CBSE Class 5 English Tenses Worksheet

Question. They .............................. fixing the roof by evening.
(a) finish
(b) are finishing
(c) will have finished

Answer : C

Question. What time …………………… the meeting ……………………?
(a) does start
(b) is starting
(c) does starts

Answer : A

Question. My children live abroad. I …………………… to meet them.
(a) die
(b) am dying
(c) died

Answer : B

Question. If you break the law of the land, you ………………………..
(a) will punish
(b) will be punished
(c) would be punished

Answer : B

Question. I ………………………. my grandparents on the coming weekend.
(a) visit
(b) am visiting
(c) will visit

Answer : B

Question. You look hot. Yes, I ................................
(a) am running
(b) run
(c) had been running

Answer : C

Question. He ............................. at gun point.
(a) robbed
(b) was robbed
(c) has robbed

Answer : B

Question. This house ……………………………. with rats.
(a) is infesting
(b) is infested
(c) has infested

Answer : B

Question. She ……………………….. next door.
(a) is living
(b) lives
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : B

Question. The film ……………………… at 6.30.
(a) starts
(b) is starting
(c) start

Answer : A

Question. Millions of Jews ………………………… in the Nazi holocaust.
(a) perished
(b) were perished
(c) has perished

Answer : A

Question. Although I had no ticket, I ................... able to get in.
(a) was
(b) am

Answer : A

Question. It is important that the meeting ..................... on time.
(a) start
(b) should start
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : A, B

Question. Whom ………………….. you …………………… to meet?
(a) do want
(b) are wanting

Answer : A

Question. Drug dealers sometimes ………………. drug addicts.
(a) impersonates
(b) impersonate
(c) has impersonated

Answer : B

Question. Physical beauty …………………………. with age.
(a) is fading
(b) fades
(c) has faded

Answer : B

Question. She ……………………… married in August.
(a) gets
(b) is getting

Answer : B

Question. If he does not have an accident I ........................ surprised.
(a) will be
(b) would be
(c) would have been

Answer : A

Question. What ……………….. you …………………. in the afternoon?
(a) do do
(b) are doing
(c) will do

Answer : B

Question. He ........................... since last week.
(a) is absconding
(b) has been absconding
(c) absconded

Answer : B

Question. The ice will melt when the sun ………………………. on it.
(a) shines
(b) is shining
(c) shine

Answer : A

Question. He confessed that he …………………………. the money.
(a) has taken
(b) took
(c) had taken

Answer : C

Question. Who do you think .............................. the match?
(a) will win
(b) would win
(c) wins

Answer : A

Question. How ………………….. you ………………….. him?
(a) do know
(b) are knowing
(c) will know

Answer : A

Question. I ……………………… my grandparents whenever I can.
(a) visit
(b) am visiting
(c) have visited

Answer : B

Question. By the time the cops reached the store, the burglars ................................
(a) escaped
(b) have escaped
(c) had escaped

Answer : C

Question. You never tell me what you ..............................
(a) are thinking
(b) have thought
(c) thought

Answer : A

Question. I ………………………….. anything this evening.
(a) do not do
(b) am not doing

Answer : B

Question. It is difficult to imagine how the early man ………………………. without fire.
(a) live
(b) lived
(c) has lived

Answer : B

Question. The thief ……………………………. refuge in a cave.
(a) took
(b) take
(c) have taken

Answer : A

Question. What time ……………………… the train ………………….. to Birmingham?
(a) is getting
(b) does get

Answer : B

Question. This .............................. for a while.
(a) is going
(b) has been going
(c) goes

Answer : B

Question. The impertinent boy …………………………. to his room.
(a) has sent
(b) was sent
(c) had sent

Answer : B

Question. It is imperative that we ………………………. the police.
(a) called
(b) have called
(c) call

Answer : A

Question. He ........................... ill for several months before he died.
(a) was
(b) had been
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : A

Question. Susie ……………………….. tomorrow.
(a) is coming
(b) comes

Answer : A

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