SESSION: 2024-25

WORKSHEET-TENSES
CLASS – X
Tense Chart
Tense Form
Simple Present Base form
Simple Past Past tense form
Simple Future Will + base form
Present Continuous Am/Is/Are + -ing
Past Continuous Was/Were + -ing
Future Continuous Will be + -ing
Present Perfect Have/Has + past participle
Past Perfect Had + past participle
Future Perfect Will have + past participle
Present Perfect Continuous Have/Has been + -ing
Past Perfect Continuous Had been + -ing
Future Perfect Continuous Will have been + -ing I will have been walking to school.
Example
I walk to school.
I walked to school.
I will walk to school.
I am walking to school.
I was walking to school.
I will be walking to school.
I have walked to school.
I had walked to school.
I will have walked to school.
I have been walking to school.
I had been walking to school.

Q 1.Complete the sentences with the word given using the Present Continuous or the
Present Simple.

1. ‘Shall I phone at 6 o'clock?’ ‘No, we normally…………. dinner at that time.’ (cook)

2. Since I won the lottery, my telephone hasn't stopped ringing. People
……………………... to ask how I am going to spend the money. (call)
3. Alice ……. her mother in London most weekends. (see)
4. We usually …… up at about 7 am. Couldn't you come an hour later? ( get up)
5. I……………. swimming in the evenings to try to lose weight.( go)

Exercise 2. Use the correct form of the verbs given below in the blanks provided.

agree appear continue disappear move reach show solve write

1. Research has shown that cycling can help patients overcome their illnesses.
2. The rabbit just ………... in my garden one-day last week.
3. With this promotion, I feel that I…………... a turning point in my career.
4. Oh, no! My car………………!
5. Quite early in the negotiations, they………….. to lower the prices.
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs ,use the past simple in one space and the
past continuous in the other.

arrived/ get go/ get met/ work look/ flip wait/ order ski/ break
1. Just as I was getting into the bar the fire alarm went off.
2. Helen ……….. her leg while she ………. in Switzerland.
3. We ……….. when I…………. in a music shop.
4. When his mother ……….. in the other direction Steve…………... away quietly.

Exercise 4
Complete the sentences using the verb given. If possible use the present perfect continuous;
if not, use the present perfect. Use ^ to add any words outside the space.

1. Since they were very young the children __ (enjoyed) travelling by plane.
2. It – (snow) heavily this morning.
3. I am pleased to say that the team – (play) well all season.
4. I never – (understand) why we have to pay so much tax.
5. I – (not read) any of Dickens’ novels .
6. In recent years, Brazilian company – (put) a lot of money into developing advanced
technology.
Exercise 5
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb given in brackets.
1. The thief ................ (catch) red-handed.
2. A bomb scare ................ (delay) the flight by almost two hours.
3. The stadium .................... (reverberate) with dance, music and drama as troupes from different
parts of the country ................... (present) a panorama of color and costume.
4. I .................. (spend) the whole day yesterday in bed.
5. Students from different parts of the country .................. (participate) in the program.
6. It is true that Jim-Corbett .................. (love) animals but he also ................. (kill) many man-
eaters.
7. I .................... (learn) Telugu from a friend who ................... (hail) from Andhra Pradesh.
8. The bridge across the river .................. (build) some two hundred years ago.
9. The wicked people who ................ (smuggle) brown sugar into the town ................. (arrest)
yesterday.
10. Last night, the clouds ................. (thunder) in the sky.