tenses

1. Worksheet Tenses (Grade-9
Q1. Read the following items. Rewrite the sentences using the proper forms of the
verbs given in brackets against each. One is done as an example for you.
Example: By the time you reach the station, the train __________ (leave).
By the time you reach the station, the train will have left.
1. By next month, we ________ (live) in Delhi for two years.
2. When my brother reaches the age of 16, he _________ (study) in this school for six years.
3. They _______________ (rehearse) the play for two hours before you reach there.
4. By next year, I _________ (work) in New Delhi for eleven years.
Q2. Read the following items. Rewrite them after understanding the situation involved
in each. One is done as an example for you.
Example: We began playing cricket. After half an hour there was a terrible storm.
We had been playing for half an hour when there was a terrible storm.
(a) The orchestra began playing at the concert. After half an hour, a man in the audience
suddenly began shouting.
The orchestra _____________________________ for about thirty minutes when
____________________________________________________________.
(b) She had arranged to meet her guests in a hotel. She arrived and began waiting. After 30
minutes she realized that she had come to the wrong hotel.
She _____________________________________________ for thirty minutes when she
___________________________________________________________________
(c) Dev Bala was living in New Delhi. Two months later, her father died.
Dev Bala _____________________________________________________________ when
____________________________________________________.
Q3. Look at the verbs given in the box below. Fill in the blanks in the items following it
after using their appropriate forms. One is done as an example for you.
spend teach fall cost buy hurt enjoy
Example: Yesterday we enjoyed a film on wild life.
(a) He ________________ all the pocket money in giving a party to all his friends.
(b) I ____________ him a nice gift on his birthday.
(c) My father __________________ me to drive a car when I was barely 18.
(d) My brother __________ his leg when he _____________ from the roof.
(e) This book ______________ me Rs. 320/-.

2. Q4. Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple.
1. I don’t know where Lisa is. Have you seen (you/see) her?
2. When I _______________ (get) home last night, I _____________ (be) very tired and I
__________ (go) straight to bed.
3. A: ________________ (you/finish) painting the bedroom?
B: Not yet. I’ll finish it tomorrow.
4. George __________________ (not/be) very well last week.
5. Mr. Clark _________________ (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.
6. Molly lives in Dublin. She _________________ (live) there all her life.
7. A: ____________________ (you/go) to the cinema last night?
B: Yes, but it ________________ (be) a mistake. The film ______________ (be)
awful.
8. My grandfather _____________ (die) before I was born. I _____________ (never/meet)
him.
Q5. Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple.
1. It stopped raining for a while, but now it’s raining again. (stop)
2. The town is very different now. It has changed a lot. (change)
3. I did German at school, but I _______________ most of it now. (forget)
4. The police ________________ three people, but later they let them go. (arrest)
5. What do you think of my English? Do you think it ________________? (improve)
6. A: Are you still reading the paper?
B: No, I _________________ with it. You can have it. (finish)
7. I _______________ for a job as a tourist guide, but I wasn’t successful. (apply)
8. Where’s my bike? It __________________ outside the house, but it’s not there now.
(be)
9. Look! There’s an ambulance over there. There _____________ an accident. (be)
10. A: Have you heard about Ben? He _______________ his arm. (break)
B: Really? How _________ that _________________? (happen)
C: He _____________________ off a ladder. (fall)
Q6. Read the situations and complete the sentences.
1. We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain.
We had been playing for half an hour when it started to rain.
2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes
I suddenly realized that I was in the wrong restaurant.
I ___________________ for 20 minutes when I _________________ the wrong restaurant.
3. Sarah got a job in factory. Five years later the factory closed down.
At the time the factory ____________________, Sarah ________________________ there
for five years.
4. I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten minutes a man
in the audience suddenly started shouting.
The orchestra ______________________________________________________ when
___________________________________________________.

3. Q7. Put the verb into the more suitable form, present continuous or present simple.
1. I ‘m going (go) to the cinema this evening.
2. Does the film begin (the film/begin) at 3.30 or 4.30?
3. We _______________________ (have) a party next Saturday. Would you like to come?
4. The art exhibition ______________ (finish) on 3 May.
5. I ________________ (not/go) out this evening. I ________________ (stay) at home.
6. __________________ (you/do) anything tomorrow morning? ‘No, I’m free. Why?
7. We ______________(go) to a concert tonight. It _______________ (start) at 7:30.
8. I ____________________ (leave) now. I’ve come to say goodbye.
9. A: Have you seen Liz recently?
B: No, but we _______________ (meet) for lunch next week.
10. You are on the train to London and you ask another passenger:
Excuse me. What time _________________ (this train/get) to London?
11. You are talking to Helen:
Helen, I _______________ (go) to the supermarket. __________________
(you/come) with me?
12. You and a friend are watching television. You say:
I’m bored with this programme. What time _____________ (it/end)?
13. I __________________ (not/use) the car this evening, so you can have it.
14. Sue ______________ (come) to see us tomorrow. She _________________ (travel) by
train and her train ______________________ (arrive) at 10:15.
Q8. Fill in the blanks in the following with suitable forms of the Verbs given in
brackets:
1. He always ________ (forget) the good things done to him. Till yesterday I _______
(never refuse) him anything. Last evening when he came to borrow my brown coat, I
_________ (sleep). My mother told him that he should wait for sometime. But he
_________ (lose) the temper and went away.
2. When I reached my friend’s place a man ___________ (sit) there. He had a familiar face
but I _______ (cannot recognize) him. He told me his name after he ___________
(leave). I then _________ (remember) he used to come to us at Dehradun. I asked my
friend when he _______ (come) again.
3. I __________ (sleep) soundly and ___________ (dream) that a lion ___________ (enter)
the room. I ___________ (spring) off the bed.
4. The shot ____________ (wound) the elephant. It ____________ (rush) back into the
forest. I __________ (run) after it but _________ (can) not catch it. I ___________ (lose)
it in the dark and __________ (return) empty-handed. I ___________ (disappoint).
(A)Put the verbs in brackets with the correct tense-Simple Present on Present Continuous.
1. My car …………… (break) down frequently.
2. What _____________ (you/do) in my room?
3. Good students always ____________ (work) hard.
4. The last bus ____________________________ (leave) at midnight.
5. We _______________________________ (not play) cricket in summers.
6. Do you ____________________ (like) mangoes?
7. I ___________________ (not remember) his name.
8. My father _______________ (arrive) tomorrow.
9. I can’t hear what you _________________ (say).
10. __________________ (you/go) anywhere this Sunday?

