Important Tenses for class 10, 2018 final.

Some important Tenses, collected from ‘Government English Grammar, by P.B.:

1.       Rita (sew) when her mother came in.

Ans: Rita was sewing when her mother came in.

2.       The lion (call) the king of the forest.

Ans: The lion is called the king of the forest.

3.       He (leave) before I met him.

Ans: He had left before I met him.

4.       The train (start) by the time you reach the station.

Ans: The train will have started by the time you reach the station.

5.       Jugen (go) for a walk every morning.

Ans: Jugen goes for a walk every morning.

6.       The earth (be) round.

Ans: The earth is round.

7.       Here (come) Hari !

Ans: Here comes Hari.

8.       See how he (walk) !

Ans: See how he walks !

9.       Look, it (rain).

Ans: Look, it rains.

10.   I hear you (buy) a car.

Ans: I hear you have bought a car.

11.   We understand you (arrive) only yesterday.

Ans: We understand you arrived only yesterday.

12.   The baby (sleep), don’t shout.

Ans: The baby is sleeping, don’t shout.

13.   He (come) soon to our town.

Ans: He is coming soon to our town.

14.   We (play) football this afternoon.

Ans:- We are playing football this afternoon.

15.   We (go) to play cricket this afternoon.

Ans: We are going to play cricket this afternoon.

16.   It (go) to rain, look at those clouds.

Ans: It is going to rain, look at those clouds.

17.   He is very ill, I am afraid he (go) to die.

Ans: He is very ill, I am afraid he is going to die.

18.   We (know) each other for twenty years.

Ans: we have known each other for twenty years.

19.   I never (drink) tea.

Ans: I have never drunk tea.

20.   I (cut) my finger, it is bleeding.

Ans: I have cut my finger, it is bleeding.

21.   We (buy) a car, so we now have a car.

Ans: we have bought a bicycle, so we now have a car.

22.   You (tear) your coat, there is a tear in your coat.

Ans: You have torn…..

23.   I (read) David Copperfield, so I know the story.

Ans: I have read …

24.   You (tell) us that already, so you do not need to tell us again.

Ans: You have told….

25.   He (go) to England, he is now in England, not here.

Ans: He has gone…

26.   I (do) this work for six months.

Ans: I have been doing…

27.   I (live) in this building since 2001.

Ans: I have been living…

28.   He (born) in 2000.

Ans: He was born in 2000

29.   I (meet) him last week.]

Ans: I met..

30.   He (come) here recently.

Ans: He came..

31.   (Do) you sleep well last night?

Ans: Did…

32.   My mother once (see) Mahatma Gandhi.

Ans: My mother once saw….

33.   It is time, we (leave).

Ans: It is time, we left.

34.   While he (read), some one knocked at the door.

ans: while he was reading,…

35.   When I (come), it was still raining.

Ans: When I came,…

36.   The sun was just setting as we (reach) home.

Ans:- The sun was just setting as we reached home.

37.   Where were you living, when the war (break) out?

Ans: Where were you living, when the war broke out?

38.   I was washing my clothes, my mother (cook).

Ans: I was washing my clothes, my mother was cooking.

39.   While Dipankar was digging up potatoes, Hari (pick) plums.

Ans: while Dipankar was digging up potatoes, Hari was picking plums.

40.   He (say) that he was coming.

Ans: He said that he was coming.

41.   He (leave) before I came.

Ans: He had left before I came.

42.   He left after I (go) away.

Ans: He left after I had gone away.

43.   When he (count) the money, he put it away.(this bold sentence is past indefinite, not present because if it is present indefinite then- ‘he puts it away’, like this uses.)

Ans: When he had counted the money, he put it away.

44.   He (not come) back till she had left the place.

Ans: He did not come back till she had left the place.

45.   I saw him, before he (see) me.

Ans: I saw him, before he saw me.

46.   He opened the window, before he (get) into bed.

Ans: He opened the window, before he got into bed.

47.   When we reached the station, the train aleardy (leave).

Ans: When we reached the station, the train had already left.

48.   He suddenly (realise) that he had left the purse in the bus.

Ans: he suddenly realised that he had left the purse in the bus.

49.   When I came in he just (finish) his home work.

Ans: when I came in He had just finished his home work.

50.   If I (buy) this car, I would drive it properly.

Ans: If I bought this car, I would drive it properly.

51.   He (sing) for two hours and so he felt tired.

Ans: He had been singing for two hours and so felt tired.

52.   He had been working when we (come).

Ans: He had been working when we came.

53.   Tomorrow (be) Sunday.

Ans: Tomorrow will be Sunday.

54.   He (go) home tomorrow.

Ans: He will go home tomorrow.

55.   We (not go) out if it rains.

Ans: We shall not go out if it rains.

56.   I (buy) a new car when the price comes down.

Ans: I shall buy a new car when the price comes down.

57.   He (read) a story-book then.

Ans: He will be reading a story-book then.

58.   I (wait) for you this time next Sunday.

Ans: I shall be waiting for you this time next Sunday.

59.   We (reach) home before it rains.

Ans: we shall have reached home before it rains.

60.   They (finish) this work by 4 p.m.

Ans: They will have finished this work by 4 p.m.

61.   By the end of the year your servant (break) all the cups and plates.

Ans: By the end of the year your servant will have broken all the cups and plates.

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