English Language Study Miscellaneous Tense Exercises No- 3&4

EXERCISE-3

 Directions: In the following questions, sentences are given with the blanks to be filled with appropriate form of the Tense. Choose the correct alternative out of the given options.

1.She ______this dress yesterday.

(1) brought        (2) bring             (3) has brought                 (4) had brought

2.We ______all we had.

(1) had lost         (2) lost               (3) has lost                        (4) have lost

3.You can ______._ to your home now.

(1) go                    (2) went          (3) have gone                    (4) goes

4. When she was in Lucknow, she______   a plate every day.

(1) broke             (2) broken         (3) had broken                 (4) used to break

5.She______ music for three months.

(1) is learning     (2) was learning (3) have been learning   (4) has been learning

 Answers

Que. 1 2 3 4 5
Ans. 1 4 1 1 4

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Exercise-4

 Complete the Letter given below by choosing the appropriate options:                  

The Principal

Jawahar Lal Nehru Model School

 New Delhi

15 September, 2013

Sir

I beg to invite your kind attention to the need for cleanliness in the school toilets and classrooms. Toilets (a) stinked very badly. No one can use them without putting one’s handkerchief on the nose. Water (b) do not flow in them. It (c) stepped at two or three places. The urine pots (d) is broken. Water taps do not function properly. Foul language (e) was written on the walls.

 The condition of the classrooms is also not good. One can’t write in chalk on the blackboards. In a few rooms, the plaster has (f) falling off. The furniture has not been polished or painted for long. Cleanliness is in a poor shape.

 I (g) requesting you kindly to see yourself these places. These (h) given a very bad impression to the outsider about the school. I request you to improve the situation at the earliest.

Thanking you

Yours obediently

Manoj Kumar

(a)  1. can stink            2. will stink              3. shall stink         4. stink

(b)  1. did not              2. does not              3. had not            4. will not

(c)  1. will stop             2. may stop             3. stops                4. stopped

(d)  1. is                        2. was                     3. Were                4. are

(e)  1. will write            2. is written             3. writing             4. written

(f)   1. fallen                 2. fell                       3. Felled               4. has fallen

(g)  1. request              2. had requested    3. requesting       4. have requested

(h)  1. may give            2. give                    3. have given       4. will give

Answers:

(a) 4. stink                (b) 2. does not

(c) 3. stops               (d) 4. are               

(e) 2. is written         (f) 1. fallen

 (g) 1. request          (h) 2. give

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