CBSE Class 12 English Tense Worksheet

TENSE

Question. My sister ………… (write) a book at the present moment.
(a) write
(b) is writing
(c) wrote
(d) has written

Answer : B

Question. He always ……… (take) his coffee without sugar.
(a) took
(b) takes
(c) take
(d) has taken

Answer : B

Question. I ………. (see) it in Mumbai last week.
(a) see
(b) have seen
(c) saw
(d) has seen

Answer : C

Question. He ……… (know) several persons here.
(a) knows
(b) is knowing
(c) knew
(d) know

Answer : A

Question. He ………. (be) a teacher since 1988.
(a) is
(b) has been
(c) was
(d) have been

Answer : B

Question. Last Sunday, I ………… (stay) at home.
(a) stay
(b) stayed
(c) stays
(d) have stayed

Answer : B

Question. He ……… (want) to buy a scooter.
(a) want
(b) wants
(c) wanted
(d) have wanted

Answer : B

Question. I did not see that the teacher ………… (stand) behind me.
(a) is standing
(b) was standing
(c) will be standing
(d) have been standing

Answer : B

Question. What ………. (make) the moon go round the Earth?
(a) makes
(b) make
(c) is making
(d) made

Answer : A

Question. She always ………………(find) faults with others.
(a) finds
(b) find
(c) found
(d) has found

Answer : A

Question. Our School ………… (begin) with prayer every day.
(a) began
(b) begin
(c) begun
(d) begins

Answer : D

Question. She ………… (tour) Nepal for a week last month.
(a) tour
(b) toured
(c) has toured
(d) had toured

Answer : B

Question. Neha …………(know) several persons here.
(a) know
(b) knows
(c) knew
(d) have known

Answer : B

Question. If she plays the harmonium, I ………… (sing).
(a) sing
(b)sings
(c) will sing
(d) sung

Answer : C

Question. I ………… (live) here since 1958.
(a) have been living
(b) has been living
(c) lived
(d) live

Answer : A

Question. I …………. (finish) my homework.
(a) finished
(b) have finished
(c) has finished
(d) finish

Answer : B

Question. It ………… (rain) since morning.
(a) rained
(b) is raining
(c) has been raining
(d) rains

Answer : C

Question. I ………. (go) out for a walk daily.
(a) go
(b) goes
(c) am going
(d) went

Answer : A

Question. He ……… (work) in the bank since 1976.
(a) is working
(b) has been working
(c) have been working
(d) had been working

Answer : B

Question. I …………. (finish) my work by 12 PM.
(a) will finish
(b) have finished
(c) had finished
(d) will have finished

Answer : D

Question. She ………. (write) a book on English nowadays.
(a) writes
(b) write
(c) is writing
(d) wrote

Answer : C

Question. Sugar ………(cost) thirty rupees a kilo.
(a) costs
(b) cost
(c) has cost
(d) have cost

Answer : A

Question. Curd ………… (cost) fifty rupees a litre.
(a) cost
(b) costs
(c) has cost
(d) have cost

Answer : B

Question. My mother just ……… (arrive) from Karnal.
(a) arrived
(b) arrive
(c) has arrived
(d) have arrived

Answer : C

Question. My uncle just ………… (arrive) from Kolkata.
(a) has just arrived
(b) have arrived
(c) has arrived
(d) arrived

Answer : A

Question. I …………(save) fifty thousand rupees last month.
(a) save
(b) saved
(c) have saved
(d) had saved

Answer : B

Question. Look! She …………(tremble) with fever.
(a) trembles
(b) tremble
(c) is trembling
(d) was trembling

Answer : C

Question. This is February. Then the next month ……(be) March
(a) is
(b) was
(c) will be
(d) are

Answer : C

Question. I …………. (study) for three hours when the lights went off.
(a) is studying
(b) was studying
(c) have been studying
(d) had been studying

