Tenses Worksheet CBSE Grade 9

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

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

2. Students at many colleges ................... (stay away) from their classes to protest against the highhandedness of the administration.

3. He ................... (spend) the whole day in bed.

4. The bomb scare ................... (delay) the flight by about 2 hours.

5. The stadium ................... (reverberate) with dance and drama as performers from across the country ................... (showcase) their talents.

6. He ................... (love) animals but that ................... (not prevent) him from eating their flesh.

7. He ................... (visit) nearly all continents.

8. The man who smuggled cocaine into the city ................... (arrest)

9. The politician ................... (never visit) his constituency since the last election.

10. Last year, they ................... (build) a fence around their property.

Answers

1. The constable caught the thief red-handed.

2. Students at many colleges stayed away from their classes to protest against the highhandedness of the administration.

3. He spent the whole day in bed.

4. The bomb scare delayed the flight by about 2 hours.

5. The stadium reverberated with dance and drama as performers from across the country showcased their talents.

6. He loves animals but that does not prevent him from eating their flesh. / He loved animals but that did not prevent him from eating their flesh.

7. He has visited nearly all continents.

8. The man who smuggled cocaine into the city has been arrested.

9. The politician has never visited his constituency since the last election.

10. Last year, they built a fence around their property.

Tenses worksheet 2

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense form of the verb given in the brackets.

1. He ............................. (do) a degree at university at the moment. He ............................. (graduate) in 2025.

2. He ..................... usually ................. (get) home until 10 o'clock.

3. She ............................ (diagnose) with cancer.

4. Her mother ......................... (die) when she ........................ (be) just two.

5. He ............................... (eat) meat at all.

6. How often ............................. (you buy) things online?

7. He ............................. (crack) jokes all the time.

8. He ............................ (speak) English, does he?

9. The suspect .................................... (abscond) for two weeks.

10. Young people these days ......................... (have) more choices than they did in the past.

11. He ............................ (come) here every now and then.

12. What ......................... (you mean)?

13. She really ............................ (resemble) her grandmother when she smiles.

14. I ................................ (paint) two rooms since morning.

15. We ............................. (have) the house painted on the weekend.

16. The job ............................... (not involve) much traveling.

17. I .......................... (want) you to behave properly.

18. She ........................... (not have) a job.

19. She ............................... (look) much younger for her age.

20. We ............................. (not have) that book in stock at the moment.

Answers

1. is doing, will graduate, 2. does not usually get, 3. has been diagnosed, 4. died, was, 5. does not eat, 6. do you buy, 7. cracks, 8. does not speak, 9. has been absconding, 10. have, 11. comes, 12. do you mean, 13. resembles, 14. have painted, 15. are having, 16. does not involve, 17. want, 18. does not have, 19. looks, 20. do not have

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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