DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL ,SILIGURI

CLASS: XI SUBJECT: ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC : TENSES

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb by selecting from the
options given in brackets:

1 .An apple a day ___________ the doctor away.(keep/keeps)

2 .My grandmother __________ a walking stick when she goes out for a walk . (carries/is
carrying)
3. Look! They _______________ and whiling their time away .(gossip/are gossiping)
4. Anita ____________ her finger while she was cooking.(burnt/was burning)
5. The farmer sold the crops after he ______________(harvested/had harvested) it.
6. I will ____________________ this task at this time tomorrow.(be completed/have
completed)
7. The concert _______________ by now.(will have ended/will end)
8 .Kritika __________________ (break/broke) her left ankle while she
_____________________ (dance/was dancing) at the party.
9. I ________________________ her tomorrow. ( will be meeting/met)
10 .By profession, an artist ______________(creates/created) a picture whereas an author
(writes/wrote) a book.

II. Choose the correct option:

1. Everyday he_____________ for a mile.

a) walked b)has walked c)walk d)walks

2. The train ______________ the platform an hour ago.

a) leave b)has left c)have left d)left

3. His behaviour always ______________ me.

a) annoy b)annoys c)annoyed d)has annoyed

4. Honesty and hard work certainly___________ happiness.

a) bring b)brings c) is bringing d)brought

5. The birds ________ away when the ground _______________.

a) flew/was frozen b)flown/froze c)fly/freeze d)flown/frozen

6. Digital downloads __________ the way listen to music.

a) has changed b)have changed c)change d)changing

7. This brand of coffee _____________ an incredible aroma.

a) is b)have c)has d)am

8. Now you _____________ to be tired.

a) is appearing b)appeared c)appear d)have appeared
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9. Have you___________ the seed?

a) sew b)sowing c)sown d)sow

10) It _____________ since last night.

a) has been raining b)is raining c)rained d)have been raining

III.Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb by selecting from the
options given in brackets:

The rag pickers of India_____(a)_______(presented/present/will present/may present) a

pitiable sight.
It is poverty that _______(b)________(goad/goads/will goad/may goad) them to resort to rag
picking.
Day in and day out they may be_______(c)_________ (see/seen/will be seen/are being seen)
on the roads, the lanes and by lanes of a city or town looking for cast-off clothes or something
else showy or shoddy that -_____(d)_________(may/will/shall/could) sell. More often than
not , it is children who _______(e)__________ (have taken/will take/took/take) to rag picking.
Why should innocent children who should be at school at this age_____(f)______
(do/did/does/may do) this kind of work?
IV .Omission task
In the following passage ,one word has been omitted in each of the lines,
against which a blank is given .Write the missing word along with the word that
comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided.

BEFORE MISSING AFTER

*A bookshop not something a) _______ ______ ________
you in every lane or area these days .Books, b)_______ ______ ________
which once a staple diet for youngsters in their formative c)_______ ______ ________
years fading out of their list of engagements. d)_______ _______ ________
Ask any youngster which the latest e)_______ _______ ________
book he read and he will be baffled. f)_______ ______ ________

V. Read the following sentences and change the tenses as per the given
directions.

1. He will be waiting for us.(Change into present continuous tense)

a) He was waiting for us.
b) He is waiting for us.
c) He has been waiting for us.

2. Hemant will have thought about this.(Change into present perfect tense)
a) Hemant has thought about this.
b) Hemant is thinking about this.
c) Hemant had thought about this.

3. Danielle will not tolerate this injustice.(Change into simple past tense)
a) Danielle is not tolerating this injustice.
b) Danielle did not tolerate that injustice.
c) Danielle is not tolerating this injustice.

4. Fatima did not want to go.(Change into simple present tense)

a) Fatima do not want to go.
b) Fatima does not want to go.
c) Fatima had not wanted to go.

5. Ankit is leaving for Bengaluru tomorrow.(Change into future continuous tense)

a) Ankit will be leaving for Bengaluru tomorrow.
b) Ankit will leave for Bengaluru tomorrow.
c) Ankit will have left for Bengaluru.

VI. Rearrange the following words or phrases to make meaningful sentences:

1. Exploiting/man/been/the/years/has/earth/for
a) Man has been exploiting the earth for years.
b) The earth has been exploiting man for years.
c) Man has been the earth exploiting for years.

2 .Laughter/makes/distinction/yoga/joy/happiness/and/between/clear/a
a) Laughter makes a distinction between joy and happiness yoga clear.
b) Laughter yoga makes a clear distinction between happiness and joy.
c) Laughter makes a clear distinction between joy and happiness yoga .

3. Life/it/what/is/we/make
a) Life is what we make it.
b) Life we make is what is.
c) We make it what life is.

4 .Educated /an/identified/person/by/is/good/his/manners
a) An educated man is identified by his good manners.
b) An educated man is by his good manners identified.
c) An educated man is identified his good manners by.

5. Live/to/live/we/eat/not/eat/to/should
a) We should live to eat, not eat to live.
b) We should eat to live, not live to eat.
c) We should not eat to live,live to eat.

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