Tenses exercise for class 9 CBSE

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate tense form.

1. If I had the money now, I ………………… buy a car. (will / would)

2. If you ………………. the 10 o’clock train, you could be in Mumbai by evening. (catch / caught)

3. If she ………………… English, she could get a better job. (speaks / spoke)

4. If I knew that you were coming, I ……………… buy a chicken. (will / would)

5. Eleven o’clock – it is time you ………………. to bed. (go / went)

6. I wish I ………………… more money. (have / had)

7. I would rather you ………………… home now. (go / went)

8. I ………………….. if you were free this evening. (wonder / wondered)

9. After he finished his exams, he ………………. on a foreign tour. (went / had gone)

10. If I had gone to university, I ………………….. medicine. (would study / will study / would have studied)

Answers

1. If I had the money now, I would buy a car.

2. If you caught the 10 o’clock train, you could be in Mumbai by evening.

3. If she spoke English, she could get a better job.

4. If I knew that you were coming, I would buy a chicken

5. Eleven o’clock – it is time you went to bed.

6. I wish I had more money.

7. I would rather you went home now.

8. I wondered if you were free this evening.

9. After he finished his exams, he went on a foreign tour.

10. If I had gone to university, I would have studied medicine.