Tenses
Exercise- 1
Q1. Identify the verbs and the tenses-
1. Shruti is going to study now.
2. James went to the market yesterday.
3. At this time tomorrow, John will be in Paris.
4. I was sleeping, when you came home.
5. Rohan always gets up late.
6. They will be visiting Delhi next week.
7. I had finished my dinner quite early today.
8. Sam has been looking for his notebook since
yesterday.
9. The passengers had been waiting for the bus for
the past two hours.
10. They had already left by the time you arrived.
Answers-
1. is going- Present Continuous Tense
2. went- Simple Past Tense
3. will be- Simple Future Tense
4. was sleeping- Past Continuous Tense, came-
Simple Past Tense
5. gets- Simple Present Tense
6. will be visiting- Future Continuous Tense
7. had finished- Past Perfect Tense
8. has been looking- Present Perfect Continuous
Tense
9. had been waiting- Past Perfect Continuous Tense
10. had left- Past Perfect Tense, arrived- Simple
Past Tense
Q2. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the
verb-
1. Rohan ______________ ready for the class right
now. (get)
2. He __________ his grandmother yesterday. (visit)
3. They ______________ to New York tomorrow. (fly)
4. Sam _______________ his work when the teacher
called him. (do)
5. My mother __________ the clothes since morning.
(wash)
6. You __________________ your class when I arrived.
(attend)
7. Frank always __________ his friends. (help)
8. The teacher ______________ the students because
they had not completed their work. (scold)
9. The child ____ always __________ for no good
reason. (cry)
10. I ________________ tennis at 10 am tomorrow.
(play)