Mixed Tenses Exercise with Answers

(i) The Present              

(ii) The Past

(iii) The Future

The tense of a verb shows the time of action or event.

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1. PRESENT TENSE

I.    Simple Present Tense or Present Indefinite Tense

 

Exercise 1

Change the following as directed :

1. Birds fly in the sky. (negative)
2. Rohit loves his teacher. (interrogative)
3. Boys are doing their homework. (negative)
4. My friend speaks good English. (interrogative)
5. Dogs are barking. (interrogative)
6. He is learning music. (negative)
7. We are going to Kolkata soon. (interrogative)
8. Children play in the evening. (negative)
9. Ritu sings a song. (negative)
10. I am listening to western music. (interrogative)
11. Naman and Chaman run fast. (interrogative)

Answer:

1. Birds do not fly in the sky.
2. Does Rohit love his teacher?
3. Boys are not doing their homework.
4. Does my friend speak good English?
5. Are dogs barking?
6. He is not learning music.
7. Are we going to Kolkata soon?
8. Children do not play in the evening.
9. Ritu does not sing a song.
10. Am I listening to western music?
11. Do Naman and Chaman run fast?

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with is, am or are:

1. These bags ……… heavy.
2. Look! There ……… Raman.
3. My brother and I ……… good cricket players.
4. The weather ………  nice today.
5. This bag ……… not so heavy.
6. I ………  not tired.
7. Rama ……… at home.
8. Her children ……… at school.
9. I ……… a student.
10. My sister ……… a doctor.

Answer:

1. are   2. is   3. are   4. is   5. is   6. am   7. is   8. are   9. am   10. is

II. Present Continuous Tense

 

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs:

build        cook        go         have       stand
stay         swim       work     rain        watch

1. Please be quiet. I ………………….
2. Where is Umesh? He is in the kitchen. He ………………….
3. ‘You …………………. on my foot.’
4. Look! Somebody ………………….in the river.
5. We’re here on holiday. We …………………. at the Royal Hotel.
6. Where’s Renu? She …………………. a shower.
7. They …………………. a new theatre in the city centre at the moment.
8. I …………………. now. Goodbye.
9. The weather is nice at the moment. It is not ………………….
10. You can turn off the television. I am not ………………….it.

Answer:

1. Please be quiet. I am working.
2. Where is Umesh? He is in the kitchen. He is cooking.
3. You are standing on my foot.
4. Look! Somebody is swimming in the river.
5. We’re here on holiday. We are staying at the Royal Hotel.
6. Where’s Renu? She is having a shower.
7. They are building a new theatre in the city centre at moment.
8. I am going now. Goodbye.
9. The’ weather is nice at the moment. It is not raining.
10. You can turn off the television. I am not watching it.

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form (Present Continuous) of the verbs given in bracket.

1. I am ……………….. the table (turn).
2. Hari is …………………. the juice (suck).
3. Rani and Rajan …………………. under the cot (crawl).
4. The dog is …………………. its tail (wag).
5. You are …………………. on your paper (write).
6. She is …………………. right hand (wave).
7. He is …………………. over the fence (jump).
8. You are …………………. your books (take).
9. You are …………………. the sweets in your mouth (put).
10. Sita is …………………. on her dress (put).

Answer:

1. I am turning the table.
2. Hari is sucking the juice.
3. Ravi and Rajan are crawling under the cot.
4. The dog is wagging its tail.
5. You are writing on your paper.
6. She is waving her right hand.
7. He is jumping over the fence.
8. You are taking your books.
9. You are putting the sweets in your mouth.
10. Sita is putting on her dress.

III. Present Perfect Tense

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect tense form of the verbs given in the brackets.  

1. The train _______  just now. (arrive)
2. I _______ not _______ the cinema all these years. (visit)
3. Someone _______ some crockery. (break)
4. I _______ never _______ the Taj (see)
5. I _______ not _______ him so far. (meet)
6. I_______ not _______ the work even now. (finish)
7. My friend _______ his purse, (lose)
8. They _______ my pen. (take)
9. Birds _______ from here, (fly)
10. Rachna _______ food, (cook)

Answer:

1. The train has arrived just now.
2. I have not visited the cinema all these years.
3. Someone has broken some crockery.
4. I have never seen the Taj.
5. I have not met him so far.
6. I have not finished the work even now.
7. My friend has lost his purse.
8. They have taken my pen.
9. Birds have flown from here.
10. Rachna has cooked food.

IV.  Present Perfect Continuous Tense

 

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense of the verbs given in brackets.

1. We ______  English for two years. (study)
2. He ______  in this school for several years. (teach)
3. I ______  in this flat since 2000. (live)
4. It ______ for three hours. (rain)
5. They ______  for seven hours. (work)

Answer:

1. We have been studying English for two years.
2. He has been teaching in this school for several years.
3. I have been living in this flat since 2000.
4. It has been raining for three hours.
5. They have been working for seven hours.

