Tenses Exercise for Grade 9 Karnataka Syllabus
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
The present perfect tense is used to talk about recently finished events. The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present and may continue into the future.
Exercise 1
1. Your clothes are dirty. Yes, I …………………………………. in the garden since morning. (work)
2. We …………………………….. (repair) the roof.
3. What ………………………… (you do) since you left university?
4. She …………………………… for her cat for hours. (search)
5. …………………….. (you finish) reading the book? No, I …………………………… (still read) it.
6. I ………………………….. (read) a novel for two days.
7. I ……………………………. (work) on a new project since May. I ……………………………. (almost finish) it.
8. I ………………………….. (not have) any rest since morning.
9. I …………………………… (have) this car for twelve years.
10. How long ………………………….. (you learn) English?
11. It ………………………. (not stop) raining since morning.
12. She ………………………… (play) badminton since she was a child.
Answers
1. have been working, 2. have repaired, 3. have you been doing, 4. has been searching, 5. have you finished reading, am still reading, 6. have been reading, 7. have been working, have almost finished, 8. have not had, 9. have had, 10. have you been learning, 11. has not stopped raining, 12. has been playing
