English Language Study Tenses Exercise No. 3 & 4

EXERCISE 3

 Direction: In this exercise, each sentence has a blank space. To fill in the blank, choose the correct verb from the choice given:

1.The labourers are ……… the tree.

(A) cut                                     (B) cutted

(C) cutting                   (D) none

2. I could get a job easily if …………. a degree.

 (A) has                        (B) had

(C) will have                (D) have

3. The hens ………….. into the house if you had shut the door.

(A) would not have got (B) did not get

(C) does not get          (D) not got

4. Last week the boys a …………magic show.

 (A) will see                 (B) saw

(C) have seen              (D) none

5. What…………. if you press this button?

 (A) happens                (B) happened

(C) will happen            (D) have happened

6. If the milkman …………. tell him to leave two liters.

(A) comes                    (B) came

(C) has come               (D) come

7. You should ………… exercise daily.

(A) took                       (B) have taken

(C) take                       (D) taking

8. To his horror, he found that he………… for nearly 24 hours.

 (A) sleeps                   (B) slept

(C) was sleeping          (D) had slept

9. A temple………… in the middle of the village.

(A) situates                  (B) is situated

(C) is situating                         (D) none

10. A black cow that ……….. in the field for some time did not return home in the evening.

(A) grazes                    (B) was grazing

 (C) had been grazing (D) grazed

Answers:-

1.(C)             2. (B)

3. (A)            4. (B)

5.(C)             6. (A)

7. (C)            8. (D)

9. (B)            10. (C)

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EXERCISE 4

 Direction: In this exercise, each sentence has a blank space. To fill in the blank, choose the correct verb from the choice given:

1.When I ……………out the sun was shining brightly.

(A) sets                        (B) is setting

 (C) set                         (D) setted

2. I know all about that film because I ………….. it twice.

(A) saw                        (B) have seen

(C) had seen                (D) have been seen

3. In the last elections, Sonia Gandhi ……………. by a big margin.

 (A) was won               (B) is winning

 (C) will win                 (D) won

4.The train ………….. before we reached the station.

(A) left                         (B) has left

(C) had left                  (D) would have left

5. He risked ………… out in the rain.

(A) to go                      (B) going

(C) will go                    (D) none

6. The bus………. before we reached the bus stand.

(A) left                         (B) has left

(C) had left                  (D) will have left

7. The patient …………. before the doctor came.

 (A) dies                       (B) was dying

 (C) had been dying     (D) had died

8. When I pay him tomorrow, he……….. everything.

(A) has received          (B) has been receiving

 (C) will have received (D) will have been received

9. Why did you help him when you knew that he…………. you?

 (A) will cheat              (B) is cheating

 (C) cheated                (D) had cheated

10. I …………. forty on my next birthday.

 (A) am                        (B) shall be

(C) have been              (D) going to be

Answers:-

1.(C)             2. (B)

3. (D)            4. (C)

5. (B)            6. (C)

7. (D)           8. (C)

9. (D)           10. (B)

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