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with since or for:

1. He has been here ………………..  last Monday.
2. She has been on the phone ……………….. twenty minutes.
3. I have been in this town ……………….. 1967.
4. You have been married ……………….. six years.
5. Raman has been on holiday ……………….. last Friday.

Answer:

1. He has been here since last Monday.
2. She has been on the phone for twenty minutes.
3. I have been in this town since 1967.
4. You have been married for six years.
5. Raman has been on holiday since last Friday.

2. PAST TENSE

I. Simple Past Tense

Exercise 1

Make six sentences from the following chart.

1. I                                   in Delhi                      last month
2. He             was           here                             last year
3. She                             in school                     yesterday
4. We                              in Haryana                 three weeks ago
5. You          were          in Hospital                 two years ago
6. They                           there                            a long time ago

Answer:

1. I was in Delhi last month.
2. He was here last year.
3. She was in school yesterday.
4. We were in Haryana three weeks ago.
5. You were in hospital two years ago.
6. They were there a long time ago.

Exercise 2

Put in am / is/are (present) or was / were (past):

1. Last year she …………….. 10, so she …………….. 11 now.
2. I ……………..  hungry. Can I have something to eat?
3. ‘Where …………….. the children?’ ‘I don’t know. They …………….. in the garden ten minutes ago.’
4. Today the weather …………….. nice, but yesterday it …………….. very cold.
5. I feel fine this morning but I …………….. tired last night.
6. Where …………….. you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?
7. I like your new shirt …………….. it expensive?
8. Don’t they wear those shoes? These …………….. very expensive.
9. This time last year I …………….. in Goa.
10. They …………….. in school today morning.

Answer:

1. was; is         2. am           3. are; were        4. is; was
5. was             6. were         7. Is                      8. are
9. was             10. were

Exercise 3

Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple:

enjoy       clean      die     open       finish
happen    ram      start    stay        want

1. It was hot in the room, so I …………….. the window.
2. I …………….. my teeth twice yesterday.
3. The shop ……………..at 9 a.in. yesterday.
4. The match …………….. at 6 in the evening.
5. I always …………….. to be a doctor.
6. It is a nice day but yesterday it …………….. all day.
7. The accident …………….. last Sunday afternoon.
8. Shiela’s grandmother …………….. when she was 90 years old.
9. We …………….. our holiday last year.
10. We …………….. at Grand Hotel when we went to Kolkata.

Answer:

1. opened    2. cleaned       3. started    4. finished    5. wanted
6. rained     7. happened    8. died        9. enjoyed    10. stayed

Exercise 4

Write the past simple of the following verbs:

1. get             2.  see…         3. play
4. pay            5.   visit..       6. buy
7. go              8.   think       9. copy
10. know      11.  put…       12. speak

Answer:

1. got          2. saw             3. played          4. paid
5. visited    6. bought        7. went           8. thought
9. copied    10. knew         11. put            12. spoke

II. Past Continuous Tense

Exercise 1

Use the correct form of the verb:

1. We (watch) the shop windows when we met Vimal.
2. I (wait) outside the theatre when I saw Om.
3. When Vijay arrived, Soma (study).
4. When he saw Ramesh in the library, he (return) his books.
5. When I saw them at midnight, they (try) to find a taxi.

Answer:

1. We were watching the shop windows when we met Vimal.
2. 1 was waiting outside the theatre when I saw Om.
3. When Vijay arrived, Soma was studying.
4. When he saw Ramesh in the library, he was returning his books.
5. When I saw them at midnight, they were trying to find a taxi.

Exercise 2

Change the following sentences into negative:

1. Vishal was living in Kolkata in July last year.
2. Vimal was talking to Vijay at ten o’clock last night.
3. At four o’clock yesterday we were all drinking tea.
4. I was trying to get a taxi at ten o clock last night.
5. It was raining in Chennai at five o’clock last evening.

Answer:

1. Vishal was not living in Kolkata in July last year.
2. Vimal was not talking to Vijay at ten o’clock last night.
3. At four o’clock yesterday we were not all drinking tea.
4. I was not trying to get a taxi at ten o’clock last night.
5. It was not raining in Chennai at five o’clock last evening.

Exercise 3

Change the following sentences into questions:

1. They were crying there.
2. He was playing cricket.
3. He was doing his homework.
4. Ruchi and Rubi were cooking in the kitchen.
5. We were going to the market.

Answer:

1. Were they crying there?
2. Was he playing cricket?
3. Was he doing his homework?
4. Were Ruchi and Rubi cooking in the kitchen?
5. Were we going to the market?

III. Past Perfect Tense

 

Exercise 1

Choose the correct verb from those given in brackets:

1. He thanked me for what I ………………. (have dope, had done, have been doing).
2. When we went to the cinema, the film ……………….  .
   (already started, had already started, would already start.)
3. Did your think you ………………. me somewhere before?
   (have seen, had seen, were seeing.)
4. I    to Mumbai once before.
   (have gone, had gone, have been going)
5. They    anything till night.
   (have not read, were not reading, had not read)

Answer:

1. had done    2. had already started    3. had seen   4.  had gone    5. had not read.

