These Solutions are part of UP Board Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given UP Board Solutions for Class 9 English Grammar Chapter 8 Tenses : Form and Uses

SOLVED EXERCISES BASED ON TEXT BOOK

EXERCISE  1

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences :
Questions.
1. Ram …………………………………………… to school daily. (go)
2. Geeta does not…. food. (cook)
3. Your grandmother ………… with the help of a stick. (walk)
4. I never ……………….. a lie. (tell)
5. You always …………………….. ………………. to school punctually. (go)
6. Rashmi ……………………… a melodious song. (sing)
7. The servant ……………………………… milk in the evening. (bring)
8. My watch does not ……………………………………. good time. (keep)
9. Fire and water do not ………………(agree)
10. Two and two ………………………………………… four. (make)
11. The cow ……………….. us milk. (give)
12. Dogs …………………………………………… at the night. (bark)
13. Fortune …………………. the brave. (favour)
14. Where do you ………………. these days?(live)
15. The Haj Pilgrims ……………………. for Macca. (sail)
Answers:
1. goes
2. cook
3. walks
4. tell
5. go
6. sings
7. brings
8. keep
9. agree
10. make
11. gives
12.bark
13. favours
14. live
15. sail.

EXERCISE  2

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences :

Questions.
1. Does your father ………………………………………….. before breakfast? (shave)
2. Who…………………………. you History? (teach)
3. When do classes (begin)
4. The milkman…………. milk daily in the evening. (bring)
5. The earth …………………. around the sun. (move)
6. Where d Where do you ……………………………? (live)
7. Can you …………………. the names of planets ? (mention)
8. My father always ……………. the newspaper in the morning. (read)
9. Lata ….. …for half an hour daily. (swim)
10. Dogs …………………. at the strangers. (bark)
11. We………. practice tomorrow. (begin)
12. The sun………………. in the east and ………………….. in the west. (rise, set)
13. The sun ………………………… by day and the moon by night. (shine)
14. All the trains ……………………………. here. (stop)
15. Rice ………………….. 10 Rs. a kilo. (cost)
Answers:
1. shave
2. teach
3. begin
4. brings
5. moves
6. live
7. mention
8. reads
9. swims
10. bark
11. begin
12. rises, sets
13. shines
14. stop
15. costs.

EXERCISE  3

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences :

Questions.
1. They are……………………… a letter. (write)
2. He is……………….. a book. (read)
3. They are ……
4. You are not ……………………. to your friend. (talk)
5. Is she not …………………….. in the sun? (sit)
6. Your brother is ………………………….. in a factory. (work)
7.  These children are not …………….. ……………… their home-work,they are…………….. the T.V. (do, watch)

8. The farmer is not only ………………….. the field but also but also ……………………. seeds. (plough, sow)
9. I am …………………… at a problem in Physics. (work)
10. A meeting is………………. on in the hall. (go)
11. The peon is …………………………………………………………………. the bell. (ring)
12. The sun is………………. in the east. (rise)
13. Why are you not ……………… ……………….. English to your students? (teach)
14.  A cat is ………………………. after the rats. (run)
15.  Are the boys …………………….. a noise in the class? (make)
16. The girls are not ………………………… with the dolls. (play)
17. My mother is ………………… food for us. (cook)
18. The washerman is not………….. the clothes properly. (wash)
19. The carpenter is ………………………. a beautiful table. (make)
20. Your grandmother is …………………….. stories. (tell)
Answers:
1. writing
2. reading
3. going
4. talking
5. sitting
6. working
7. doing, watching
8. ploughing, sowing,
9. working,
10. going
11. ringing
12. rising
13. teaching
14. running
15. making
16. playing
17. cooking
18. washing
19. making
20. telling.

EXERCISE 4

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Present Perfect Tense :

Questions.
1. Mr. Sharma has …………… ……………… in this house since 1995. (live)
2. The M.L.A. has not ……………. Our village since the last election.(visit)
3. The farmers have ………… to their fields. (go)
4. Reeta has….. a car. (buy)
5. I do not want to see the movie as I………. already ……………………………. it yesterday. (see)
6. I have ………………. …………. in this firm since 1985.(serve)
7. Have you ever…………………. a white elephant? (see)
8. We have not…………… a holiday for five years. (have)
9. Have you ever ……………………………… by sea? (travel)
10. The sun has …………………………… in the east. (rise)
11. The train has just ……………. (depart)
12. He has ……………… his breakfast just now. (have)
13. The teacher has ………………………. us since morning. (teach)
14. We….. ……….not ……… …….. these books for two hours. (read)

15. You………. not………….your home-work today. (do)
Answers:
1. lived
2. visited
3. gone
4. bought
5. have, seen
6. served
7. seen
8. had
9. travelled
10. risen
11. departed
12. had
13. taught
14. have, read
15. have, done.

