Grammar ……… / 100

Exercise 1 – Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense

form of the verbs given in brackets

The Principal P……………………………

Wants to speak to Raj. (want)
The Earth ……………………………
Revolves around the Sun. (revolve)
The baby ……………………………
Cries all day. (cry)
Leaves
The flight …………………………… at 8 o’clock in the morning. (leave)
What ……………………………
Smell so good? (smell)
Plays
Hema …………………………… badminton every evening. (play)
Goes
Tony ……………………………to guitar lessons every Sunday. (go)
Rains
If it …………………………… today, we will get stuck. (rain)
The nurse ……………………………
Takes care of my grandfather. (take care)
There ……………………………
Comes the topper of our school. (come)
I ……………………………
Get up at 7:00 a.m. every day. (get)
Amy rarely ……………………………
Leaves her room. (leave)
Cows ……………………………
Give us milk. (give)
My granny ……………………………
Cooks delicious lasagne. (cook)
Chrip
The birds …………………………… all day long. (chirp)

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions

This shop doesn’t have the toys I was looking………………

For (up/for)
The teacher divided the sweets ……………………………
Between all the children.
(between/among)
Bruce did not fare well ……………………………
In his examination. (in/at)
The dog is grateful……………………………
To its owner. (to/for)
My brother’s anniversary is ……………………………
On 5th November. (on/in)
The boy ……………………………
At the store is quite young. (at/on)
Mahatma Gandhi was born ……………………………
On 2nd October. (on/at)
Rupert is fond ……………………………
Of muffins. (of/off)
 The dog jumped ……………………………
On the sofa. (on/in)
Humpty Dumpty sat ……………………………
On a wall. (on/at)
At
The police officer is …………………………… the station. (at/on)
The Sun will not rise ……………………………
Before 6 o’clock. (before/since)
I know Jack ……………………………
Since he was a little boy. (for/since)
Priya’s house is ……………………………
Next to mine. (next to/after)
The opponents sat ……………………………
Opposite to each other.
(opposite/behind)

Exercise 3 – Identify the type of tenses

Go through the sentences provided below and identify the type of tenses.

1. Damon drinks coffee every morning. / …………… ……………………………

Present Simple
Past simple
2. The boy got up late and missed the bus. / ……………………………………

3. My mother goes to pray in the temple. / ………………………………………

Present simple

4. The team is playing very well. / ………………………………………………

Present continuous

5. Leonard graduated from college last year./ …………………………………

Past simple
6. Have you read Pride and Prejudice? / ………………………………………
Present simple
7. Sam was going to school. / ………………………………………………..
Past continuous

8. When I went there, Bucky was playing video games. /

…………………………..
Past continuous

9. I will move to Delhi soon. / ………………………………………..

Future simple

10. Mr Samuel will be staying in New York next week. /

…………………………………
Future continuous

11. Beverly and I have been married for nearly fifty years/

……………………………………………….
Past perfect continuous

Exercise 4 – Change the tense

Go through the sentences and change their tenses as directed.

12. The boy speaks the truth. (Present Continuous Tense)

…………………………………………………………………………………….
The boy speaking the truth.
 13. The boat sailed yesterday. (Simple Present Tense)

…………………………………………………………………………………….
The boat sails .
14. Amy went to school yesterday. ( Future Continuous Tense)
Amy, she will be going to school tomorrow.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
15. Robert ate all the cookies. (Present Perfect Tense)

…………………………………………………………………………………….
Robert has ate all the cookies.

16. Debbie saw the Prime Minister yesterday. (Future Continuous Tense)

…………………………………………………………………………………….
Debbie will be seeing the prime Minister.

Exercise 5 – Fill in the blanks

Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the given verbs.

17. I ………………………..
Will be going to watch a movie at Inox. (go)
18. We ………………………..
Will be playing in the nearby park. (play)
19. The boys _………………………..
Will be swimming in the pond. (swim)

20. Rita ………………………..

Will be singing at the function. (sing)
Will be playing
21. The child ……………………….. baseball. (play)
22. The chef ………………………..
Will be cooking his famous ravioli. (cook)
23. The teacher ………………………..
Will be teaching the students. (teach)

24. I ………………………..
Will be reading Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. (read)

25. The man ………………………..

Will be riding a Royal Enfield. (ride)
26. Sheema ………………………..
Will be practicing for her dance performance. (practise)

27. The boys ………………………..

Will be annoying everyone present at the party. (annoy)

28. My mother ………………………..

Will be knitting a sweater for my sister. (knit)
29. The man ………………………..
Will be begging on the streets. (beg)
30. The baby ……………………….._
Will be giggling with her mother. (géiggle)
31. Ronaldo ………………………..
Will be training his team. (train)
Exercise 6 – Identify the past tense form

Read the following sentences given below and identify the past tense form used.

32. The airplane took off at 7:30 P.M. / ……………………………….

Subject+verb (irregular v)+object
33. Annie drank espresso in the morning./ ……………………………….
Subject +verb (ir.v)+object

34. Irin was reading Tintin./ ……………………………….

Subject + helping verb + verb+ing+object

35. The children were playing hide and seek./ ……………………………….

Subject +helping verb +verb+ing+ob

36. I had seen Raj five years before. / ……………………………….

Subject +had+seen+object

37. I was getting worried about your health. / ……………………………….

Subject +was+verb+ing+object
38. The child had been crying for hours. / Subject
…………………………………..
+ had + been+ verb + ing+object
39. She left school last year. / ……………………………….
Subject +verb + object

Exercise 7 – Fill in the blanks

Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the past tense.

40. We ____ FIFA all night. (was watching/were watching)

41. I ___ out with my friends. (went/go)

42. Tim ____ towards the field. (was walking/were walking)

43. The flight ___ a few minutes back. (left/leave)

44. The teacher ___ us about dinosaurs. (teach/taught)

45. We ____ to Las Vegas last week. (drove/drive)

46. The actress ___ next to the actor. (stand/stood)

47. The thief ____ into the house last night. (break/broke)

48. I ___a trophy for the competition on the last day. (receive/received)

49. The boy ___ chess last night. (was playing/were playing)

50. I ___ Rahim before he came. (has seen/had seen)

51. I ___ the movie last night. (had watched/has watched)

52. The opponent ___well. (play/played)

53. Adrian __ all the biscuits. (ate/eaten)

54. Ashok ___ the roof when he fell off. (was mending/were mending)