•SENIOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND

COMPOSITION
CLASS 10TH
ANSWER KEY
•Chapter-9
•THE USES OF TENSES
 • EXERCISE 35: Correct the following sentences:-
1. I have been living in Kolkata since 1930.
2. She had died before her husband came.
3. In old times magicians abused their powers.
4. I wrote a letter to her last Monday.
5. I have been reading Kalidasa for the last six days.
6. We have been working hard since last month.
7. Mahatma Gandhi wrote My Experiments with Truth.
8. I had been reading this book for six days before you arrived.
9. When I finish my work, I shall take a rest.
10. The guest left last night.
11. The rain stopped yesterday.
12. He was born in 1938.
13. He has been suffering from fever since last night.
14. Stephenson invented the steam engine.
15. He will reach home before the storm comes.
16. I had left Bihar before the earthquake occurred.
17. She will reach the station before the train goes.
18.The great reformer died in 1980.
19.I had been waiting at home for her since 9 o’clock.
20. She had finished her dinner when I saw her.
21. The servant did not answer when I called him.
22.The exhibition was over a week ago.
23.I saw my uncle last night.
24.The new hotel was opened last Sunday.
25.He went to Chennai last week.
• EXERCISE 36: Select the correct form of the verb shown in
brackets in each sentence and write it in the space opposite:-
1. She went to Agra yesterday.
2. He has told me a story just now.
3. The train left an hour ago.
4. I felt that I should resign my post.
5. I had gone to school when he came to see me.
6. We shall play if the headmaster allows us.
7. I have been living here for a month.
8. It has been raining all night.
9. He visited us last month.
10.He failed last year.
11. The train had left before they reached the station.
12. I shall have finished my work before he comes.
13. I had finished my work before Ali came to see me.
14. We have not written the letter yet.
15. They have lived in Delhi since 1952.
16.I have been working for two hours.
17.We shall serve you if you come.
18. They had left before he came.
19.I have heard the news just now.
20.I remember having met her before.
21.Walk carefully lest you should fall.
22.He came back after he had posted the letter.
23.I wish my brother were here.
24. Were I in his place I should pay off the debt.
25.When he arrived at the station, the train had
already left.
26. Columbus discovered America.
27.I wrote a letter to her yesterday.
28.We went to see the cinema last night.
29.He told me that she had been ill for six weeks.
30. By this time tomorrow I shall have reached home.
• EXERCISE 37: Put the following mark (√) against
the clause which correctly completes the
sentence.
1. He had visited many towns before
{C. he returned home.}
2.You will have reached home before
{B. the rain sets in.}
3.Three years have passed since
{C. his father died.}
4.I had been reading this book for two weeks before
{B. she arrived.}
5.The rain had stopped when
{A. we came out.}
6.The servant had finished his work when
{B. I called him.}
7. You cannot secure good marks unless
{A. you work hard.}
8. Fever will go down if
{B. you take medicine.}
9. I have warned him many times but he
{B. does not listen.}
10. I shall have left his place by the time
{A. she comes.}
11. I shall rest after
{B. I have finished my work.}
12.They will have reached the station before
{A. the train starts.}
13. I shall get a job before
{B. the week ends.}
• EXERCISE 38: Write the correct forms of the verbs
given in brackets:-…
1. Cricket has been played in England for more than six hundred
years now.
2. They would not have gone far yet.
3. The first meet was held in Athens in 1896.
4. I wish my men come quickly and find us.
5. She has not visited us since last Christmas.
6. While he was crossing the road, he was run over by a speeding
car.
7. It has been almost ten years since my brother left for America.
8. We have not seen her since we left school.
9. Her health has improved greatly since she went to live in the
country.
10. Since her husband has died she is very unhappy.
11.It has been raining continuously since four o’clock this morning.
12. She went out at eight o’clock, and has not yet returned.
13.We came to this house in 1975 and have been living here ever
since.
14.The train had left the station before I reached there.
15.I am not at home now; I wish I were.
16.Mrs. Mody has been a hair dresser ever since her husband’s
death.
17.She had studied English for two years before she came to our
school.
18.Before could know what had happened they took her brooch.
19.While I watched the television she cooked dinner in the kitchen.
20.I only just have realized what she meant.
21.By the time the brigade arrived, the house had collapsed.
22.I have not met her since she left this place two years ago.
23. They have been living in Bombay for ten years now.
24 .At the moment the baby is sleeping in the cradle.
25.He was taking a bath when the telephone rang.
26.I have told you several times that you should work hard.
27.He was reading the newspaper when I came in.
28.I had written the letter before I went to school.
29.Ever since I left my home-town in 1975 I have been living in
Delhi.
30.Although the work was difficult, I finished it within the given
time and went home.
• EXERCISE 39:(Miscellaneous) Choose the correct form of
the verb from those in brackets to complete each sentence
below:-
1. I shall telephone you when she returns.
2. We finished our lunch half an hour ago.
3. I shall be twenty next birthday.
4. The baby has been crying all morning.
5. We have been learning English for two years.
6. I wrote a letter to her yesterday.
7. I have known her for a long time.
8. He went out ten minutes ago.
9. We thanked her for what she had done for us.
10. They have been living here for the last ten years.
11.I received his letter a week ago.
12.My uncle leaves for London tomorrow.
13.The train had left before we reached the station.
14.The train will have left before we reach the station.
15.I haven’t seen her since we met a year ago.
16. I am thinking of going to America.
17.They have been playing since four o’clock.
18.He jumped off the bus while it was moving.
19.She didn’t sleep well last night.
20.When he gets his degree, he will have been
studying at Oxford for three years.