CBSE Class 5 English Tense Worksheet

Tenses Gap Filling Class 5 English Worksheet

Question. They exchange merchandise rather than ……………………….. cash refunds.
a) give
b) giving
c) to give

Answer : A

Question. If you don't sue now, you …………………….. your property.
a) will never regain
b) would never regain
c) never regain

Answer : A

Question. As he grew older, his mind ………………….. further into the past.
a) regresses
b) has regressed
c) regressed

Answer : C

Question. The distraught man kept ranting until he ……………………. away.
a) led
b) has led
c) was led

Answer : C

Question. The old man ……………………. all his property to his son.
a) left
b) leave
c) was left

Answer : A

Question. Our firm …………………………. quite a lot of business in the Middle East.
a) does
b) do
c) doing

Answer : A

Question. I knew it was futile but I …………………… to him nonetheless.
a) talk
b) talked
c) have talked

Answer : B

Question. She had a knack for prophecy and ……………………… rarely wrong.
a) is
b) was
c) has been

Answer : B

Question. He has put most of his money in the bank and …………………….. on a mere pittance.
a) live
b) lived
c) lives

Answer : B

Question. If you ………………………. it properly the first time, you won't have to do it again.
a) do
b) did
c) have done

Answer : A

Question. Although she suffered many hardships, she ………………………. in her efforts to get a college education.
a) persists
b) persisted
c) has persisted

Answer : B

Question. The government refunded the overpayment I ……………………… on my taxes.
a) have made
b) make 
c) made

Answer : C
 

Choose the correct verb from those in brackets:

a. The earth _____ round the sun. (move, moves, moved)
Answer : moves

b. My friends _____ the film yesterday. (see, saw, have seen)
Answer : saw

c. It started to rain while we _____ tennis. (are playing, had played, were playing)
Answer : were playing

d. I _____ English for five years. (have been studying, study, am studying)
Answer : have been studying

e. The train _____ before we reach the station. (arrives, will have arrived, had arrived)
Answer : will have arrived

f. Don't disturb me. I _____ my work. (do, did, am doing)
Answer : am doing

g. Fortune _____ the brave. (is favouring, will favour, favours)
Answer : favours

h. I _____ the letter before you arrived. (had written, wrote, will write)
Answer : had written

i. He _____ us next week. (will have met, will have been meeting, will be meeting)
Answer : will be meeting

j. Perhaps we _____ Delhi next month. (visit, will visit, visited)
Answer : will visit
 

Complete the dialogue.

Rashid: Rahul! Your friend Manas has sent you a postcard. It’s from Kerala. It ____ (look) nice.

Rahul: I bet it does!

Rashid: He ____ (write) that it’s very hot there. There ___ (be) a lot of tourists. The hotels ____ (be) full. He ____ (say) the restaurants ____ (be) always full!

Rahul: Yes. I’m sure it is. The papers____ (say) that the temperature there is 30C.

Rashid: Then he ___ (write) that he has learnt a bit of Malayalam, and that he ____ (get on) well with the people there, especially the women!

Rashid: Look, didn’t the newspaper ____ (say) that there’s another strike in Kerala.

Rahul: Yes, it did Manas won’t mind having to stay in Kerala longer!

Answer : a. looks
b. has written
c. are
d. are
e. says
f. are
g. say
h. writes
i. gets on
j. say
 

Correct the following sentences:

i. I lived in Calcutta since 1930.
Answer : I have been living in Calcutta since 1930.

ii. She died before her husband came.
Answer : She had died before her husband came.

iii. I have written a letter to her last Monday.
Answer : I wrote a letter to her last Monday.

iv. I am reading Kalidasa for the last six days.
Answer : I have been reading Kalidasa for the last six days.

v. The new hotel has been opened last Saturday.
Answer : The new hotel opened last Saturday.

vi. He had gone to Madras last week.
Answer : He went to Madras last week

vii. The train leave the station before I reached there.
Answer : The train had left the station before I reached there.

viii. I wish my men had been coming quickly and find us.
Answer : I wish my men came quickly and found us.

ix. At the moment the baby sleep in the cradle.
Answer : At the moment the baby is sleeping in the cradle.

x. He goes out for ten minutes.
Answer : He has gone out for ten minutes.

SUBJECT : Tenses (Rewrite or Combine)

A) Change the tense of the following:

1. They often play cards.
a) When I saw them,…. When I saw them, they were playing cards……………
b) for two hours …….. They have been playing cards for two hours. ………….
c) While we were studying maths, ………………………………………………..
d) three hours ago …………………………………………………………..
e) on Saturday nights ………………………………………………………….
f) at the moment

2. John copies two cassettes everyday.
a) since 8 o’clock ………………………………………………………….
b) at present …………………………………………………………
c) next Saturday …………………………………………………………
d) already …………………………………………………………
e) yesterday …………………………………………………………

3. Kathy is writing a letter now.
a) every two weeks …………………………………………………………
b) while we were playing …………………………………………………………
c) when she is alone …………………………………………………………
d) just …………………………………………………………
e) next month …………………………………………………………
f) last week …………………………………………………………

4. He usually reads magazines.
a) for an hour …………………………………………………………
b) when I saw him …………………………………………………………
c) every morning …………………………………………………………
d) now …………………………………………………………
e) yet …………………………………………………………

5. The children are doing their homework.
a) yet …………………………………………………………
b) just …………………………………………………………
c) every evening …………………………………………………………
d) when she came

B) Read the passage and ask questions:

Janet Johnson is a film actress. She made several animal films. She is talking about an elephant called HEKIMA.
“I met Hekima when I went to Africa seven years ago. We were in Tanzania and we were making a film about elephants. When we arrived, we saw three young elephants. They were playing together. Hekima was small, friendly and intelligent. We called her Hekima because it means “wisdom”. Hekima was a great actress, and the film made her famous. After we finished the film we left Africa. I thought I’d never see Hekima again. But she left Africa, too. She came to a zoo in the USA. I was working in New York when I heard about that. She was happy when she saw me. She was playing happily. I think she remembered me.”

