CBSE Class 8 English Tenses And Dialogue Completion Worksheet

I. Customer: I want some olive oil.

Shopkeeper: (a)___________________________.

Customer: I need 2 litres.

Shopkeeper: I’m sorry,(b)___________________________ in the stock.

Customer: Then give me a little less.

Shopkeeper: (c)___________________________ left in the canister.

Customer: Give me as much as you have and (d)________________________________________?

Shopkeeper: Just Rs.500 please.

(a) (i) How much are you needing? (ii)How much do you need?

(iii)How much did you need? (iv) How more do you need?

(b) (i) I don’t have some (ii)I am not having any

(iii)I didn’t have so much (iv) I don’t have so much

(c) (i) There is hardly half a litre (ii) There was hardly half a litre

(iii) There were hardly half a litre (iv) There will be hardly half a litre

(d) (i) how much money will I charge? (ii) how much money did you charge?

(iii) how much money will you charge? (iv) how much money had you charged?

II. Deepti: Why do ___________ so sad?

Rohit I ______________________ my wrist watch.

Deepti: Where _______________________ it?

Rohit: Somewhere in the playground. I ____________ know exactly.

Q.2 Choose the best word(verb) from the options given to complete the following passage. (3)

Yesterday I (a)_________ to my friend. I’m fond of her but she (b)______________ too much about her health. These days she (c) _______from constant headaches. I (d)__________her about a new medicine that I (e)________of from my doctor. She said she (f) ________ try it.

(a) (i) talk (iii) was talking

(ii) am talking (iv) will talk

(b) (i) worries (iii) worried

(ii) has worried (iv) worry

(c) (i) suffers (iii) was suffering

(ii) is suffering (iv) has suffered

(d) (i) will tell (iii) tell

(ii) was telling (iv) told

(e) (i)hear (iii) had heard

(ii) have heard (iv) heard

(f) (i) could (iii) can’t

(ii) would (iv) can

Fill in the blanks with correct form of the words given in the brackets:

1) William________(introduce) Margaret and her sister to uncle Dot and _______(show)him Margaret’s drawing. Uncle Dot______(study)the drawing and _____(say)’Well Done!’. Eventually Margaret _____(smile)and _________(express)her gratitude.

2) When I ______(reach) Maya’s house, she ______(leave) already. Though I ______ (reach) there at the appointed time, yet she ______(leave). Thus I ______ (come) back disappointed.

3) Yesterday I _____ (try) to take notes while the teacher ______ (explain) a topic in the class. Since she _______(not speak) loudly, it ______ (be) difficult to hear what she was saying.

4) The roof of the hall of a school building _______ (fall) down in heavy rains yesterday night. Five persons _______ (die) on the spot. The building_______ (be) under construction. According to the neighbours about fifteen persons ______ (sleep) in the hall. Most of the victims _____ (be) labour class.

5) Rajesh ______ (sit) in the train at this time tomorrow. We _____ (go) to see him off. He ______ (stay) with us for almost a month. He ________ (promise) that he _______ (visit) us again next year.

6) I ______ (look) forward to go to England, next year. I _______ (plan) to stay there for a few years. I _______ (come) back and ______ (serve) my country.

7) Ram ______ (invite) his friend Shyam on his birthday. When Shyam_______ (reach) his house, his classmates ______ (come) already. Ram ________ (introduce) Shyam to everyone and then_______ (serve) snacks to them. After he ______ (cut) the cake, they_______ (dance) as they ________ (decide).

8) Yesterday I ______ (see) a speeding car hit a scooterist who ______ (fall) unconscious. The poor fellow ______ (bleed) profusely before the people _______ (take) him to the hospital. The man ________ (struggle) for his life but _____ (breathe) his last after an hour.

9) Last Sunday when I _______ (return) home late at night, I was shocked to find my house unlocked. Someone ________ (break) into my house in my absence. All the boxes ______ (be) opened. I ______ (check) my locker in which I ______ (put) my money but it ______ (vanish). I ______ (report) the matter to the police.

10) Jagdish _______ (climb) the stairs when he ______ (fall) down and ________ (break) his leg. The doctor _______ (advise) him a month’s rest. He_______ (not able) to take his Terminal Exams and ______ (be) very upset about it.