4. (B) Supply the correct form of the Present Perfect Tense (Continuous or Simple) of the verbs
given in brackets.
1. I _____________________________ (live) here since 1981.
2. I _______________________ (not see) your brother lately.
3. ____________________ (you/get) any letters from him?
4. The children ___________________________ (stand) in the rain for half an hour.
5. He is very tired. He _________________________ (run) around the town all day.
6. It _________________________ (not/rain) here for more than a month.
7. He ____________________ (write) to me only once since he moved to Australia.
(C) Supply the correct form of the Present Tense of the verbs given in brackets.
1. The chairman usually _______________ (make) short speeches.
2. Today he _______________________ (speak) at length.
3. The milkman __________________ (not come) so far.
4. He ________________________________ (sleep) for 7 hours.
5. A thermometer _________________ (measure) temperature.
6. These days he ________________________ (work) on a problem in physics.
7. Half of the world’s wetlands ___________________________________
(disappear) since 1900.
(D) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense-Present Perfect or Simple Past.
1. She _________________________ (meet) me yesterday.
2. Since when ______________________________ (you/know) him?
3. We _____________________ (finish) our dinner half an hour ago.
4. The play ______________________________ (just/begin).
5. ___________________________ (you/be) here before?
(E) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense-Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. The bus ________________________ (start) while I ______________ (get) in.
2. I ______________________________ (congratulate) him on his success.
3. The current ________________ (fail) when we ________________ (have) dinner.
4. The boy __________________ (fall) down while he __________________ (run).
5. Who __________________ (you/talk) to when I _________________ (come) in.
6. We _________________ (walk) to the station when it __________ (begin) to rain.
7. When I __________________________ (arrive), she ________________
(just/leave), so we ________________ (not/have) enough time to talk.
(F) Supply the correct Past Tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect) of the verb in brackets.
1. She ___________ (tell) me her name after Ria ________________________ (leave).
2. I wish you ___________________________ (come) earlier.
3. If only he __________________________ (help) me.
4. After reciting the poem, she __________________ (sit) down.
5. I would have come earlier if I _______________________ (know) you were here.
6. It would have been better if you _________________________ (wait) there.

5. (G) Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
1. We ________________________________ (prepare) for four months when the
examinations were postponed.
2. They ___________________________________ (wait) for the bus for an hour. It
came at last.
3. She won a scholarship. She ____________________________ (work) hard for it for
one year.
4. The Chinese _______________________________ (prepare) for war for many years
before they attacked India.
5. Mother __________________________ (cook) food for an hour when you came.
(H) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1. She said that she ________________________________________ (already/see)
the film.
2. He _____________________________________ (discover) to his dismay that he
_________________ (fail).
3. A friend of mine once ____________________________ (write) a detective story.
4. The teacher _________________________________ (already/begin) when I
______________________________ (enter) the class.
5. He always __________________________ (try) to prove that he was right.
6. I ________________________ (see) a car following me.
7. He ___________________________ (return) the book I ____________________
(lend) him.
(I) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future form.
1. I _________________________ (see) her tomorrow.
2. I ____________________ (write) to her next week.
3. What _______________________________ (you/do) after your examination?
4. There __________________________________ (be) a storm soon.
5. Hurry up! The train _____________________ (leave) in a minute.
6. By the end of this month we ______________________ (pay off) all our debts.
7. The washerman _____________________ (iron) clothes for six hours by 12 noon.
(J) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
1. Who ________________________ (knock) at the door?
2. Burning of coal and oil ______________________ (release) nitrogen oxide which
_______________________ (cause) breathing problems.
3. I _______________________________________ (practice) piano when she
___________________ (come) in.
4. Hey boys! What ______________________________ (you/fight) about.
5. On June 30, they ___________________________________ (marry) for 30 years.
6. We ____________________________________ (go) out only when the rain
___________________ (stop).