1. ___________________________________________________________________ ?
Janet went to Africa seven years ago.

2. ___________________________________________________________________ ?
Janet was making a film in Tanzania.

3. ___________________________________________________________________ ?
The elephants were playing when they arrived.

4. ___________________________________________________________________ ?
Because Hekima was an intelligent elephant.

5. ___________________________________________________________________ ?
It means “wisdom”.

6. ___________________________________________________________________ ?
Hekima was in a zoo in the USA while Janet was working in New York.

7. ___________________________________________________________________ ?
Hekima was playing when Janet went to see her.

C) Match the sentences using WHILE and PAST CONTINUOUS / PAST SIMPLE:
_______A________         ________B__________
1. I (burn) my finger.                I (drive) to work.
2. I (break) a cup.                    I (eat) a nut.
3. My car (break down).            I (cook) the dinner.
4. I (see) a shark.                     I (do) the washing up.
5. My clothes (get) dirty.           I (swim) in the sea.
6. I (break) a tooth.                  I (clean) my room.
1. ….I burnt my finger while       I was cooking the dinner. …….
2. ……………………………………………………………….
3. ……………………………………………………………….
4. ……………………………………………………………….
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….

D) Use the correct form of the verbs:

1. The Bartons ……………… (go) to the mountains last weekend. While they ……………...(have) lunch, a man ……………………. (fall) down the tree. They ……………………… (take) him to the hospital in their car. They ……………………………………… (visit) him twice in the hospital since that time. The man ………………….. (be) better now and the doctors say he ………………………………….. (leave) the hospital soon. When The Bartons …………………
(visit) him yesterday, they ………………………. (take) him a bunch of flowers. The man …………………. (be) very happy and …………………………. (thank) them. Mr. Barton now says he ……………………………………. (spend) the next weekend at the seaside and he…………………………… (hope) there …………………………………. (not / be) any more accidents.

2. I …………………………. (finish) school last month and I ……………………………….. (not / have) a job yet, but fortunately I ……………………. (have) a job interview tomorrow. I usually ……………………. (get) up early so often …………………….. (sleep) at around half past ten. I …………………. (be) a little excited last night and because of this I ……………….. ………………………….. (want / watch) TV before I ……………………… (go) to bed. There ………………….. (be) a film about birds on TV and while I ……………………………… (sit) on the sofa, I …………………….. (fall) asleep. …………….. you …………………. (have) a terrible dream? Well, I …………………. (have) one last night. In my dream I ……………. (be) a parrot and my apartment flat …………….. (be) on the tenth floor of a big building. A big cat ……………………………………….. (want / catch) me so I ………………………………….. (begin / fly). I …………………….. (have) nowhere …………………… (go) because the door ………………… (be) locked. Suddenly the cat ………………………… (attack) me. It nearly …………………………. (kill) me. While I ……………………………. (shout) in pain,a voice……………………(say), “ ………………… you ………………….. (see) my books? I can’t find them.” When I ……………………… (open) my eyes, I ……………………. (feel) very happy ………………. (see) my sister. Of course she …………………………………. (not / understand) the reason but I ………………………… (give) her a big kiss.

E) REWRITE or COMBINE the following:

1. It rained this morning. The children played in the garden. (while)
2. What did you do? The doorbell rang. (when)
3. I walked along Main Street. I realized a man behind me. (when)
4. I started to play football when I was five. (since)
5. The windows are dirty. I last cleaned them last month. (since)
6. He last shaved a week ago. (for)
7. Maybe the train leaves at six. I don’t catch it. (If)
8. We slept last night. The robber stole all the jewellery. (as)
9. Tom prefers learning French to learning Japanese. (would rather)
10. Angela looks after many children. It keeps her busy. (Gerund)
11. He went to London. He wanted to work there. (to)
12. They had a picnic. The forest caught fire. (as)
13. No sound could be heard. The walls were very thick. (because)
14. My bed is terribly hard. I can’t sleep well. (so ……… that)
15. The shopkeeper doesn’t let the children put their fingers on the glass while they are looking at the sweets. (be allowed to)
16. My mother would rather cook than iron. (prefer)
17. We bought this house in 1990. (since)
18. He may come late. He will call us. (If)
19. Paris isn’t as crowded as New York. (comparison)
20. My father would rather read newspaper than watch TV. (prefer)

F) Look at the chart and make sentences as in the examples:

                              YESTERDAY            TODAY                 TOMORROW
people / travel        on horseback         by plane                    in spaceships
children / play        hide-and-seak        computer games       with robots
man / explore        the poles                solar system              galaxies
we / live in            villages                    modern cities             undersea cities
wives / use            handmade tools     electric appliances     intelligent robots
vehicles / run by    horses                    petrol                         water / electricity

1. People traveled on horseback yesterday.
People are traveling by plane today.
People will travel in spaceships tomorrow.