This grammar exercise tests your ability to use different tense forms correctly. It is prepared for students of classes 8, 9 and 10.<\/p>\n
Each sentence given below contains one or two blank spaces. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb \/ tense form.<\/p>\n
A little crab \u2026\u2026\u2026.1\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (learned \/ was learning \/ learns) to take his first step. He \u2026\u2026\u20262\u2026\u2026\u2026 (will \/ would \/ should) first move to the left and then to the right. Never \u2026\u2026\u2026.3\u2026\u2026\u2026 (do \/ does \/ did) he venture to the front.<\/p>\n
The mother crab \u2026\u2026\u20264\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (sit \/ sat \/ sits) in a corner \u2026\u2026\u2026.5\u2026\u2026\u2026. (watch \/ watching \/ watched) her son take those baby steps. She \u2026\u2026\u20266\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (is \/ was \/ were) not pleased at all. \u2018Why \u2026\u2026\u20267\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (doesn\u2019t \/ don\u2019t \/ didn\u2019t) the child go ahead?\u2019 she wondered. Instead of moving forward, he \u2026\u2026\u2026..8\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (went \/ goes \/ is going) sideways. What kind of walking is this? How will he be a success in life?<\/p>\n
So she \u2026\u2026\u20269\u2026\u2026\u2026. (decides \/ decided \/ had decided) to advise the little crab. \u2018What are you doing my dear,\u2019 she asked, \u2018Try to walk straight. Why are you \u2026\u2026\u2026.10\u2026\u2026\u2026. (going \/ gone \/ go) sideways?\u2019 The little crab \u2026\u2026\u2026..11\u2026\u2026\u2026. (saddened \/ was saddened \/ had saddened) to hear his mother\u2019s words. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u202612\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (was trying \/ had been trying \/ has been trying) since morning and now it was almost noon. And he still \u2026\u202613\u2026\u2026\u2026 (did \/ does \/ do) not get it correct. He \u2026\u2026..14\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (tries \/ had tried \/ tried) again and again but moved only sideways. \u2026\u2026..15\u2026\u2026\u2026. (frustrating \/ frustrated \/ having frustrated), he begged his mother to help.<\/p>\n
A little crab was learning<\/strong> to take his first step. He would<\/strong> first move to the left and then to the right. Never did<\/strong> he venture to the front.<\/p>\n The mother crab sat<\/strong> in a corner watching her son take those baby steps. She was<\/strong> not pleased at all. \u2018Why doesn\u2019t<\/strong> the child go ahead?\u2019 she wondered. Instead of moving forward, he is going<\/strong> sideways. What kind of walking is this? How will he be a success in life?<\/p>\n So she decided<\/strong> to advise the little crab. \u2018What are you doing my dear,\u2019 she asked, \u2018Try to walk straight. Why are you going<\/strong> sideways?\u2019 The little crab was saddened<\/strong> to hear his mother\u2019s words. He had been trying<\/strong> since morning and now it was almost noon. And he still did<\/strong> not get it correct. He tried<\/strong> again and again but moved only sideways. Frustrated,<\/strong> he begged his mother to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This grammar exercise tests your ability to use different tense forms correctly. It is prepared for students of classes 8, 9 and 10. Class 10 Tenses Worksheet Each sentence given below contains one or...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[535,670,84,671],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-10-worksheets","tag-class-10-english-grammar-worksheets","tag-high-school-english-worksheets","tag-tenses-worksheets","tag-verbs-worksheet-for-class-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3522,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions\/3522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}