Mixed Tenses Exercise with Answers

Different types of Tenses

There are three main tenses:
(i) The Present
(ii) The Past
(iii) The Future
 
The tense of a verb shows the time of action or event. 
For explanations of different types of Tenses in Hindi , click here..

1. PRESENT TENSE

I.    Simple Present Tense or Present Indefinite Tense

Exercise 1 : Change the following as directed

  1. Birds fly in the sky. (negative)
  2. Rohit loves his teacher. (interrogative)
  3. Boys are doing their homework. (negative)
  4. My friend speaks good English. (interrogative)
  5. Dogs are barking. (interrogative)
  6. He is learning music. (negative)
  7. We are going to Kolkata soon. (interrogative)
  8. Children play in the evening. (negative)
  9. Ritu sings a song. (negative)
  10. I am listening to western music. (interrogative)
  11. Naman and Chaman run fast. (interrogative)

Answer:

  1. Birds do not fly in the sky.
  2. Does Rohit love his teacher?
  3. Boys are not doing their homework.
  4. Does my friend speak good English?
  5. Are dogs barking?
  6. He is not learning music.
  7. Are we going to Kolkata soon?
  8. Children do not play in the evening.
  9. Ritu does not sing a song.
  10. Am I listening to western music?
  11. Do Naman and Chaman run fast?

Exercise 2 : Fill in the blanks with is, am or are

  1. These bags ……… heavy.
  2. Look! There ……… Raman.
  3. My brother and I ……… good cricket players.
  4. The weather ………  nice today.
  5. This bag ……… not so heavy.
  6. I ………  not tired.
  7. Rama ……… at home.
  8. Her children ……… at school.
  9. I ……… a student.
  10. My sister ……… a doctor.

Answer:

1. are   2. is   3. are   4. is   5. is   6. am   7. is   8. are   9. am   10. is

II. Present Continuous Tense

 Exercise 1 :Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs

build        cook        go         have       stand
stay         swim       work     rain        watch

  1. Please be quiet. I ………………….
  2. Where is Umesh? He is in the kitchen. He ………………….
  3. ‘You …………………. on my foot.’
  4. Look! Somebody ………………….in the river.
  5. We’re here on holiday. We …………………. at the Royal Hotel.
  6. Where’s Renu? She …………………. a shower.
  7. They …………………. a new theatre in the city centre at the moment.
  8. I …………………. now. Goodbye.
  9. The weather is nice at the moment. It is not ………………….
  10. You can turn off the television. I am not ………………….it.

Answer:

  1. Please be quiet. I am working.
  2. Where is Umesh? He is in the kitchen. He is cooking.
  3. You are standing on my foot.
  4. Look! Somebody is swimming in the river.
  5. We’re here on holiday. We are staying at the Royal Hotel.
  6. Where’s Renu? She is having a shower.
  7. They are building a new theatre in the city centre at moment.
  8. I am going now. Goodbye.
  9. The’ weather is nice at the moment. It is not raining.
  10. You can turn off the television. I am not watching it.

Exercise 2 : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form (Present Continuous) of the verbs given in bracket.

  1. I am ……………….. the table (turn).
  2. Hari is …………………. the juice (suck).
  3. Rani and Rajan …………………. under the cot (crawl).
  4. The dog is …………………. its tail (wag).
  5. You are …………………. on your paper (write).
  6. She is …………………. right hand (wave).
  7. He is …………………. over the fence (jump).
  8. You are …………………. your books (take).
  9. You are …………………. the sweets in your mouth (put).
  10. Sita is …………………. on her dress (put).

Answer:

  1. I am turning the table.
  2. Hari is sucking the juice.
  3. Ravi and Rajan are crawling under the cot.
  4. The dog is wagging its tail.
  5. You are writing on your paper.
  6. She is waving her right hand.
  7. He is jumping over the fence.
  8. You are taking your books.
  9. You are putting the sweets in your mouth.
  10. Sita is putting on her dress.

III. Present Perfect Tense

Exercise 1 : Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect tense form of the verbs given in the brackets.  

  1. The train _______  just now. (arrive)
  2. I _______ not _______ the cinema all these years. (visit)
  3. Someone _______ some crockery. (break)
  4. I _______ never _______ the Taj (see)
  5. I _______ not _______ him so far. (meet)
  6. I_______ not _______ the work even now. (finish)
  7. My friend _______ his purse, (lose)
  8. They _______ my pen. (take)
  9. Birds _______ from here, (fly)
  10. Rachna _______ food, (cook)

Answer:

  1. The train has arrived just now.
  2. I have not visited the cinema all these years.
  3. Someone has broken some crockery.
  4. I have never seen the Taj.
  5. I have not met him so far.
  6. I have not finished the work even now.
  7. My friend has lost his purse.
  8. They have taken my pen.
  9. Birds have flown from here.
  10. Rachna has cooked food.

