CBSE Class 9 English Tense Worksheet

Question. Rohan __________ the movie before he read the review.
A watches
B have watched
C had watched
D was watching

Answer : C

Question. According to the prevailing rate, two dozen __________ rupees one hundred.
A costs
B cost
C costing
D costed

Answer : B

Question. Identify the tense used in the following sentence. “We are going to reach the destination as scheduled.”
A Present continuous tense
B Future perfect continuous tense
C Future continuous tense
D Present perfect continuous tense

Answer : A

Question. The wise leader and politician __________ assassinated.
A are
B has been
C have been
D have had been

Answer : B

Question. You and I __________ the obligations.
A am fulfilled
B has been fulfilling
C have fulfilled
D has fulfilled

Answer : C

Question. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “The weatherman forecasted that it’s going to rain.”
A Present indefinite tense
B Future indefinite tense
C Future perfect continuous tense
D Present continuous tense

Answer : D

Question. Identify the tense used in the sentence. “While he was in the military, he still regularly wrote to me.”
A Past indefinite tense
B Past perfect tense
C Present indefinite
D Past perfect continuous tense

Answer : A

Question. Choose the present indefinite tense form of the sentence. “He had been sleeping.”
A He has been sleeping.
B He had slept.
C He has slept.
D He sleeps.

Answer : D

Question. Chris __________ to attend the programme.
A did not wanted
B did not want
C do not wanted
D does not wanted

Answer : B

Question. The stars __________ bright at night.
A shines
B shine
C has shine
D shining

Answer : B

Question. Identify the tense used in the given sentence. “My father’s shop has been sold out.”
A Past perfect tense
B Present perfect tense
C Past indefinite tense
D Present indefinite tense

Answer : B

Question. Fill in the blank with the present perfect tense form of the verb given in the bracket. “I __________ here for a month now.” (be)
A had been
B would have been
C have been
D have had been

Answer : C

Question. Jackson and Kate __________ all this time.
A have been collaborating
B have to collaborate
C collaborate
D collaborates

Answer : A

Question. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “As soon as I was ready to leave, it started to pour.”
A Present perfect tense
B Past perfect tense
C Past indefinite tense
D Present indefinite tense

Answer : C

Question. Joey __________ from the vacation just now.
A has returned
B had returned
C had been returning
D returns

Answer : A

Question. Identify the tense used in the given sentence. “Sasha scolds and asks her to go away.”
A Past indefinite tense
B Past perfect tense
C Present indefinite tense
D Present perfect tense

Answer : C

Question. Identify the tense used in the given sentence. “Everyone shall be reaching by tomorrow.”
A Future indefinite tense
B Present continuous tense
C Future perfect continuous tense
D Future continuous tense

Answer : D

Question. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “She speaks less but has strong opinions.”
A Present indefinite tense
B Present perfect tense
C Past perfect tense
D Past indefinite tense

Answer : A

Question. Which tense is used to express an action that began in the past before some point and continued up to that point?
A Past indefinite tense
B Past perfect tense
C Past perfect continuous tense
D Past continuous tense

Answer : C

Question. The Council __________ made its decision.
A have
B have had
C has
D having

Answer : C

Question. Choose the sentence with the future perfect tense.
A They shall have arrived by then.
B They shall be arriving by then.
C They shall arrive by then.
D They shall have been arriving by then.

Answer : A

Question. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “He is always found reading the newspaper.”
A Present indefinite tense
B Present perfect continuous tense
C Present continuous tense
D Present perfect tense

Answer : C

Question. My friends and I __________ stuck there.
A had been
B was
C has been
D have had been

Answer : A

Question. Which tense is used to express an action completed in the immediate past?
A Past indefinite tense
B Present indefinite tense
C Present perfect tense
D Past perfect tense

Answer : D

Question. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “By the time I was informed, the registrations had been closed.”
A Past perfect tense
B Present perfect tense
C Past indefinite tense
D Present indefinite tense

