DELHI WORLD PUBLIC SCHOOL NOIDA EXTENSION

CLASS-IX
ENGLISH WORKSHEET

TENSES

Grammar tenses refer to the state of the verb. The state, or tense, of the verb explains the time
of the action.

There are three major tenses in English. These include past, present, and future. Each of these
tenses can explain an event that occurred in the past, an event that occurs in the present, or an event
that will occur in the future

What does past tense mean? The past simple tense of verbs expresses events or actions that
already occurred. These actions are finite in that they have both a starting and a stopping point.

Example:

• Verb: to bring
• Past: brought

What is present tense? The present simple tense expresses events that happen in the present but
are not actions happening now. The present tense is used for facts, habits (habitual actions), general
truths, and states of being.

Examples of Present Tense Verbs

• I hear.
• You hear. (singular, plural)
• He hears. (She hears. It hears.)
• They hear.

What is future tense? The future simple tense expresses actions that have not yet occurred but
that will occur at a future date. The future tense is formed in two ways:

1. Adding “will” between the subject and the infinitive (base) of the verb.
1. I will go to the store later today.
2. She will answer the question shortly.
2. Adding “going” between the subject + the infinitive of the verb.
1. I am going to remind you tomorrow.
2. We are going to sleep

Note: There are three forms of verbs.

The first form of the verb is always plural. We make it singular by adding s or es.
e.g. Go- plural verb Goes- Singular verb Laugh- Plural verb Laughs- Singular verb
 FORMS OF VERBS

EXERCISE- Write twenty forms of verbs in your register.

 CHART ON TENSES

EXERCISES

1.Complete the following sentences using an appropriate tense form:

1. Janet ___________________________ karate class every Saturday. (attend)

2. The market __________________________ usually noisy in the morning. (to be)
3. The delivery man _____________________________ the parcel already. (deliver)
4. The athletes _______________________ for Canada tomorrow. (leave)
5. Aida _________________________ her room for the past hour. (paint)
6. The bread-man _________________________ to our housing estate every evening.
(come)
7. Warren ____________________________ badminton since primary school. (play)
8. You are late. The bus ____________________________ already. (leave)
9. Everyone ________________________________ about Lin Dan's achievement in the Beijing
Olympics. (talk)
10. When in season, we __________________________ durians almost every other day. (eat)
11. Be patient. The circus _________________________ in a few minutes' time. (start)
12. Jessie is not in. She _______________________ a seminar in Kansas City. (attend)
13. I ___________________ the orphan a number of times since I first met him. (help)
14. The eldest brother __________________________ the family since his father passed away.
(support)
15. I _______________ a great film yesterday. (see)
16. _____________________ a new car? (you ever buy)
17. I _______________ him last Monday. (meet)
18. The band _______________ while I _______________ . (play, write)
19. She _______________ the new car in 2005. (buy)
20. Her mother _____________________ in Victoria for the past five years. (live)
21. They ____________________________ in Germany when we arrived a few days ago. (already
be)
22. _______________________ to get married? (you plan)
23. I _____________________ so much fun since I was a kid. (have)
24. When I got up I _____________________ out of the window and _____________________
that it _____________________ . (look, see, rain)
25. My best friend and I _____________________ each other for 15 years. (know)

2.Complete the following by filling in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs given in
brackets:

1. Air and water a) ____________ (be) necessary for life. Air b) ____________ (contain) oxygen
which we inhale. We c) ____________ (release) a gas called carbon dioxide, which
d)____________ (consist) of carbon and oxygen. Trees e) ____________ (act) as our friends
because under sunlight, they f) ____________ (break) carbon dioxide into two components and
g)____________ (consume) carbon which h) ____________ (be) the basis of the food for all the
plants.

2.One quality that a) ____________(help) students succeed in their studies is self-discipline. Self-
discipline b) ____________(be) particularly important in colleges. I c) ____________(learn) a
great deal about self-discipline by observing two of my friends. I have noted that my roommate
Emmy d)_____________(plan) her time every night before she e)_____________ (go) to bed.
She f)___________(write) down what she g)____________ (has) to do the next day and how
much time she h)______________(spend) on doing each activity.

3. I a) ____________ (employ) a new servant, Hari. He b) ____________ (be) quite obedient,

hardworking and submissive but sometimes, he c) ____________ (behave) very strangely. Last
evening, I was alone. I d) ____________ (hear) his cries and ran towards him. He, at once, e)
____________ (stop) crying. He had not been actually crying, he f) ____________ (pretend). I g)
____________ (scold) him for his strange behaviour.

4. Many scholars and learned men ……………1…………………… (use) to visit King Krishna
Deva Raya’s court. The king himself was a learned man and ……………2……………….. (love)
to entertain those distinguished guests. Very often, the scholars, who ……………3……………
(visit) his court ……………4……… (challenge) his courtiers. The king greatly
……………5…………… (enjoy) these contests of wit and wisdom.

One day, a scholar ……………6……………. (come) to the palace. He was a well-learned person
and ……………7…………. (speak) many languages. The king ……………8…………….
(welcome) him with great pleasure and ……………9………….. (request) him to spend a few days
in the palace. The visitor …………10…………….. (accept) the invitation happily. He also
………………11……………. (challenge) Krishna Deva Raya’s courtiers to find out what his
mother tongue ……………12…………… (be).

The courtiers ………………13…………… (try) every trick in the book. They spoke with him in
several languages. Interestingly, the scholar …………14……………….. (be) fluent in all of them
and therefore the courtiers …………15……….. (not) figure out what his mother tongue was.
Meanwhile, Tenali Raman ………………16…………… (sit) quietly in one corner. He
…………17……………. (not even make) an attempt to speak to the scholar. Tenali Raman was
the most intelligent among Krishna Deva Raya’s courtiers. So the king ……………18…………….
(surprise). He ……………19……………. (ask) Raman why he …………20…………….. (not
take up) the challenge.

Suddenly Tenali Raman …………21…………….. (rise) from his seat. He turned towards the king
and …………22………….. (say) that he had something urgent to do. Saying this, he
……………23………………. (rush) towards the door. As he …………24…………….. (go) past
the scholar, he ……………25……………. (trip) and ……………26…………… (step) hard on
the man’s toes. The scholar ……………27………… (badly hurt) and …………28……….. (cry)
out in pain.