10th STD - English - UNIT 3 – GRAMMAR - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

 

Tenses:

 

A. Complete the sentences in present tense forms.

 

1. Saravanan always …………… (go) for a walk in the morning.
2. We are gathering …………….. here for a meeting and the chair person is yet to arrive.
3. Aruna ……………… eagerly ……………….. (wait) to meet her friend since morning.
4. Sheeba is ……………… (move) to a new house next week.
5. Naseera ……………… (attend) music classes regularly.
6. Ilakiya and Adhira ……………… (enjoy) each other’s company very much.
7. Mani ……………….. (work) in this school for five years.
8. It ……………… (pour) outside now.

Answers:

 

1. goes
2. are gathered
3. been, waiting
4. is moving/moves
5. attends
6. enjoy/are enjoying
7. is working
8. is pouring

B. Complete the sentences in past tense forms.

 

1. I ……………. (go) to her place on foot.
2. The children ……………….. (play) in the ground when the teacher arrived.
3. They ………………… (request) him when the manager arrived.
4. If you ……………….. (work) hard, you would have won the relay match
5. Joanna and Joy ………….. already …………. (leave) for Ooty, when the others reached the station.
6. We all ……………. (sing) in the choir last week.
7. Nancy ……………. (ask) for help.
8. The people …………….. (wait) for the train.

Answers:

 

1. went
2. were playing
3. requested
4. had worked
5. had, left
6. sang
7. would, ask
8. waited  

Future Tense

C. Fill in the blanks using the verbs in the brackets in the future form.

 

1. We …………. not ………… to the market, in case it rains, (go)
2. Keerthi ………………. his work by next week. (do)
3. The peon ………………… the bell by the time I reach the school.(ring)
4. I ………………… my sister’s house next April if I go to Uttarkhand. (visit)
5. If you listen carefully, you ……………….. my point. (understand)
6. By next year, I ……………… in Chennai for fifteen years. (live)
7. The new edition of this book ………………… shortly. (come)
8. She hopes you ……………….. her. (help)

Answers:

 

1. shall, go
2. will have done
3. will have rung
4. shall be visiting
5. will understand
6. shall have been living
7. will be coming
8. will help

 

D. Underline the verbs and identify the tense forms.

 

1. I am working hard day and night. ……………………
2. The Moon revolves around the Earth. …………………..
3. Were the milkmen milking the cow? …………………..
4. He received your messages last night. ………………….
5. I have been ill for a couple of days. ……………………

Answers:

 

1. Present Continuous
2. Simple Present
3. Past Continuous
4. Simple Past
5. Present Perfect

E. In the following passage, some words are missing. Choose the correct words from the given options to complete the passage.

 

Raghav (a) ……………. in a middle-class family. He is a (b) ………………. boy of 8. His mother (c) ………………. as a software engineer in an MNC. (d) ………………. is his favourite hobby. He (e) ………………. the first prize in school level competition for drawing last week. He (f) ………………….. drawing at the age of 3. His mother (g) ……………….. he (h) ………………….. a great painter in the future.

(a) (i) will be born (ii) is born (iii) born (iv) has born

(b) (i) school-going (ii) going to school (iii) school coming (iv) school gone

(c) (i) working (ii) works (iii) has worked (iv) will work

(d) (i) drawn (ii) had drawn (iii) drawing (iv) having drawn

(e) (i) win (ii) was winning (iii) wins (iv) won

(f) (i) was starting (ii) starting (iii) started (iv) is starting

(g) (i) hoped (ii) hoping (iii) hopes (iv) has hoped

(h) (i) will become (ii) becomes (iii) would become (iv) will be becoming

Answer:

(a) (ii) is born

(b) (i) school going

(c) (ii) works

(d) (iii) Drawing

(e) (iv) won

(f) (iii) started

(g) (iii) hopes

(h) (iii) will become

 

F. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the tense of the verb in each line. Write the wrong word as well as the correct word in the given place. One is done for you.

 

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