Tense and Punctuation Exercises

Choose the correct verb from those in brackets: a. The earth _____ round the sun. (move, moves, moved) b. My friends _____ the film yesterday. (see, saw, have seen) c. It started to rain while we _____ tennis. (are playing, had played, were playing) d. I _____ English for five years. (have been studying, study, am studying) e. The train _____ before we reach the station. (arrives, will have arrived, had arrived) f. Don't disturb me. I _____ my work. (do, did, am doing) g. Fortune _____ the brave. (is favouring, will favour, favours) h. I _____ the letter before you arrived. (had written, wrote, will write) i. He _____ us next week. (will have met, will have been meeting, will be meeting) j. Perhaps we _____ Delhi next month. (visit, will visit, visited)

• moves

• saw

• will have arrived

• were playing

• have been studying

Complete the dialogue. Rashid: Rahul! Your friend Manas has sent you a postcard. It’s from Kerala. It ____ (look) nice. Rahul: I bet it does! Rashid: He ____ (write) that it’s very hot there. There ___ (be) a lot of tourists. The hotels ____ (be) full. He ____ (say) the restaurants ____ (be) always full! Rahul: Yes. I’m sure it is. The papers____ (say) that the temperature there is 30C. Rashid: Then he ___ (write) that he has learnt a bit of Malayalam, and that he ____ (get on) well with the people there, especially the women! Rashid: Look, didn’t the newspaper ____ (say) that there’s another strike in Kerala. Rahul: Yes, it did Manas won’t mind having to stay in Kerala longer!

• are

• has written

• says

• looks

• are

Correct the following sentences: i. I lived in Calcutta since 1930. ii. She died before her husband came. iii. I have written a letter to her last Monday. iv. I am reading Kalidasa for the last six days. v. The new hotel has been opened last Saturday. vi. He had gone to Madras last week. vii. The train leave the station before I reached there. viii. I wish my men had been coming quickly and find us. ix. At the moment the baby sleep in the cradle. x. He goes out for ten minutes.

• The new hotel opened last Saturday.

• I have been reading Kalidasa for the last six days.

• I wrote a letter to her last Monday.

• She had died before her husband came.

• I have been living in Calcutta since 1930.

Punctuate the following sentences. a) i like playing with my friends sandy sunny sameer

Identify the clauses and point it whether it is a Noun Clause, Adjective Clause, Adverb Clause. a) The bankers need to know what they should do.

The child responded to his mother's demands (a)   throwing a tantrum.

I will wait (a)   6.30, but then I'm going home.

My best friend, John, is named (a)   his grandfather.

My parents have been married (a)   forty years.

It's been snowing (a)   Christmas morning.