CBSE CLASS-10 GRAMMAR  

English grammar worksheets

Exercise-1

1. She ——————– the railway station before the train came.

a) had reached
b) has reached
c) reached
d) was reached

2. His uncle does not ——————— here.

a) live
b) lives
c) living
d) lived

3. Peter ————————- editing this magazine for twenty five years by next January.

a) will be
b) will have been
c) is
d) would be

4. Peter ——————— two wickets before rain interrupted play.

a) took
b) has taken
c) had taken
d) had took

5. I ———————– him twice before he left for New York.

a) saw
b) have seen
c) had seen
d) seen

6. Edison —————————- newspapers before he became a famous inventor.

a) sold
b) had sold
c) was selling
d) had been selling

7. In my youth I ————————- exercise every day.

a) had taken
b) took
c) was taking
d) had been taking

8. She ——————— for Delhi this evening.

a) is leaving
b) was leaving
c) have been leaving
d) had left

9. Heat ———————- bodies.

a) expanded
b) would expand
c) expands
d) is expanding

10. We ————————— living here since 1990.

a) were
b) are
c) have been
d) had been

11. We ————————- here for ten years now.

a) lived
b) have lived
c) had lived
d) were living

12. Did you ——————- him?

a) seen
b) see
c) saw
d) were seeing

13. Nobody will ever ———————– what happened to her.

a) know
b) knew
c) had known
d) be knowing

14. I could ———————– her if I wanted to.

a) have married
b) marry
c) married
d) be marrying

15. Does she ———————- what she is doing?

a) knows
b) know
c) knew
d) had known

16. When I visited him he ——————— bed-ridden for two months.

a) was
b) has been
c) had been
d) were

17. I ——————– school last year.

a) left
b) had left
c) leaved
d) was leaving

18. There ——————— a famine in Bengal in 1982.

a) was
b) has been
c) were
d) had been

19. Akbar ————————– the Moghul power paramount in India.

a) had made
b) has made
c) made
d) would make

20. John has ———————- home.

a) went
b) go
c) gone
d) going

Answer

1. had reached

2. live

3. will have been

4. had taken

5. had seen

6. sold (= used to sell)

7. took (= used to take)

8. is leaving

9. expands

10. have been

11. have lived

12. see

13. know

14. have married

15. know

16. had been

17. left

18. was

19. made

20. gone

Exercise-2

1. The weather was bad but we …………………………… swimming anyway.

a) go; b) went; c) have gone; d) had gone

2. They …………………………. into a new apartment last week.

a) have moved; b) had moved; c) moved; d) move

3. When he ……………………………. the toy, it fell apart.

a) drops; b) has dropped; c) had dropped; d) dropped

4. A man …………………………… by the company he keeps.

a) knows; b) has known; c) is known; d) is knowing

5. She …………………………. older than she is.

a) look; b) looks; c) is looking; d) has looked

6.The diet pills made her …………………………. her appetite.

a) to lose; b) lose; c) lost; d) losing

7. The kitchen …………………………….. with modern appliances.

a) equips; b) is equipping; c) is equipped; d) had equipped

8. The rules of safe driving …………………………. to everyone.

a) applies; b) apply; c) are applying; d) applying

9. The results ……………………………. on Monday.

a) have announced; b) will announce; c) will be announced; d) would be announced

10. He ………………………………. with apprehension about the future.

a) filled; b) is filling; c) was filled; d) had filled

Exercise-3

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

The United Kingdom ………..1……… the first country in the world to allow scientists to create human-animal embryos for research purposes. The research ……..2……… transferring nuclei containing DNA from human cells to animal eggs that ………3…….. nearly all their genetic information removed. The resulting embryos ………..4……….., therefore, mostly human, with a small animal component. Stem cells, which ……..5…….. grow into different kinds of tissue, are then ……….6………. from these embryos. The embryos could give researchers a large supply of stem cells to work with. Scientists have, until now, ………..7……….. on human eggs left over from fertility treatment, which are in short supply and often of poor quality.

1. (a) became; (b) has become; (c) have become; (d) become

2. (a) involve; (b) involves; (c) is involving; (d) has involved

3. (a) have; (b) are; (c) have had (d) had

4. (a) is; (b) are; (c) have; (d) have been

5. (a) may; (b) will; (c) can; (d) could

6. (a) harvesting; (b) harvested; (c) harvest; (d) harvests

7. (a) rely; (b) relies; (c) relied; (d) relying