IV.  Present Perfect Continuous Tense

 Exercise 1 :Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense of the verbs given in brackets.

  1. We ______  English for two years. (study)
  2. He ______  in this school for several years. (teach)
  3. I ______  in this flat since 2000. (live)
  4. It ______ for three hours. (rain)
  5. They ______  for seven hours. (work)

Answer:

  1. We have been studying English for two years.
  2. He has been teaching in this school for several years.
  3. I have been living in this flat since 2000.
  4. It has been raining for three hours.
  5. They have been working for seven hours.

Exercise 2 : Fill in the blanks with since or for

  1. He has been here ………………..  last Monday.
  2. She has been on the phone ……………….. twenty minutes.
  3. I have been in this town ……………….. 1967.
  4. You have been married ……………….. six years.
  5. Raman has been on holiday ……………….. last Friday.

Answer:

  1. He has been here since last Monday.
  2. She has been on the phone for twenty minutes.
  3. I have been in this town since 1967.
  4. You have been married for six years.
  5. Raman has been on holiday since last Friday.

2. PAST TENSE

I. Simple Past Tense

Exercise 1 : Make six sentences from the following chart.

  1. I                                   in Delhi                      last month
  2. He             was           here                             last year
  3. She                             in school                     yesterday
  4. We                              in Haryana                 three weeks ago
  5. You          were          in Hospital                 two years ago
  6. They                           there                            a long time ago

Answer:

  1. I was in Delhi last month.
  2. He was here last year.
  3. She was in school yesterday.
  4. We were in Haryana three weeks ago.
  5. You were in hospital two years ago.
  6. They were there a long time ago.

Exercise 2 : Put in am / is/are (present) or was / were (past):

  1. Last year she …………….. 10, so she …………….. 11 now.
  2. I ……………..  hungry. Can I have something to eat?
  3. ‘Where …………….. the children?’ ‘I don’t know. They …………….. in the garden ten minutes ago.’
  4. Today the weather …………….. nice, but yesterday it …………….. very cold.
  5. I feel fine this morning but I …………….. tired last night.
  6. Where …………….. you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?
  7. I like your new shirt …………….. it expensive?
  8. Don’t they wear those shoes? These …………….. very expensive.
  9. This time last year I …………….. in Goa.
  10. They …………….. in school today morning.

Answer:

1. was; is         2. am           3. are; were        4. is; was
5. was             6. were         7. Is                      8. are
9. was             10. were

Exercise 3 : Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple:

enjoy       clean      die     open       finish
happen    ram      start    stay        want

  1. It was hot in the room, so I …………….. the window.
  2. I …………….. my teeth twice yesterday.
  3. The shop ……………..at 9 a.in. yesterday.
  4. The match …………….. at 6 in the evening.
  5. I always …………….. to be a doctor.
  6. It is a nice day but yesterday it …………….. all day.
  7. The accident …………….. last Sunday afternoon.
  8. Shiela’s grandmother …………….. when she was 90 years old.
  9. We …………….. our holiday last year.
  10. We …………….. at Grand Hotel when we went to Kolkata.

Answer:

1. opened    2. cleaned       3. started    4. finished    5. wanted
6. rained     7. happened    8. died        9. enjoyed    10. stayed

Exercise 4 : Write the past simple of the following verbs:

1. get             2.  see…         3. play
4. pay            5.   visit..       6. buy
7. go              8.   think       9. copy
10. know      11.  put…       12. speak

Answer:

1. got          2. saw             3. played          4. paid
5. visited    6. bought        7. went           8. thought
9. copied    10. knew         11. put            12. spoke

II. Past Continuous Tense

Exercise 1 : Use the correct form of the verb:

  1. We (watch) the shop windows when we met Vimal.
  2. I (wait) outside the theatre when I saw Om.
  3. When Vijay arrived, Soma (study).
  4. When he saw Ramesh in the library, he (return) his books.
  5. When I saw them at midnight, they (try) to find a taxi.

Answer:

  1. We were watching the shop windows when we met Vimal.
  2. 1 was waiting outside the theatre when I saw Om.
  3. When Vijay arrived, Soma was studying.
  4. When he saw Ramesh in the library, he was returning his books.
  5. When I saw them at midnight, they were trying to find a taxi.
Exercise 2 : Change the following sentences into negative:
  1. Vishal was living in Kolkata in July last year.
  2. Vimal was talking to Vijay at ten o’clock last night.
  3. At four o’clock yesterday we were all drinking tea.
  4. I was trying to get a taxi at ten o clock last night.
  5. It was raining in Chennai at five o’clock last evening.