Answer : A
 

I. Put in the verbs in brackets in correct tenses.

Question. All the students ..................... (do) the classwork when the teacher came in.
Answer. were doing

Question. Mahesh ..................... (come) tomorrow from Mumbai.
Answer. will come

Question. I have ..................... (pass) the examination.
Answer. passed

Question. The patient ..................... (die) before the doctor came.
Answer. had died

Question. I saw that the policemen ..................... (chase) the thieves.
Answer. were chasing

Question. He is a very rude person. I ..................... (help) him.
Answer. will not help

Question. Mother is ..................... (prepare) some dishes for us now.
Answer. preparing

Question. My brother usually ..................... (play) in the evening.
Answer. plays

Question. By yesterday evening, we ..................... (walk) 20 kilometers.
Answer. had walked

Question. If you ..................... (work) hard, you would have passed.
Answer. had worked

Question. Yesterday I ..................... (have) some work in the office.
Answer. had

Question. The earth ..................... (revolve) around the sun.
Answer. revolves

Question. The sun ..................... (set) in the west.
Answer. sets

Question. My neighbour is ..................... (write) a novel.
Answer. writing

Question. He was not ..................... (write) a letter.
Answer. writing

Question. I ..................... (do) my work before he came.
Answer. had done

Question. The girl is ..................... (sing) a song.
Answer. singing

Question. The train is about to ..................... (leave).
Answer. leave

Question. We will be ..................... (play) cricket tomorrow.
Answer. playing

Question. You ..................... (play) football yesterday.
Answer. played
 

II. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given below.

Question. Where _______ you last week?
(a) was
(b) were
(c) do
(d) did

Answer. B

Question. I always have a cup of coffee in the morning but today I _______ a hot cup of tea.
(a) have sipped
(b) sipped
(c) had sipped
(d) am sipping

Answer. D

Question. Who _______ know Narendra Modi today?
(a) doesn’t
(b) don’t
(c) hasn’t
(d) hadn’t

Answer. A

Question. He _______ in this house for four years.
(a) has lived
(b) has been living
(c) had been living
(d) all of these

Answer. D

Question. I asked my little sister if she _______ to play with toys.
(a) likes
(b) liked
(c) had liked
(d) has liked

Answer. B

Question. When I went to see her she _______ a novel.
(a) is reading
(b) was reading
(c) has been reading
(d) had been reading

Answer. B

Question. The sun _______ in the east.
(a) is rising
(b) was rising
(c) will rise
(d) rises

Answer. D

Question. No one _______ a haughty girl.
(a) likes
(b) liking
(c) has liked
(d) had liked

Answer. A

Question. He had already finished his work when I _______ there.
(a) went
(b) go
(c) had gone
(d) will go

Answer. A

Question. If he had really worked hard he _______.
(a) passed
(b) had passed
(c) would pass
(d) would have

Answer. D
 

Put in the verbs in brackets in correct tenses.

Question. Don’t worry I ..................... (help) you in writing the essay.
Answer. shall help

Question. Two aeroplanes ..................... (be) flying in the sky.
Answer. are

Question. He ..................... (come) back yet.
Answer. has not come

Question. The bell ..................... (ring) before I reached the school.
Answer. had rung

Question. The rain ..................... (stop) when we reached school.
Answer. had stopped

Question. When the principal entered the class, a student ..................... (write) on the blackboard.
Answer. was writing

Question. He saw me by chance and ..................... (stop) the car.
Answer. stopped

Question. I was watching TV when she ..................... (come) in.
Answer. came

Question. The train had left before I ..................... (reach) the station.
Answer. reached

Question. We hope that our father ..................... (return) soon.
Answer. will return

Question. He ..................... (be) suffering from fever since last week.
Answer. has been

Question. An honest man always ..................... (speak) the truth.
Answer. speaks

Question. When I reached the station, I found Ramesh ..................... (wait) for me.
Answer. waiting

Question. He ..................... (go) to the temple daily.
Answer. goes

Question. Does Rohit ..................... (go) to school?
Answer. go

Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given below.

