Tenses

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense, present continuous or present perfect continuous, of the verbs given in the brackets:-

She ____________ classes to improve her dancing. (attend)

• was attending

• is attending

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense, present continuous or present perfect continuous, of the verbs given in the brackets:-

She _____________________ Kathak ever since she was a child. She is now a renowned Kathak dancer. (learn)

• has been learning

• had been learning

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense, present continuous or present perfect continuous, of the verbs given in the brackets:-

Our scientists _____________ to produce electricity from solar energy but haven’t been very successful. (try)

• have been trying

• have tried

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense, present continuous or present perfect continuous, of the verbs given in the brackets:-

These days Madhu ____________ dress designing at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. ( learn)

• has learnt

• is learning

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense, present continuous or present perfect continuous, of the verbs given in the brackets:-

Mukul __________ an export house for the past five years.

( successfully run)

• has been successfully running

• was successfully running

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in the bracket:-

I had to attend the seminar at school. So I_________________ to complete my work fast. (try)

• tried

• try

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in the bracket:-

She wasn’t feeling well. So she _________ much. ( not eat)

• ate

• did not eat

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in the bracket:-

We were getting late. We _______ no time to wait for anybody. (have)

• had

• have

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in the bracket:-

Taps were supplying contaminated water, so several children ______ ill.(fall)

• fell

• has fallen ill

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in the bracket:-

It was very hot inside the theatre. We _______________ the movie. ( not enjoy)

• didn’t enjoy

• enjoyed