CBSE Class 6 English Past tense

Question. I told them I ....... just going out for a short walk.
(a) would
(b) am
(c) was
(d) will
Answer. C

Question. He asked me what I ....... with the paint brush.
(a) did do
(b) had done
(c) will do
(d) have done
Answer. B

Question. She told me ....... carefully on the icy roads.
(a) to be driven
(b) to have driven
(c) to drive
(d) to be driven
Answer. C

Question. I wonder what ....... happened while I was away.
(a) will have
(b) has
(c) was
(d) had
Answer. D

Question. She wonders why I never ....... abroad by plane.
(a) travel
(c) has travelled
(b) have been travelling
(d) will have travelled
Answer. A

Question. Quite honestly all I was doing was simply ....... polite conversation.
(a) made
(b) making
(c) having made
(d) makes
Answer. B

Question. He was wondering what ....... prompted him to take no notice at all.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) had
(d) having
Answer. C

Question. I was asking myself what in all honesty she ....... do next.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) shall
(d) had
Answer. B

Question. He actually denied ....... anything of the sort.
(a) to do
(b) done
(c) did
(d) doing
Answer. D

Question. He came into the room and demanded ....... what was happening.
(a) to know
(b) knowing
(c) know
(d) having known
Answer. A

Q1} Fill in the blanks by changing the verbs given in the bracket into simple past tense.

1. We _________________________ the the channel in only one hour.{cross}

2. I _________________________ an old man yesterday.{help}

3. We __________________ out to play in a nearby park.{go}

4. The birds _____________________ away.{fly}

5. I _________________ him some money because he was in great need.{lend}

Q2} Fill in the blanks by changing the verbs in the bracket into past continuous.

1. Someone _________________ at the door at midnight.{knock}

2. I ______________________ a letter to my friend yesterday evening.{write}

3. I ___________________ the bridge when the mobile __________________.{sleep,cross}

4. The cobbler _______________________ my shoes.{cross}

5. Mr.sinha _____________ always _______________ the poor.{be,help}

Q3} Fill in the blanks by changing the verbs in the bracket into past perfect.

1. We ______________________ off the horse before my father ____________ for help.{fall,come}

2. The train ___________ before we _____________ the station.{ reach,arrive}

3. The postman _______________________ letters.{deliver}

4. We ________________________________ the plants.{water}

5. The sparrow _______________________ the grains.{ eat}

Q4} } identify the tense in the following sentences and change the tense of the sentence into the tense given in the bracket.

1. Kavita was writing a letter.{indefinite}

2. We had watered the plants. { continuous}

3. We solved the sum.{perfect}

4. The bell rang when I reached the school.{continuous}

5. The patient had died when the doctor came.{indefinite}