IV. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Exercise

Fill in the blanks with suitable verb:

1. You had been …………………. till now since morning, (slept, sleeping, sleep)
2. She …………………. sun-bath for a month, (have been taking, had taken, had been taking)
3. I …………………. this car for four years, (have driven, had driven, had been driving)
4. He had not been …………………. for a few days, (seen, saw, seeing)
5. The players had been …………………. for three hours, (running, ran, run)
6. …………………. he been studying for examination for four days? (had, have)
7. Where had he been …………………. for so many days? (lived, live, living)

Answer:

1. sleeping  2. had been taking  3. had been driving  4. seeing  5. running  6. Had    7. living.

Forms of Verbs

Present (V1)	Past (V2)	Past Participle (V3)
Awake	awaked / awoke	awaked / awoken
Arise	arose	arisen
Bear	bore	borne
Beat	beat	beaten
Become	became	become
Begin	began	begun
Bid	bade/bid	bidden, bid
Bind	bound	bound
Bite	bit	bit/bitten
Bind	bound	bound
Blow	blew	blown
Break	broke	broken
Choose	chose	chosen
Cling	clung	clung
Come	came	come
Dig	dug	dug
Do	did	done
Draw	drew	drawn
Drink	drank	drunk
Drive	drove	driven
Eat	ate	eaten
Fall	fell	fallen
Fight	fought	fought
Find	found	found
Fly	flew	flown
Forbid	forbade	forbidden
Forget	forgot	forgotten
Forgive	forgave	forgiven
Freeze	froze	frozen
Get	got	got
Give	gave	given
Go	went	gone
Grew	grew	grown
Hang	hung	hung
Hide	hid	hidden
Know	knew	known
Lie	lay	lain
Ride	rode	ridden
Ring	rang	rung
Rise	rose	risen
Run	ran	run
See	saw	seen
Shake	shook	shaken
Shine	shone	shone
Shrink	shrank	shrunk
Sing	sang	sung
Sit	sat	sat
Speak	spoke	Spoken
Spring	sprang	sprung
Stand	stood	stood
Steal	stole	stolen
Stick	stuck	stuck
Sting	stung	stung
Strike	struck	struck, stricken
Swim	swam	swum
Take	took	taken
Tear	tore	tom
Throw	threw	thrown
Understand	understood	understood
Wake	woke	woken
Wear	wore	worn
Weave	wove	woven
Win	won	won
Wind	wound	wound
Withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn
Wring	wrung	wrung
Write	wrote	written

Weak Verbs

Present (V1)	Past (V2)	Past Participle (V3)
Bend	bent	bent
Bring	brought	brought
Build	built	built
Bum	burnt, burned	bumt/bumed
Buy	bought	bought
catch	caught	caught
Creep	crept	crept
Dare	dared	dared
Deal	dealt	dealt
Deceive	deceived	deceived
Die	died	died
Dive	dived	dived
Dream	dreamt/dreamed	Dreamed
Dwell	dwelt	dwelt
Feed	fed	fed
Feel	felt	felt
Flee	fled	fled
Flow	flowed	flowed
Hang	hanged/hung	hanged/hung
Have	had	had
Hear	heard	heard
Kneel	knelt	knelt
Knit	knitted	knitted
Lay	laid	laid
Lead	led	led
Lean	leant	leant
Leap	leaped	leaped
Learn	learned /learnt	learnt/learned
Leave	left	Left
Lie	lied	lied
Lie	lay	lain
Lose	lost	lost
Make	made	made
Mean	meant	meant
Meet	met	met
Melt	melted	melted
Pay	paid	paid
Prove	proved	proved
Quarrel	quarrelled	quarrelled
Raise	raised	raised
Saw	sawed	sawed/sawn
Say	said	said
Seek	sought	sought
Sell	sold	sold
Send	sent	sent
Sew	sewed	sewn
Shoot	shot	shot
Show	showed	shown
Sleep	slept	slept
Sow	sowed	sown
Spoil	spoiled	spoiled
Teach	taught	taught
Tell	told	told
Think	thought	thought
Travel	travelled	travelled
Weep	wept	wept
Work	worked	worked

Remain same in all Forms

Present (V1)	Past (V2)	Past Participle (V3)
Bet	bet	bet
Bid	bid	bid
Cast	cast	cast
Cut	cut	cut
Hit	hit	hit
Hurt	hurt	hurt
Let	let	Let
Put	put	put
Read	read	read
Set	set	set
Shut	shut	shut
Split	split	split
Spread	spread	spread
Thrust	thrust	thrust
Upset	upset	upset

3 ) FUTURE TENSE

1.  THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE