Tenses exercise for class 10 CBSE

Complete the following sentences using the most appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets. Click here for a printer-friendly version of this worksheet.

Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb given in brackets.

1. The thief ................ (catch) red-handed.

2. A bomb scare ................ (delay) the flight by almost two hours.

3. The stadium .................... (reverberate) with dance, music and drama as troupes from different parts of the country ................... (present) a panorama of color and costume.

4. I .................. (spend) the whole day yesterday in bed.

5. Students from different parts of the country .................. (participate) in the program.

6. It is true that Jim-Corbett .................. (love) animals but he also ................. (kill) many man-eaters.

7. I .................... (learn) Telugu from a friend who ................... (hail) from Andhra Pradesh.

8. The bridge across the river .................. (build) some two hundred years ago.

9. The wicked people who ................ (smuggle) brown sugar into the town ................. (arrest) yesterday.

10. Last night, the clouds ................. (thunder) in the sky.

Answers

1. Was caught; 2. Delayed; 3. Reverberated, Presented; 4. Spent; 5. Participated; 6. Loved, Killed; 7. Learned, Hails; 8. Was built; 9. Smuggled, Were arrested; 10. Thundered

Sections in this article

Tenses
The simple present tense
The present progressive tense
The present perfect tense
The present perfect progressive tense
Present tenses to talk about the future
The simple past tense
The past progressive tense
The past perfect tense
The past perfect progressive tense
Past verb forms with present or future meaning
The simple future tense
The future progressive tense
The future perfect tense
Tenses in subordinate clauses

See also

Adverb clauses
Adjective clauses
Noun clauses
Transformation of sentences

See also

Common mistakes in the use of nouns
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 1
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 2
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 3

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