Answer : D

Question. I shall not go to his house unless he ………(invite) me.
(a) invite
(b) invites
(c) invited
(d) is inviting

Answer : B

Question. He thanked me for what I ……… (do).
(a) did
(b) have done
(c) done
(d) do

Answer : A

Question. My brother often ………… (go) to see English films.
(a) go
(b) went
(c) gone
(d) goes

Answer : D

Question. I ………… (close) the book after I had read it.
(a) have closed
(b) closed
(c) am closing
(d) close

Answer : B

Question. Four miles ………. not a long distance.
(a)are
(b) is
(c) am
(d) have

Answer : B

Question. Time and tide …………… for none.
(a) wait
(b) waits
(c) waited
(d) has waited

Answer : A

Question. It …………… (happen) in the year 1924.b
(a) happen
(b) happened
(c) happens
(d) will happen

Answer : B

Question. Run fast! The train ……………(leave).
(a) leave
(b) left
(c) is leaving
(d) was leaving

Answer : C

Question. I …………. (go) out for a walk daily.
(a) go
(b) goes
(c) went
(d) gone

Answer : A

Question. ……………. I or her to be rewarded?
(a) am
(b) Is
(c) Were
(d) Are

Answer : A

Question. The patient ……(die) before the doctor came.
(a) die
(b) had died
(c) died
(d) have died

Answer : B

Question. Don’t come next week, I ………(prepare) for my examination.
(a) am preparing
(b) will prepare
(c) prepare
(d) will be preparing

Answer : D

Question. I ……(go) to bed early last night.
(a) go
(b) gone
(c) goes
(d) went

Answer : D

Question. Here is your notebook. I ……… (correct) it.
(a) have corrected
(b) corrected
(c) will correct
(d) had corrected

Answer : A

Question. He …… still (sleep) in his room.
(a) sleeps
(b) is sleeping
(c) was sleeping
(d) will be sleeping

Answer : B

Question. I saw that two policemen ……… (chase) a thief.
(a) is chasing
(b) are chasing
(c) was chasing
(d) were chasing

Answer : D

Question. The police ………… (catch) the thief last night.
(a) had caught
(b) caught
(c) have caught
(d) catch

Answer : B

Question. My servant …………. (leave) me two weeks ago.
(a) had left
(b) has left
(c) left
(d) have left

Answer : C

Question. Bad students never ………. (work) hard.
(a) work
(b) works
(c) worked
(d) had worked

Answer : A

Question. It …………… (not rain) heavily last year.
(a) do not rain
(b) does not rain
(c) did not rain
(d) have not rained

Answer : C

Question. Mohan ………. (reach) home before it started raining.
(a) reached
(b) had reached
(c) has reached
(d) will reach

Answer : B

Prepare a Project File with the assignments mentioned below. An internal assessment of 10 marks weightage will be awarded for the File.

(a) Select a Biography of an Inspiring personality and write a Book Review under the following headings.

(i) General Overview

(ii) About the Author

(iii) A short summary of the life of the individual

(iv) Critical comments on style, theme, readability.

(v) Lessons to be learnt and relevance of book to present times.

(b) Design poster on:

(i) The Threat of Global Warning

(ii) Importance of Water

(iii) The Looming Food Crisis

(c) Select one Indian and one foreign recipe. Mention ingredients and develop a process description on how the dish is to be prepared. Enhance with photographs.

(d) Collect posters, advertisements, articles and reports on environmental issues in the newspaper. Paste them in your project file giving each one an appropriate caption.

(e) Prepare a survey report on ‘Water Woes’ analyzing (i) the importance of this precious resource (ii) The water crises the world is facing and its consequences. (iii) Ways to conserve water and replenish its dwindling sources. - Use appropriate pictures to support your text.

(f) Read at least 5 novels during the vacation and write a critical analysis of any two of them.

(g) Watch ‘CNN’s award-winning Planet in Peril series and Anderson Cooper 3600 on the environment. Write reviews of these programmes.