10th CLASS PAPER-1 WORK SHEET on ‘VERB FORMS’

Note:
1.Simple past comes with the adverbs of past time- ago, yesterday, in 2017, last
week/month/year
2.Present perfect comes with ‘adv of present time - today, this morning/week/month.
It is also used with the adverbs - just, recently, already, yet, ever, never, so far, ever, for, since
3.When two actions happened in the past, the first action must be in the ‘Past Perfect’ (had+ V3)
and the second action in the ‘Simple Past’ (V2)
4.If + Sub + V2……….. Sub + would + V1 (In improbable/imaginary conditions)
5.After + Sub + had + V3………. Sub + V2………..
6.Subject + had + V3……………. before + Subject + V2
7.It’s time/It’s high time/It’s about time + Subject + V2
8.Hardly/Scarcely + had + Subject + V3……… when + Subject + V2
9.No sooner + had + Sub + V3……………… than + Subject + V2
Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in brackets:
**As per the blue print, questions are to be set only on ‘Simple past, Past perfect and Present perfect’
1.She _______________ a new car yesterday. (buy)
2.I __________________ her for nearly four years. (know)
3.After she _________________ (complete) her work, she __________ (go) to bed.
4.He ______________ (go) out just now.
5.Our family _____________ (visit) Kashmir last year.
6.I ___________________ (write) to him, before I _____________ (leave) India.
7.The stranger ___________ (ask) me what my name __________ (be).
8.Yesterday _____________ (be) Narakachaturdasi.
9.He ____________ (say) that he _________________ (lose) his bicycle.
10.When we ______________ (reach) the cinema, the film _______________ (already start).
11.When I ______ (get) back to the answer sheet, I found that I ____________ (make) many mistakes.
12.If he ________ (have) enough money, he would buy a bike.
13.As all the actors _____________ (take) their positions, the curtain _________ (rises).
14.They ___________ (start) acting as the director ______________ (ask) them to.
15.The hero _________ (kick) the comedian since the comedian __________ (do) mischievous things.
16.The musician ____________ (fall off) the chair after the comedian _______________ (fall) on him.
17.The power _________ (go) off after the musician ___________________ (land) on the cables.
18.There __________ (be) darkness and silence everywhere.
19.After a while two persons in the audience _______________ (start) a conversation.
20.The audience _____________ (enjoy) the play very much.
21.I finally __________ (decide) to go because marriage _______________ (increase) responsibilities.
22.A large crowd ______________ (gather) at our house. They ______________ (come) to wish me luck.
23.Father’s feet _______________ (develop) cracks and ____________ (resemble) those of an elephant.
24.I ________ ( notice) this for the first time. I ________ (not notice) that the road was uneven.
25.I ______ (see) that the road we ____________ (come) by looked like a giant motionless rope.
26.Oh! What _______________ (happen)? Everything _______________ (be) disturbed before the play
__________ (come) to an end.
27.Damn it! The play _________ (be) very interesting. Someone on the stage _______________ (do)
something when the hero ___________ (throw) him off.
28.I too __________ (see) it. It was the comedian. The hero ___________ (hurl) him since he
_______________ (do) a mischievous thing.
29.How disgusting! I ____________ (pay) one hundred rupees before I ___________ (enter) the theatre.
30.Where _______ (be) the director? Had he ________ (try) to set things right before the audience
_____________ (start) leaving.
31.The electrician ________________ (restore) the power before the audience __________ (leave).
32.If I ___________ (be) the Prime Minister, I would provide all facilities to children.
33.It’s 10 o’clock. It’s time you ___________ ( go) to bed.
34.I asked him what the time ____________ (be).
35.He ___________ (pass) the examination in 2018.
36.I _____________ (visit) Delhi last month.
37.Raju __________ (meet) his friend yesterday.
38.I _____________ (see) the Taj Mahal.
39.I _____________ (see) the Taj Mahal two years ago.
40.I _____________ (live) in Hyderabad for 10 years.
41.I _____________ (watch) the film ‘Gandhi’ last year.
42.I _____________ (see) the film Gandhi.
43.I _____________ (see) Raju this week.
44.They _______________ (just go) out.
45.Scarcely ______(has) he ____________ (arrive) at the platform, when the train ___________ (start).
46.It’s time he ___________ (leave) for school.
47.No sooner _____ (have) Michael ______ (won) the race than the audience ________ (surround) him.
48.Kohli ______________ (score) a century before we ____________ (switch) on the T.V.
49.Our school assembly ________________ (already start)before we __________ (reach) the school.
50.After Wangari Maathai _______________ (educate) the women on how to reforestate, the Forest
Department ___________ (open) their eyes.
51.If I __________ (be) a bird, I would fly.
 KEY TO WORK SHEET on ‘VERB FORMS’
1.bought
2.have known
3.had completed, went
4.has gone out
5.visited
6.had written, left
7.asked, was
8.was
9.said, had lost
10.reached, had already started
11.got, had made
12.had, would buy
13.had taken, rose
14.started, had asked
15.kicked, had done
16.fell off, had fallen
17.went off, had landed
18.was
19.started
20.enjoyed
21.decided, had increased
22.gathered, had come
23.had developed, resembled
24.noticed, had not noticed
25.saw, had come
26.happened, had been, came
27.was, had done, threw off
28.saw, hurled, had done
29.had paid, entered
30.was, Had he tried, started
31.had restored , left
32.were,
33.went
34.was
35.passed
36.visited
37.met
38.have seen
39.saw
40.have lived/have been living
41.watched
42.have seen
43.have seen
44.have just gone out
45.had he arrived, started
46.left
47.had Michael won, surrounded
48.had scored, switched on
49.had already started, reached
50.had educated, opened
51.were
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