Question. He is a very rude person. I ..................... him.
(a) will not help
(b) will not helped
(c) helping
(d) to help

Answer. B

Question. Mother is ..................... some dishes for us now.
(a) prepare
(b) prepares
(c) preparing
(d) prepared

Answer. C

Question. My brother usually ..................... in the evening.
(a) is playing
(b) plays
(c) was playing
(d) play

Answer. B

Question. By yesterday evening, we ..................... 20 kilometers.
(a) walking
(b) has walked
(c) had walked
(d) walks

Answer. C

Question. If you ..................... hard, you would have passed.
(a) work
(b) had worked
(c) working
(d) had been working

Answer. A

Question. Yesterday I ..................... some work in the office.
(a) have
(b) had
(c) having
(d) has

Answer. D

Question. The earth ..................... around the sun.
(a) revolve
(b) revolves
(c) revolved
(d) had revolved

Answer. C

Question. The sun ..................... in the west.
(a) setting
(b) set
(c) sets
(d) was set

Answer. B

Question. My neighbour is ..................... a novel.
(a) write
(b) wrote
(c) writing
(d) written
Answer. D

Direction : ( 1 to 15 ) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in the bracket.

1.Have you ever ………………such a beautiful scene? (See)
2.The moon has not yet …………. .       (Appear)
3.I ……………….English for ten years. (Teach)  
4.What ………….your father feel about Resonance? (Do)
5.All work and no play …………..jack a dull boy. (Make)
6.He scratched his head and …………… for a moment. (Think)
7. When I reached the temple, a group of people .......devotional songs. (Recite)
8.What ………..you ……….here from the time I went to college? (Do)
9.By this time tomorrow, I ………….home. (Reach)
10.The student ………..answers to all my question. (Give)
11.………….the student …………….yesterday? (Study)
12.After school, we …and ...our parents about our English teacher. (Go, Tell)
13.The new railway bridge……two weeks ago. (Complete)
14.They …….the work when the teacher entered the class. (Finish)
15.I was teaching English when she ……the classroom. (Enter)
Answer.
1.Seen
2.appeared
3.have been teaching
4.does
5.makes
6.thought
7.were reciting teaching
8.did : do
9.I shall have reached
10.gave
11.did : study
12.went :told
13.was completed
14.had finished
15.entered

B . Choose the correct verb from those given in brackets.

1.you (bought, had bought)a new scooter last week,
2.She (has been, is)  ill (since, for)a week.
3.We (finished, have finished) our lunch half an hour ago.
4. He jumped off the train while it (ran, was running, had been running) .
5.The train (has left, will have left) before we reach the station.
Answer.
1.bought
2.has been, for
3.finished
4.was running
5.will have left

C. Correct the following sentences.

1.He retired to bed before we reached there.
2.I am having a car.
3.He left for America next week.
4.She is reading since morning.
5.I am going to office every day by bus.
Answer.
1.He had retired
2.I have a car.
3.He will leave for American next week.
4.She has been reading since morning.
5.I go to office every day by bus.

D. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number.

When Ashok enter the cinema hall, the

(a) Film start. It was very dark inside
(b) There is nobody to show him the way.
(c) He count the rows and moved into the
(d) Fifth row since his ticket has C-12
(e) Write on it. As it was dark inside
(f) He moved through the row and sit On a chair. But to his horror there
(g) Was somebody already sat on that chair.
Answer.
                                                                              Incorrect          Correction
(a) When Vijay enter the cinema hall, the                (a) enter            entered       
(b) Film  start. It was very dark inside.                     (b) Start            started
(c) These is nobody to show him the way.               (c) Is                 was
(d)  He count the rows and moved into the              (d) count          counted
(e) Fifth row since his ticket has. C-12                     (e) has              had
(f) Write on it. As it was dark inside                          (f)  write            written
(g) He moved through the row and sit.                    (g)  Sit               sat
     On  a  chair. But to his horror there
(h) Was somebody already sat on                          (h) sat               sitting
       That chair.