Class 10 | English Grammar: Tenses

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October 9, 2025

Full Marks: 20
Total No. of Questions: 20

Marks for each question: 1
Negative marking: No

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By the time the manager arrives, the meeting __.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence in the correct tense.

had already started

will already start

will already have started

already started

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Select the grammatically correct sentence with appropriate tense consistency.

He told me that he will call me after he finishes work.

He told me that he would call me after he finished work.

He tells me that he would call me after he finished work.

He told me that he will be calling me after finishing work.

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Identify the sentence with correct sequence of tenses.

If she would have studied, she will pass.

If she had studied, she would have passed.

If she studied, she will had passed.

If she studies, she would have passed.

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He __ the violin for three years before he gave his first performance.

Choose the correct past perfect continuous construction.

was playing

had been playing

has played

had played

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She looks exhausted because she __ since morning.

Choose the option that fits best into the given context.

worked

has been working

had worked

was working

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Direct: “I am writing a poem,” she said.

Identify the correct tense form for reported speech.

She said she was writing a poem.

She said she is writing a poem.

She said she had written a poem.

She said she writes a poem.

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She had left for the airport when we were reaching her house.

Spot the error related to tenses in the sentence.

She had left

for the airport

when we were reaching

her house

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This time next year, they __ in their new home.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

will be living

live

would live

will have been living

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Select the correct option that shows future perfect continuous tense.

She is writing a novel.

She will have been writing the novel for a year by December.

She will write a novel.

She has written a novel.

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10.

If I __ more time, I would complete the essay.

Identify the correct form of the verb for conditional tense.

have

had

will have

would have

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11.

She said that she __ in Paris for five years.

Choose the option that maintains proper tense agreement.

lives

lived

has lived

had lived

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12.

I __ him twice already this week.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate tense.

see

have seen

saw

had seen

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13.

Select the grammatically correct option involving tense shift.

He said that he had seen the movie before.

He said that he has seen the movie before.

He said that he sees the movie before.

He said that he see the movie before.

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14.

He would have arrived earlier if he did not miss the bus.

Spot the error in the use of tense.

would have arrived

earlier

if he did not miss

the bus

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15.

While she __ the email, the internet __.

Choose the correct tense combination for this sentence.

writes, disconnected

was writing, got disconnected

had written, disconnects

wrote, is disconnected

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16.

He said that he __ to complete the project by Monday.

Choose the option that best reflects narrative tense consistency.

will try

would try

tries

is trying

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17.

They __ the project by next Friday.

Fill in the blank with the correct future perfect form.

will complete

have completed

completed

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18.

The committee has been deliberating on the issue for the past two hours.

Identify the correct tense used in a formal sentence.

Present perfect

Present continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past continuous

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19.

Choose the option that correctly shows habitual action in the past.

He would play cricket every evening.

He will play cricket every evening.

He was playing cricket every evening.

He had played cricket every evening.

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20.

She said that she is knowing the answer.

Spot the tense error in the sentence.

said

that

she is knowing

the answer

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