CBSE Class 8 English Practice Worksheet Set B

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English Worksheet

Class VIII-________

Name: ____________ Roll number: __

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Past Tense
Past Tense is used to indicate an action, event or condition that has happened in the past.

Past Tense is divided into four parts :-
1) Simple past / Past Indefinite
2) Past Continuous
3) Past Perfect
4) Past Perfect Continuous

Simple Past/ Past Indefinite
The simple past is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past. The simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations.
Affirmative:- Subject + 2nd form of verb
Ex. She went to the market.
Negative :- Subject + did not + 1st form of verb
Ex. She didn't go to the market.
Interrogative :- Did +Subject +1st form of verb
Ex. Did she go to the market ?
Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. ... There are many situations in which tense might be used in a sentence. For example, it is often used to describe conditions that existed in the past.
Affirmative :- Subject + was/were + 1st form of verb + ing.
Ex. She was going to the market.
They were going to the market.
Negative :- Subject + was/were + not + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She was not going to the market.
They were not going to the market.
Interrogative was/ were + Subject + 1st form of the verb + ing
Ex. Was she going to the market ?
Were they going to the market ?
Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect continuous is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
Affirmative:- Subject + had + 3rd form of verb
Ex. She had gone to the market.
Negative :- Subject + had + not + 3rd form of verb
Ex. She had not gone to the market.
Interrogative:- Had + Subject + 3rd form of verb
Ex. Had she gone to the market?
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The past perfect continuous is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
Affirmative:- Subject + had + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She had been going to the market.
Negative:- Subject + had + not + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She had not been going to the market.
Interrogative:- Had + Subject + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. Had she been going to the market?

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb given in the bracket:-
1) It ------------- heavily when I entered the house. ( rain - past Continuous )
2) ------- the match ------------ on for two hours ? ( go - past perfect Continuous )
3) The patient ---------- before the doctor came.( die - past perfect )
4) ------- you ----------- all your friends on your birthday party ? ( invite - simple past )
5) They __ to Bhopal. ( travel - past continuous)
6) Thomas Alva Edison __ the bulb. ( invent - simple past )
7) He wished that he __ the offer. ( accept - past perfect )
8) I ___ work in the kitchen for two hours. ( do - past perfect continuous )
9) I ___ an accident yesterday. ( see - simple past )
10) Titanic __ across the Atlantic Ocean from England to America. ( sail - past continuous )

NOTE:- Do the above mentioned exercise in a copy or on a paper.

Q1. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and after in your worksheet.

APJ Abdul Kalam was born a middle-class Tamil                               a) _________

family. He was one many children. He was                                       b) _________

a short boy rather undistinguished looks                                           c)_________

born to tall handsome parents. They lived                                         d)_________

in their ancestral house, was built in the                                           e)_________

middle of 19th century. It was a fairly large                                       g)_________

house on the Mosque Street Rameshwaram.                                    h)_________

his austere father used avoid all essential                                         i)__________

comforts and luxuries, but childhood was quite                                 j)_________

secure one.

Q2.The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline the incorrect word and the correction in your worksheet.

Andhra Pradesh is one state                             a)__________

abounding of natural wonders,                            b)__________

rich in culture heritage and                                c)_________

most and all, excellent tourism                          d)__________

spot. Andhra Pradesh on this day                      e)__________

retain much of its regal glory                             f)__________

or old worldly charm. Geographically                 i)__________

A state enjoys a strategic                               g)_________

location. Most of it stand on the                       i)_________

High Deccan Plateau.                                     j)_________

Q3.Combine the following pairs of sentences using infinitives:

a) The clown does tricks. He makes people laugh.

b) We did not play well enough. We did not win the game.

c) He did not have any money. He could not buy food.

d) She collects matchboxes. It is her hobby.

e) The hawker goes to the market every day. He sells his wares.

Q4. Combine the following pairs of sentences by replacing the verb by its gerundial form.

a) May we leave now? Is there any objection?

b) He murdered his wife. He was sent to prison.

c) May I borrow your pen? Do you mind?

d) He became a clerk. His parents objected to this.

Q5. Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences.

a) Silvery green/her/the/trees/frightened/olive.

b) In the/dancers/they/the/swayed/and/in/ghostly/like/mind/dark/rain.

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