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JUBILEE HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL

HYDERABAD, 2024 - 25
CLASS: X
SUBJECT: ENGLISH

TOPIC: TENSES

TENSES
To be written in the notebook

The three main forms of tenses: Present- Past- Future


Each of these tenses has four forms: Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect
Continuous.
PRESENT TENSE
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous.
PAST TENSE
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous.
FUTURE TENSE
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous

Simple Progressive Perfect


Perfect
Forms Forms Forms
Progressive Forms
Present
I play I am playing I have played
Tense I have been playing

Past Tense I played I was playing I had played


I had been playing
I will be I will have
Future Tense I will play I will have been
playing played
playing

Exercise -1
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the bracket.

1. Please give me your pen. I …………….. mine at home. (forget)


2. The hungry child ………………. for ten minutes. (cry)
3. He ………………. along the road when suddenly he ……………… an old
man. (walk, meet)
4. I praised him for what he ……………… for the poor. (do)
5. When I was at school, I ……………… part in cultural activities. (take)
6. You cannot go out till you ……………… your homework. (complete)
7. He ……………….. there and ran away. (not stop)
8. When I reached the house, I ……………. that a thief ………………. into it.
(find, break)
9. My mother ………. food when she ……………… a noise. (cook, hear )
10.There is going to be a bus strike. Everyone ……………… for auto rickshaws
and rickshaws next week. (look)
11. He is a very rude person. I ……………… him. (not help)
12.When you reach there, he ……………… a book. (read)

Exercise -2
Choose the correct option and fill the blank.
1. They ______ (bought, have been buying) a lot of clothes since a year.
2. We _______ (finished, have finished) our lunch half an hour ago.
3. Mr. Rao’s family _____ (will be going/ will have gone) to Australia next week.
4. She _______ (had been, was) ill for a week last month.
5. The train _______ (left, had left) before we reached the station.
6. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _____ (is sleeping, sleeps)
7. Every Monday, Sally _______ (drives, has driven) her kids to football practice.
8. Helicopters______ (flying, were flying) over the city when the Prime minister
visited.
9.Sam ______(has been wearing / wore) the same pair of jeans since last week.
10. There are lot of clouds. It _____ (will rain / will have rained) soon.
Exercise -3
1. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from
the ones given below:
Even though we have (i) __________ the 21st century, more than a billion people
(ii)___________ in extreme poverty. 40 million people are (iii) ________ with AIDS. 104
million children do not (iv) _________ access to school and 860 million adults cannot
read or write.

(i) (a) entering (b) entered (c) enter (d) enters

(ii) (a) live (b) lived (c) living (d) lives

(iii) (a) infecting (b) infect (c) infected (d) infects

(iv) (a) have (b) had (c) has (d) having


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