Answer:

  1. Vishal was not living in Kolkata in July last year.
  2. Vimal was not talking to Vijay at ten o’clock last night.
  3. At four o’clock yesterday we were not all drinking tea.
  4. I was not trying to get a taxi at ten o’clock last night.
  5. It was not raining in Chennai at five o’clock last evening.
Exercise 3 : Change the following sentences into questions:
  1. They were crying there.
  2. He was playing cricket.
  3. He was doing his homework.
  4. Ruchi and Rubi were cooking in the kitchen.
  5. We were going to the market.

Answer:

  1. Were they crying there?
  2. Was he playing cricket?
  3. Was he doing his homework?
  4. Were Ruchi and Rubi cooking in the kitchen?
  5. Were we going to the market?

III. Past Perfect Tense

 Exercise 1 : Choose the correct verb from those given in brackets

  1. He thanked me for what I ………………. (have dope, had done, have been doing).
  2. When we went to the cinema, the film ……………….  .
    (already started, had already started, would already start.)
  3. Did your think you ………………. me somewhere before?
    (have seen, had seen, were seeing.)
  4. I    to Mumbai once before.
    (have gone, had gone, have been going)
  5. They    anything till night.
    (have not read, were not reading, had not read)

Answer:

1. had done    2. had already started    3. had seen   4.  had gone    5. had not read.

IV. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Exercise : Fill in the blanks with suitable verb:

  1. You had been …………………. till now since morning, (slept, sleeping, sleep)
  2. She …………………. sun-bath for a month, (have been taking, had taken, had been taking)
  3. I …………………. this car for four years, (have driven, had driven, had been driving)
  4. He had not been …………………. for a few days, (seen, saw, seeing)
  5. The players had been …………………. for three hours, (running, ran, run)
  6. …………………. he been studying for examination for four days? (had, have)
  7. Where had he been …………………. for so many days? (lived, live, living)

Answer:

1. sleeping  2. had been taking  3. had been driving  4. seeing  5. running  6. Had    7. living.

Forms of Verbs

Present (V1) Past (V2) Past Participle (V3)
Awake awaked / awoke awaked / awoken
Arise arose arisen
Bear bore borne
Beat beat beaten
Become became become
Begin began begun
Bid bade/bid bidden, bid
Bind bound bound
Bite bit bit/bitten
Bind bound bound
Blow blew blown
Break broke broken
Choose chose chosen
Cling clung clung
Come came come
Dig dug dug
Do did done
Draw drew drawn
Drink drank drunk
Drive drove driven
Eat ate eaten
Fall fell fallen
Fight fought fought
Find found found
Fly flew flown
Forbid forbade forbidden
Forget forgot forgotten
Forgive forgave forgiven
Freeze froze frozen
Get got got
Give gave given
Go went gone
Grew grew grown
Hang hung hung
Hide hid hidden
Know knew known
Lie lay lain
Ride rode ridden
Ring rang rung
Rise rose risen
Run ran run
See saw seen
Shake shook shaken
Shine shone shone
Shrink shrank shrunk
Sing sang sung
Sit sat sat
Speak spoke Spoken
Spring sprang sprung
Stand stood stood
Steal stole stolen
Stick stuck stuck
Sting stung stung
Strike struck struck, stricken
Swim swam swum
Take took taken
Tear tore tom
Throw threw thrown
Understand understood understood
Wake woke woken
Wear wore worn
Weave wove woven
Win won won
Wind wound wound
Withdraw withdrew withdrawn
Wring wrung wrung
Write wrote written

Weak Verbs

Present (V1) Past (V2) Past Participle (V3)
Bend bent bent
Bring brought brought
Build built built
Bum burnt, burned bumt/bumed
Buy bought bought
catch caught caught
Creep crept crept
Dare dared dared
Deal dealt dealt
Deceive deceived deceived
Die died died
Dive dived dived
Dream dreamt/dreamed Dreamed
Dwell dwelt dwelt
Feed fed fed
Feel felt felt
Flee fled fled
Flow flowed flowed
Hang hanged/hung hanged/hung
Have had had
Hear heard heard
Kneel knelt knelt
Knit knitted knitted
Lay laid laid
Lead led led
Lean leant leant
Leap leaped leaped
Learn learned /learnt learnt/learned
Leave left Left
Lie lied lied
Lie lay lain
Lose lost lost
Make made made
Mean meant meant
Meet met met
Melt melted melted
Pay paid paid
Prove proved proved
Quarrel quarrelled quarrelled
Raise raised raised
Saw sawed sawed/sawn
Say said said
Seek sought sought
Sell sold sold
Send sent sent
Sew sewed sewn
Shoot shot shot
Show showed shown
Sleep slept slept
Sow sowed sown
Spoil spoiled spoiled
Teach taught taught
Tell told told
Think thought thought
Travel travelled travelled
Weep wept wept
Work worked worked

