिना किसी गलती के उपयोग करना चाहिए। इसके लिए जरूरी है कि सभी शिक्षार्थी इसका ज्यादा से ज्यादा अभ्यास करें और अपने दैनिक जीवन में इसका उपयोग करें। इस लेख में Tenses की कुछ exercises दी गयी हैं जिन्हें आप काल की अपनी समझ की जांच करने के लिए आज़मा सकते हैं
Exercise 1- Identify the type of tenses
Examine the sentences provided below and identify the types of tenses
1. Shalini sings a song.
2. She broke my pencil.
3. They are shivering with cold.
4. We will go home tomorrow.
5. We have posted the letter.
6. I was not reading a newspaper.
7. They have been gossiping for three hours.
8. I saw her in the market yesterday.
9. I always come on time.
10. The sun had risen before I got up.
11. Will the birds be returning to their nests?
12. She will have cooked the food.
13. He will have been playing for two hours by 5 o’clock.
14. She did not finish her work.
15. He will not have taken it seriously.
16. I had met him before he left the city.
17. You will not speak anything.
18. They had been looking for you for hours.
19. They are not doing their work properly.
20. We have watched a new horror movie.
Answers-
1. Present indefinite tense
2. Past indefinite tense
3. Present continuous tense
4. Future indefinite tense
5. Present perfect tense
6. Past continuous tense
7. Present perfect continuous tense
8. Past indefinite tense
9. Present indefinite tense
10. Past perfect tense
11. Future continuous tense
12. Future perfect tense
13. Future perfect continuous tense
14. Past indefinite tense
15. Future perfect tense
16. Past perfect tense
17. Future indefinite tense
18. Past perfect continuous tense
19. Present continuous tense
20. Present perfect tense
Exercise-2 (Change the tense)
Examine the sentences and change their tenses as directed.
1. You cook well. (Past indefinite tense)
2. I will finish my work tomorrow. (Future perfect tense)
3. The gardener is watering the plants. (Past perfect continuous tense)
4. We will go there. ( Future perfect tense)
5. You do every work with sincerity. (Past indefinite tense)
6. You are making my clothes dirty. (Present perfect tense)
7. My mother has invited you to tea. (Present perfect continuous tense)
8. I live in Lucknow. (Present perfect continuous tense)
9. He learnt his lesson. (Present perfect continuous tense)
10. We were flying kites. ( Past perfect continuous tense)
11. That girl has purchased a scooty. (Past indefinite tense)
12. He has been fighting with me since yesterday evening. (Past indefinite tense)
13. He wrote a letter. (Present perfect continuous tense)
14. You will be learning your lesson. (Past indefinite tense)
15. He will have finished his work before you come. (Future indefinite tense)
16. The girls will learn their lessons. (Future perfect continuous tense )
17. The washerman was washing the clothes. (Past perfect continuous tense)
18. She stood first in the class. (Present indefinite tense)
19. My brother did not help me with money. (Present perfect tense)
20. He had finished his work before it rained. (Past indefinite tense)
Answers-
1. You cooked well.
2. I will have finished my work by tomorrow.
3. The gardener had been watering the plants for 2 hours.
4. We will have gone there by 10 o’clock.
5. You did every work with sincerity.
6. You have made my clothes dirty.
7. My mother has been inviting you to tea for 10 days.
8. I have been living in Lucknow for two years.
9. He has been learning his lesson for half an hour.
10. We had been flying kites since morning.
11. That girl purchased a scooty.
12. He fought with me.
13. He has been writing a letter for half an hour.
14. You learned your lesson.
15. He will finish his work.
16. The girls will have been learning their lessons for two hours.
17. The washerman had been washing the clothes since 7 o’clock.
18. She stands first in the class.
19. My brother has not helped me with money.
20. He finished his work.
Write these Sentences correctly
(Read these sentences carefully and then rewrite them.)
1. I gets up early in the morning.
2. She learn her lesson.
3. I does not quarrel with him.
4. The watchman do not patrol.
5. I do not knows him.
6. Do they eats food?
7. He does not knows him.
8. I are taking food.
9. He have gone home.
10. I has won the match.
11. I am playing since morning.
12. He is waiting for you for two hours.
13. I did not went home yesterday.
14. Did you beats Mohan?
15. They did not took the examination.
16. I lets him go.
17. It were not raining.
18. I sings a song.
19. Lucky weep.
20. He go to school.
Answers-
1. I get up early in the morning.
2. She learns her lesson.
3. I do not quarrel with him.
4. The watchman does not patrol.
5. I do not know him.
6. Do they eat food?
7. He does not know him.
8. I am taking food.
9. He has gone home.
10. I have won the match.
11. I have been playing since morning.
12. He has been waiting for you for two hours.
13. I did not go home yesterday.
14. Did you beat Mohan?
15. They did not take the examination.
16. I let him go.
17. It was not raining.
18. I sing a song.
19. Lucky weeps.
20. He goes to school.
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