RBSE Class 8 English Grammar Tenses Exercise
RBSE Class 8 English Grammar Tenses Exercise
Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 8 English Grammar Tenses Exercise
Exercise: 1
(Type-I)
(Based on the textbook)
Choose the correct answer
Question 1.
They ………………. my feelings every day.
(a) hurts
(b) hurt
(c) is hurt
(d) am hurt
Answer:
(b) hurt
Question 2.
A large crowd ……………… Outside my cage daily,
(a) gather
(b) gathered
(c) has gathered
(d) gathers
Answer:
(d) gathers
Question 3.
We ………………… your animals every time.
(a) loves
(b) loving
(c) love
(d) are loving
Answer:
(c) love
Question 4.
Chanakya …………………. copies of books to earn his livelihood regularly.
(a) makes
(b) make
(c) making
(d) being made
Answer:
(a) makes
Question 5.
Yes, Sangeeta …………………. how to swim. She practises daily.
(a) know
(c) knowing
(d) knows
Answer:
(d) knows
Question 6.
The author usually…. …..an irresponsible idiot in the bank.
(a) becomes
(b) become
(c) becoming
(d) became
Answer:
(a) becomes
Question 7.
But for the last few days they………..this activity.
(a) has stopped
(b) stopped
(c) stopping
(d) have stopped
Answer:
(d) have stopped
Question 8.
‘Wretch! exclaimed the officer. You……..us!
(a) poisoning
(b) has poisoned
(c) have poisoned
(d) poisons
Answer:
(c) have poisoned
Question 9.
The people of Chittor still…………her glory.
(a) praises
(b) praise
(c) praising
(d) being praised
Answer:
(b) praise
Question 10.
Hallu, the gibbon…………the visitors every day
(a) entertain
(b) entertains
(c) entertaining
(d) being entertained
Answer:
(b) entertains
Exercise: 2
(Type-I)
(Based on the textbook)
Choose the correct answer :
Question 1.
Every visitor ………………… at my tusks greedily.
(a) looking
(b) look
(c) looks
(d) are looking
Answer:
(c) looks
Question 2.
“Things …………….. really …………………. worse, said Huttu sorrowfully.
(a) has become
(b) have, become
(c) is, becoming
(d) became
Answer:
(b) have, become
Question 3.
Anushka……….her school, K.G.B.V.
(a) likes
(b) like
(c) liking
(d) is liking
Answer:
(a) likes
Question 4.
Roshni……….already……….sorry for her bad behaviour.
(a) have felt.
(b) has felt
(c) are, feeling
(d) is, feeling
Answer:
(b) has felt
Question 5.
Long ……………….. the brave young lady!
(a) lives
(b) living
(c) live
(d) lived
Answer:
(c) live
Question 6.
Even they don’t ……………………….. lunch with me.
(a) shares
(b) share
(c) sharing
(d) shared
Answer:
(b) share
Question 7.
Everything in the bank ……………….. me whenever I go there.
(a) confusing
(b) confuse
(c) confuses
(d) are confusing
Answer:
(c) confuses
Question 8.
They………already…………you the withdrawal form.
(a) have given
(b) has given
(c) do, give
(d) does give
Answer:
(a) have, given
Question 9.
Dr. Ashutosh………….from America recently.
(a) have returned
(b) has returned
(c) returned
(d) returning
Answer:
(b) has returned
Question 10.
Computers………..our life.
(a) have improved
(b) has improved
(c) improves
(d) improving
Answer:
(a) have improved
Exercise: 3
(Type-I)
(Based on the textbook)
Choose the correct answer :
Question 1.
Shelly………the children in favour of the animals.
(a) collect
(b) collecting
(c) are collecting
(d) collects
Answer:
(d) collects
Question 2.
Nivedita………the right reason for animals’ strike.
(a) guesses
(b) guess
(c) guessing
(d) are guessing
Answer:
(a) guesses
Question 3.
So many girls………education in K.G.B.Vs so far.
(a) has received
(b) are receiving
(c) have received
(d) is receiving
Answer:
(c) have received
Question 4.
Where……….these provisions. from?
(a) has, come
(b) has, coming
(c) have, come
(d) is, come
Answer:
(c) have, come
Question 5.
Yes, I……….you all.
(a) has poisoned
(b) have poisoned
(c) poisoning
(d) being poisoned
Answer:
(b) have poisoned
Question 6.
The robbers………away everything.
(a) have taken
(b) has taken
(c) taking
(d) is taking
Answer:
(a) have taken
Question 7.
Sangeeta……….hard to make a place in schoolmates.
(a) struggle
(b) struggling
(c) struggles
(d) are struggling
Answer:
(c) struggles
Question 8.
“You……..So many good qualities’, said, mother.
(a) have got
(b) has got
(c) had got
(d) are getting
Answer:
(a) have got
Question 9.
Students are not friendly. Nobody………..to me either.
(a) speak
(b) speaking
(c) are speaking
(d) speaks
Answer:
(d) speaks
Question 10.
The poet………. Rajasthan in his poem,
(a) glorifies
(b) glorify
(c) glorifying
(d) were glorified
Answer:
(a) glorifies
Exercise: 4
(Type-1)
(Mixed)
Choose the correct answer :
Question 1.
Water………life to thirsty cities and dried crops.