EXERCISE  5

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences.Use Present Perfect Continuous Tense :

Questions.
1. I…………………… you for two hours. (teach)
2. They ………………………….. the fields since morning. (plough)
3. Radha……………. a song for ten minutes. (sing)
4. Our college team………… the shield for three years. (win)
5. You……………….. your time all along. (waste)
6. Mukesh ……….. in Delhi since 1990. (live)
7. The servant …………. on the floor for half an hour. (sleep)
8. The child ………………… for a long time. (cry)
9. Vinod …………………….. in films for ten years. (act)
10. The hunter ……………… the deer for two hours. (chase)
Answers:
1. have been teaching
2. have been ploughing
3. has been singing
4. has been wining
5. have been wasting
6. has been living
7. has been sleeping
8. has been crying
9. has been acting
10. has been chasing.

EXERCISE 6

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Past Indefinite Tense :
Questions.
1. Rakesh………………. to the market. (go)
2.The sun ……………………… brightly today. (shine)
3. You …………. teach me yesterday. (do not)
4. Akbar ………………………. wisely. (rule)
5. The child……………….. his hand with a knife. (cut)
6. The little bird……………. about and sang. (hop)
7. Yesterday Mohan…………….. and ………………………………… you. (come, help)
8. Rana  Pratap ………………………………………………. the army again and…………….. the Mughal Emperor. (collect, defeat)
9. Indira Gandhi was …………………… in 1984. (kill)
10. He……. back to India in 1973. (come)
11. Who…………such an insulting letter? (write)
12. Did you …… the servant last night? (call)
13. Where did you …………………………… this book? (find)
14. Did he ……………. his purse in the market? (lose)
15. She ……………………………. me a good present on my birthday. (give)
Answers:
1. went
2. shone
3. did not
4. ruled
5. cut
6. hopped
7. came, helped
8. collected, defeated
9. killed
10. came
11. write
12. call
13. find
14. lose
15. gave.

EXERCISE : 7

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Past Continuous Tense :

Questions.
1. At 8 a.m. Ram ………………….. …………….. his breakfast. (eat)
2. When I saw Radha, she …………………….. tea. (make)
3. I ………………………. when my friend called upon me. (sleep)
4. My sister …………………………………………………. the sums. (solve)
5. Which boy ……………………………………… you yesterday? (accompany)
6. Who ……………………. you at the gate? (call)
7. That is the boy whom I ………………………………… about. (talk)
8. It …………………………… yesterday. (rain)
9. Was he …………………….. to you yesterday? (talk)
1O. You ……………………. in the river yesterday. (swim)
11. We……………………….not …………… ……….. football yesterday. (play)
12. Rakesh……………….not ………………………….. flowers. (pluck)
13. Was the teacher not ………….. ……….. Hindi in the class? (tecch)
14. They…………. in the field. (jump)
15. He……………. his clothes. (wash)
Answers:
1. was eating
2. was making
3. was sleeping
4. was solving
5. was accompanying
6. was calling
7. was talking
8. was raining
9. talking
10. were swimming
11. were, playing
12. was, plucking
13. teaching
14. were jumping
15. was washing.

EXERCISE 8

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Past Perfect Tense :

Questions.
1. Ram …………………… the sums before the teacher came. (solve)
2. He………………. a book. (read)
3. You……………. your work before the sun set. (finish)
4. My friend told me that Raja ……………….(pass)
5. I had never ………………… such a tall man before. (see)
6. He told me that he ………………………………………….. the work. (complete)
7.When I reached the theatre, the picture ……………………. already. (begin)
8. The patients………………after the doctor (die, go)
9. The police……………..there after the bus ………..(reach, burn)
10. The boys ……………….. away before the time over. (run, be) .
Answers:
1. had solved
2. had read
3. had finished
4. had passed
5. had seen
6. had completed
7. had,begun
8. had died, went there
9. had reached, burnt
10. had run, was.

