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Sreedhar’s CCE ENGLISH TENSES

TENSES
EXERCISE – 1
Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms :
1. What temperature ______ water _____ at ?
1) do, boil 2) do, boiled 3) is, boiling 4) does, boil 5) None
2. They never _____ the money they lose.

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1) find 2) found 3) will find 4) founded 5) None
3. They _________new books from the library every week.
1) get 2) got 3) have got 4) will get 5) None
4. The postman ____ the letters three times a day.
1) bring 2) brings 3) brought 4) will bring 5) None
5. Birds ____ their nests in the summer and _____ to the south in the winter.

6.
1) bulid, fly
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2) are building, fly 3) builds, flies
Look ! that light ____ all night.
4) builds, fly 5) None

1) burn 2) has been burning 3) burnt 4) will burn 5) None


7. They are tired because they ____ in the garden since 9 O’clock.
1) work 2) worked 3) had worked 4) have been working 5) None
8.
1) write

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I _____ letters all the morning.
2) am writing 3) have been writing 4) wrote 5) None
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9. Whenever it rains the roof _______.
1) leaked 2) leak 3) is leaking 4) leaks 5) None
10. I _____ only liquid diet as I am ill.
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1) take 2) am taking 3) takes 4) shall be taking 5) None


11. My brother ____ from London next week.
1) comes 2) shall come 3) can come 4) would come 5) None
12. Why are you ____ at me in this way ?
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1) look 2) looks 3) looking 4) looked 5) None
13. Hot air ____ and cold air ____.
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1) rises, descends 2) raises, descends 3) raised, descended 4) rises, descend 5) None


14. Look there, the man ____ the child.
1) beats 2) is beating 3) was beating 4) beat 5) None
15. Now-a-days Mohan ____ in a factory.
1) is working 2) worked 3) had been working 4) will work 5) None
16. Why ___ you not ____ the work yet ?
1) have, done 2) had, did 3) have, did 4) have, do 5) None
17. She ____ not _____ me so far.
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1) has, meet 2) hasn’t, met 3) has, met 4) has, meets 5) None
18. He ____ me several times.
1) had helped 2) has helped 3) has been helping 4) have helped 5) None
19. These machines _______ idle since the factory closed.
1) have laid 2) have lied 3) have lain 4) have been lying 5) None
20. I _____ the instructions but I don’t undrstand them.
1) have read 2) had read 3) am reading 4) was reading 5) None
21. ______ you _____ him today ?
1) Have, seen 2) Had, seen 3) Did, see 4) Did, saw 5) None
22. Tom _____ up three times this morning already.
1) has rung 2) had rung 3) have rung 4) has rang 5) None
23. My hands are dirty because I ________.
1) had been gardening 2) have been gardening 3) are gradening 4) is gradening 5) None
24. ______ he _____ cricket daily ?
1) Does, play 2) Did, play 3) Has, played 4) Is, playing 5) None
25. How long ____ you ______ English ?
1) have, been learning 2) have been learnt 3) are learning 4) did learn 5) None

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