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

Fill in the correct form of the past tense: simple or progressive.

1. While the policeman was looking out of the window, he noticed that a blue SUV was parking down the road. (LOOK, NOTICE, PARK)

2. I was working on my report when the phone rang. My wife wanted to know when I was coming home. (WORK, RING, WANT, COME)

3. He was walking down the street when he saw his old schoolteacher on the other side. (WALK, SEE)

4. During the time I was spending in South Africa I never saw a serious crime. (SPEND, SEE)

5. While they were having lunch at the new restaurant, a journalist came up to them and wanted to ask a few questions. (HAVE, COME, WANT)

6. The farmer supplied the whole neighbourhood with fruit and vegetables. (SUPPLY)

7. The hairdresser locked up her shop, got into the car and drove home. (LOCK, GET, DRIVE)

8. My brother tried to contact me at the office, but he couldn't reach me because I was having lunch with a customer. (TRY, CANNOT REACH, HAVE)

9. Jack tripped over the carpet because he wasn't paying/ didn't pay attention to where he was going. (TRIP, NOT PAY, GO)

10. Where were you going when I came across you yesterday? (YOU GO, COME)

11. I was seeing him off at the airport when the police came and arrested him. (SEE, COME, ARREST)

12. The old man fell on the pavement, so James stopped to help him. (FALL, STOP)

13. How did you break your leg? – Well, I was standing on the ladder when, suddenly, I lost my balance and fell. (YOU BREAK, STAND, LOSE, FALL)

14. She was living in France at the time she received the bad news. (LIVE, RECEIVE)

15. I met the new Prime Minister while I was attending the press conference. (MEET, ATTEND)

16. While I was driving on the motorway, more and more police cars were coming in my direction. (DRIVE, COME)

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}