(a) give
(b) giving
(c) have given
(d) gives
Answer:
(d) gives
Question 2.
Rashtrapati Bhavan……….. the way in conserving rainwater.
(a) is leading
(b) are leading
(c) am leading
(d) lead
Answer:
(a) is leading
Question 3.
The cost of water supply……..but the problem still exists.
(a) have increased
(b) has increased
(c) increasing
(d) increase
Answer:
(b) has increased
Question 4.
India …………………. rainwater since ages.
(a) have been harvesting
(b) are harvesting
(c) has been harvesting
(d) is harvesting
Answer:
(c) has been, harvesting
Question 5.
Sangeeta ………………. the hand of the drowning child.
(a) catch
(b) caught
(c) have caught
(d) catching
Answer:
(b) caught
Question 6.
When Sangeeta ………………….. to school, she saw someone drowning.
(a) was going
(b) were going
(c) is going
(d) are going
Answer:
(a) was going
Question 7.
By the time she brought Adhi Shri to the bank, a large crowd …………………..
(a) gathered
(b) gather
(c) gathers
(d) had gathered
Answer:
(d) had gathered
Question 8.
The robbers ………………… the people for many years.
(a) has been plundering
(b) had been plundering
(c) plunders
(d) are plundering
Answer:
(b) had been plundering
Question 9.
If we waste water, there …………………. shortage in future.
(a) shall be
(b) will be
(c) are
(d) is
Answer:
(b) will be
Question 10.
She …………………. to school daily
(a) is going
(b) are going
(c) goes
(d) went
Answer:
(c) goes
Exercise: 5
(Type-II)
(Based on the textbook)
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb given in the brackets :
कोष्ठकों में दी गई क्रिया की सही form से निम्न वाक्य
Question 1.
Rainwater ……………. off so fast that little can be collected for use. (run)
Answer:
runs
Question 2.
Many rivers……….already dead or dying. (be)
Answer:
are
Question 3.
The Yamuna nowadays……….only narrow streams of urban and industrial waste. (carry)
Answer:
carries
Question 4.
The supply of enough drinking water……….already……..a common problem these days. (become)
Answer:
has, become
Question 5.
The basic principle is to collect the rainwater where it……….. (fall)
Answer:
falls
Question 6.
India ………. more than 350 million hectare meters of rainfall every year. (receive)
Answer:
receives
Question 7.
Today increasing pollution……….also……….itself to the growing shortage of water. (add)
Answer:
has added
Question 8.
Polluted water always………humans, birds, fish and others. (harm)
Answer:
harms
Question 9.
People already……….moving towards traditional practices of water saving. (start)
Answer:
have started
Question 10.
The village Headman usually……….fun of Amal. (make)
Answer:
makes
Exercise: 6
(Type-III)
(Based on the textbook)
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb given in the brackets :
कोष्ठकों में दी गई क्रिया के सही रूप से निम्न वाक्य पूरे
Question 1.
Amal’s uncle usually………..care of him. (take)
Answer:
takes
Question 2.
Everyone who knows Amal comes and ……….. little gifts. (leave)
Answer:
leaves
Question 3.
No, uncle, I feel fine if I ……….. there. (sit)
Answer:
sit
Question 4.
Sitting there, Amal strikes up with anyone who ……….. along. (come)
Answer:
comes
Question 5.
See, how pale you………..! (become)
Answer:
have become
Question 6.
Holy Man is the one who comes every day and………..me lots of things. (tell)
Answer:
tells
Question 7.
Please go and………..to him. (speak)
Answer:
speak
Question 8.
Will you please ……………. us what a computer is? (tell)
Answer:
tell
Question 9.
A computer ……………… like a cabinet. (look)
Answer:
looks
Question 10.
So far, computers …………… the life of humans. (change)
Answer:
have changed
Exercise: 7
(Type-II)
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb given in the brackets: all cat for at form a lar ya:
Question 1.
A good student seldom…… time. (waste)
Answer:
wastes
Question 2.
The earth …………………. on its axis. (revolve)
Answer:
revolves
Question 3.
A sensible student will search for a job as and when she/he. ………………. her/his formal education. (complete)
Answer:
completes
Question 4.
A father never…. offspring. (harm)
Answer:
harms
Question 5.
Climate ……………….. after a certain period. (change)
Answer:
changes
Question 6.
A barking dog seldom….. (bite)
Answer:
bites
Question 7.
India struggled against the British. She fights and fights. She ………….. freedom in 1947 (win)
Answer:
wins
Question 8.
A host ……………… the warmth of praise among the guests. (feel)
Answer:
feels
Question 9.
A wise person ……….. what she/ he says. (mean)
Answer:
means
Question 10.
A self-respecting person immediately ………………. undignified behaviour. (mind)
Answer:
minds
Question 11.
A prodigy ……………… applause. (deserve)
Answer:
deserves
Question 12.
She should have command over her subjects if she………….. merit. (desire)
Answer:
desires
Question 13.
………………….break traffic rules. (not break)
Answer:
Do not break
Question 14.
………………..you ever…… for merit? (try)
Answer:
Have, tried
Question 15.
She…………………..her course a number of times. (revise)
Answer:
has revised
Question 16.
She………………always…… physically fit. (be)
Answer:
has, been
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