EXERCISE  9

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Past Perfect Continuous Tense :

Questions.
1. He…………… in this college since July 1990. (teach)
2. The mother …………………………… food since 7 a.m. (cook)
3. The peon ………………. ………… the bell for 5 minutes.(ring)
4. The boys…………… not………. cricket for two hours. (play)
5. The boys ………………. not in the river since morning. (bathe)
6.This film had…………………………… for 100 days. (run)
7.The farmers…….. the field since yesterday. (plough)
8. The washerman ….. …………….. Washing clothes since morning. (wash)
9. When you called me, I …………………. ……………… a book. (read) .
10. I …………….. for the test since yesterday. (prepare)
Answers:
1. had been teaching
2. had been cooking
3. had been ringing
4. had been playing
5. had been bathing
6. had been running
7. had been ploughing
8. had been washing
9. had been reading
10.had been preparing.

EXERCISE  10

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Future Indefinite Tense :

Questions.
1. Rekha ……………………………….. for Delhi tomorrow. (start)
2. …………………………………………….this book tomorrow. (finish)
3. The postman……………….. soon. (come)
4. If you work hard, you…. definitely (succeed)
5. I………. a letter to him next day. (write)
6. If she comes here, I……………… her.(meet)
7. She………….not ……….. her classes tomorrow. (attend)
8. …………. he ………………………….. for Agra on Sunday… (start)
9. I ……………………………………. for Mumbai day after tomorrow. (leave)
10. She …………………………………. here after a day. (come)
Answers:
1. will start
2. shall finish
3. will come
4. will succeed
5. shall write
6. shall meet
7. will attend
8. Will start
9. shall leave
10. will come.

EXERCISE 11

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Future Continuous Tense :
Questions.
1. I shall be ……………………………. a newspaper. (read)
2. I shall be …… chess with my father. (play)
3. They will be ………………………….. to Aligarh with Ram (go) 
4. Mohan will not be ………….. a melodious song. (sing)
5. We shall be……….. Tagore’s ‘Gitanjali’. (read)
6. Your sister will be……………. food. (cook)
7. Will the boys not be ………….. a noise in the class? (make)
8. The birds will not be ………………….. in the sky. (fly)
9. She will not be ………………………………….. you.(help)
10. The train will be……… late. (come)
Answers:
1. reading
2. playing
3. going
4. singing
5. reading
6. cooking
7. making
8. flying
9. helping
10. coming.

EXERCISE  12

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Future Perfect Tense :
Questions.
1. He will have ……………….. to Agra tomorrow, (go)
2.The students will have …………………….. the school by 9.45 a.m. (reach)
3.You will not have…. your work by 8 a.m. (finish)
4.The father will have …………………… to the office by 9.45 a.m. (go)
5.Will he have …………….. …………….. it before you……………… ? (do, sleep)
6.The robber will have ……….. the work before the teacher……….. (finish, come)
7. The peon will have ……………….. the bell before you………………. (ring, go)
8. Will they have not ……………….. the doctor? (call)
9. Will the train have……………. at the station? (arrive)
10. They will not have …………………………. their friends. (call)
Answers:
1. gone
2. reached
3. finished
4. gone
5. done, sleep
6. finished, comes
7. rung, go
8. called
9. arrived
10. called.

EXERCISE : 13

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the ‘Verbs’ given in the brackets in the following sentences. Use Future Perfect Continuous Tense :
Questions.
1. He…. your name. (know)
2. The sun ………………… in the east and………………….in the west. (rise, set)
3. My car ……………………… a lot of trouble these days. (give)
4. Sita could not ………………. there. (reach)
5. By next July, I shall ……………………………… the book. (complete)
6. You should not ………………….. off the bus till it……………...(get, stop)
7. Who ……………….. you History today? (teach)
8. I think he should have ………………………………… earlier. (come)
9. I have I have …………………………………………….. smoking……… Smoking (give up)
10. He has ………………….. in the school since July 1993. (teach)
11. His hand …………… ………………. when he wrote the letter. (shake)
12. The river Nile ………… in Central Africa. (rise)
13. The bell rang after I ………………………. ……………….. an essay. (finish)
14. My mother seldom …………. …………… in the afternoon. (sleep)
15. You ………. your health by’working hard. (ruin)
Answers:
1. knows
2. rises, sets
3. gives
4. reach
5. complete
6. get, stops
7. will teach
8. come
9. given up
10. been teaching
11. shook
12. rises
13. finished
14. sleeps
15. ruined.