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Class 8 Tenses worksheet
CBSE English. Choosing the right tense from the time words, verb forms, negatives and questions. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the words change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
Choose the right form of the verb: Ananya ____ (send) the messages at present.
- will send
- was sending
- is sending
- sent
Answer
(c) is sending
present continuous: an action going on now: am/is/are + the -ing form
- 2.
Choose the right form of the verb: Zoya ____ (cook) the vegetables at present.
- is cooking
- cooked
- had cooked
- was cooking
Answer
(a) is cooking
present continuous: an action going on now: am/is/are + the -ing form
- 3.
Choose the right form of the verb: By the time the guests arrived, my sister ____ (send) the messages.
- had sent
- is sending
- will be sending
- sends
Answer
(a) had sent
past perfect: the earlier of two past actions: had + past participle
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Fill in the blank with the right form of the verb: Kavya ____ (water) the plant at ten o’clock tomorrow.
Answer
will be watering
future continuous: an action going on at a moment in the future: will be + the -ing form
- 5.
Fill in the blank with the right form of the verb: By the time the guests arrived, Neha ____ (sing) the songs.
Answer
had sung
past perfect: the earlier of two past actions: had + past participle
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Fill in each blank with the right form of the verb in brackets: (1) My sister ____ (fly) a kite tomorrow. (2) You ____ (write) a story at this time yesterday. (3) Look! Rahul ____ (sing) a song. (4) The children ____ (open) the windows by the end of next week.
Answer
(1) will fly; (2) were writing; (3) is singing; (4) will have opened
simple future; past continuous; present continuous; future perfect
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Tenses sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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