Remain same in all Forms

Present (V1) Past (V2) Past Participle (V3)
Bet bet bet
Bid bid bid
Cast cast cast
Cut cut cut
Hit hit hit
Hurt hurt hurt
Let let Let
Put put put
Read read read
Set set set
Shut shut shut
Split split split
Spread spread spread
Thrust thrust thrust
Upset upset upset

3 ) FUTURE TENSE

1.  The Simple Future Tense

EXERCISE 1 : Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

  1. He ……………….. (be) sixteen next March.
  2. I ……………….. (go) to school tomorrow.
  3. When the bell rings, the students ……………….. (go) to their classrooms.
  4. If she works hard, she ……………….. (get) good marks.
  5. I ……………….. (not take) the test tomorrow.
  6. The teacher  ……………….. (give) us a test tomorrow?
  7. I ……………….. (carry) your luggage to the train?
  8. I hope you ……………….. (help) me.
  9. I……………….. (pass) the salt?
  10. You ……………….. (ring) the bell?
  11. What we ……………….. (do) now?
  12. He ……………….. (go) home tomorrow.
  13. I ……………….. (finish) this work tomorrow.
  14. When you are in bed I ……………….. (be) at work.
  15. She ……………….. (attend) the party if she is invited.
  16. I ……………….. (return) the book before he asks for it.
  17. Unless you mend your ways, you ……………….(not succeed).
  18. He……………….. (purchase) a car when he gets promotion.
  19.  Unless you study harder, you ……………….. (not get) good marks.
  20. When she returns, she ……………….. (tell) you the whole story.

Answers:
1. will be 2. shall go 3. will go 4. will get 5. shall not take 6. will give 7. shall (I) carry 8. will help 9. shall (I) pass 10. will (you) ring 11. shall (we) do 12. will go 13. shall finish 14. shall be 15. will attend 16. shall return 17. will not succeed 18. will purchase 19. will not get 20. will tell.

2. Future continuous Tense

EXERCISE 2 : Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

  1. The farmers………………..(water) their fields in the morning.
  2. She ……………….. (sing) after lunch.
  3. When you call on him, he ……………….. (write) a letter.
  4. She ……………….. (make) tea in the evening?
  5. When you arrive, I probably……………….. (weed) the plants.
  6. At 9 a.m. tomorrow he ……………….. (sit) in his office.
  7. When I reach Shimla, it probably……………….. (snow) there.
  8. We ……………….. (enjoy) our holidays next month at Ooty.
  9. She ……………….. (wait) for us at the appointed hour tomorrow.
  10. The cook ……………….. (cook) food at this time next Sunday.

Answers:

1. will be watering 2. will be singing 3. will be writing 4. will (she) be making 5. shall (probably) be weeding. 6. will be sitting 7. will (probably) be snowing 8. shall be enjoying 9. will be waiting 10. will be cooking.

3. Future Perfect Tense

EXERCISE 3 : Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

  1. The workers ………………………. (complete) this task by next month.
  2. I ……………………… (revise) my course by tomorrow.
  3. The patient ……………………….. (die) before the doctor arrives.
  4. The shopkeepers ………………………. (close) their shops when we reach there.
  5. I………………………. (go) to bed by the time father arrives from Chennai.
  6. Hari ……………………… (finish) this job till lunch tomorrow.
  7. I ……………………… (take) meals by the time you come back.
  8. The farmers ………………………. (plough) their fields before the sun sets.
  9. We……………………… (start) on our journey before the day dawns.
  10. The bank………………………. (open) when we reach there.

Answers:
1. will have completed 2. shall have revised 3. will have died 4. will have closed 5. will have gone 6. will have finished
7. shall have taken 8. will have ploughed 9. shall have started 10. will have opened.

4.Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Exercise 4 : Select correct form of verbs given in brackets:

  1. By next month we …………………….. (live) in this city for ten years.
  2. The team …………………….. (practise) for an hour before the month begins.
  3. She …………………….. (do) her sums for ten days by tomorrow.
  4. The guests …………………….. (arrive) since morning by this time tomorrow.
  5. The child …………………….. (sleep) for three hours before his mother returns from work.

Answers:
1. shall have been living 2. will have been practising 3. will have been doing 4. will have been arriving  5. will have been sleeping.