Time & Tense DPP 9th CBSE

Exercise - 1

1. The sun (rise) ___ in the east.
2. I (go) ___ to school every day.
3. She (go) ___ to the movies every Sunday.
4. Oil (float) ___ on water.
5. He usually (write) ___ in green ink.
6. She (go) ___ away every weekend to the seashore.
7. She (teach) ___ me English.
8. He (go) ___ to Kashmir last year.
9. My father (go) ___ to Patna yesterday.
10. He (come) ___ two years ago.
11. I (meet) ___ him on Monday last.
12. She (miss) ___ the train last night.
13. We (see) ___ a movie yesterday.
14. He (come) ___ tomorrow.
15. I (go) ___ next month.
16. Peter (buy) ___ a car next year.
17. I shall help him if he (come) ___ to me.
18. If he reads he (pass) ___.
19. The teacher will help you if you (go) ___ to him.
20. I will tell you the secret when you (reach) ___ home.
21. I (stay) ___ here until he answers me.
22. I (suffer) ___ from fever for ten days.
23. He (live) ___ here since Monday.
24. He (wait) ___ here for an hour.
25. He (write) ___ letters since breakfast.
26. She (learn) ___ English for three years.
27. Mr. Das (teach) ___ in this college since 1995.
28. It (rain) ___ for ten hours.
29. My father (be) ___ ill for four days.
30. I (be) ___ absent since Monday.
31. I (be) ___ here for a year.
32. He (go) ___ out.
33. We (know) ___ each other for years.
34. I (not see) ___ him since morning.
35. He (write) ___ a letter now.
36. Don't disturb him. He (worship) ___.
37. I am (be) ___ late.
38. He has (grow) ___ old in my service.
39. She is (play) ___ in the field.
40. Have you (write) ___ the letter?

Exercise - 2

1. He usually (sing) ___ in his bath.
2. She habitually (come) ___ late.
3. He (read) ___ the newspaper every morning.
4. He never (smoke) ___.
5. Honesty (be) ___ the best policy.
6. Who (discover) ___ America?
7. Newton (discover) ___ the laws of gravitation.
8. I (not see) ___ him for a long time.
9. My mother just (go) ___ out.
10. He (come) ___ here a month ago.
11. This boy never (see) ___ the sea.
12. The patient (die) ___ before the doctor came.
13. The crops (fail) ___ before it rained.
14. He had slept before I (come) ___.
15. They (live) ___ here since Monday.
16. I (finish) ___ the work just now.
17. I (leave) ___ the place when he came.
18. The train (leave) ___ before I reached the station.
19. When he heard the sad news, he (weep) ___.
20. He has (sell) ___ the old books.
21. I shall teach him if he (come) ___.
22. Beat him if he (beat) ___ you.
23. His father (die) ___ yesterday.
24. I (forgive) ___ the washer man if he returns my shirt.
25. He (leave) ___ when I reached his house.
26. He (tear) ___ the letter.
27. The sun (shine) ___ when we went out.
28. She (sleep) ___ when I went to her.
29. I saw him when I (wait) ___ for a taxi.
30. He (eat) ___ when he was shot dead.
31. I was playing when the bell (ring) ___.
32. He (sit) ___ in the garden when the tree fell down.
33. It (rain) ___ this morning when I got up.
34. I came in while he (write) ___.
35. When it (rain) ___ she (carry) ___ an umbrella.
36. When the war (begin) ___ I was living in Delhi.
37. She (weep) ___ when I saw her.
38. The train (leave) ___.
39. By next Monday he (complete) ___ the work.
40. He (finish) ___ the work before you leave.

Exercise - 3

1. The Prime Minister (arrive) ___ here next week.
2. I (go) ___ to Delhi tomorrow.
3. While he played I (work) ___.
4. I (buy) ___ a car a month ago.
5. I (know) ___ him for ten years.
6. I (be born) ___ in London.
7. I wish I (be) ___ a king.
8. If I were a king I (do) ___ that.
9. I don't mind his (come) ___ late.
10. He talks as if he (be) ___ a king.
11. It is time we (start) ___ playing.
12. It is high time we (return) ___ home.
13. I am fond of (take) ___ coffee.
14. The man was (shoot) ___ dead.
15. He was seriously (beat) ___.
16. The life of the girl (could not save) ___.
17. The thief (arrest) ___.
18. Hindi (speak) ___ in Bihar.
19. He told me that he (go) ___ home.
20. He asked me what my name (be) ___.
21. She told me that she (can) ___ do the work.
22. He speaks as one who (know) ___.
23. He would succeed if he (try) ___.
24. My father (be) ___ eighty next month.
25. He will (have) ___ to go home.
26. He (write) ___ a book on the poetry of Tagore.
27. If I were a nightingale I (sing) ___ day and night.
28. The college (reopen) ___ in July every year.
29. He thought of (do) ___ my work.
30. She (read) ___ books when her husband is away.
31. I (finish) ___ the work just now.
32. Don't worry, I (lend) ___ you the book you need.
33. They (not find) ___ him the day before yesterday.
34. After you (go) ___, I went to sleep.
35. When you (write) ___ a letter, you may go home.

Exercise - 4

1. Next year, he (start) ___ his military service.
2. The pilot (fly) ___ the new jets tomorrow.
3. By the time you arrive, he (leave) ___.
4. The officer (give) ___ a briefing tomorrow.
5. By this time next week, we (complete) ___ our mission.
6. He (be) ___ the head of the department for five years.
7. By the end of this month, they (finish) ___ their training.
8. The pilots (fly) ___ the new jets next week.
9. The officer (give) ___ a briefing tomorrow morning.
10. They (return) ___ from the mission yesterday.

Exercise - 5

1. By this time next year, he (finish) ___ his training.
2. She always (wake) ___ up early.
3. They (work) ___ on the project for two months.
4. He (leave) ___ for the base early this morning.
5. The exam results (be) ___ announced tomorrow.
6. I (not see) ___ him since last week.
7. They (practice) ___ for the drill every day.
8. The new regulations (be implemented) ___ next month.
9. He (be) ___ promoted last year.
10. The flight (leave) ___ at 6 AM tomorrow.

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Exercise - 1 Answers

1. rises
2. go
3. goes
4. floats
5. writes
6. goes
7. teaches
8. went
9. went
10. came
11. met
12. missed
13. saw
14. will come
15. shall go
16. will buy
17. comes
18. will pass
19. go
20. reach
21. stay
22. have been suffering
23. has been living
24. has been waiting
25. has been writing
26. has been learning
27. has been teaching
28. has been raining
29. has been
30. have been
31. have been
32. has gone
33. have known
34. have not seen
35. is writing
36. is worshipping
37. am being
38. has grown
39. is playing
40. Have written

Exercise - 2 Answers

1. sings
2. comes
3. reads
4. smokes
5. is
6. discovered
7. discovered
8. have not seen
9. has just gone
10. came
11. has never seen
12. had died
13. had failed
14. came
15. have been living
16. have just finished
17. had left
18. had left
19. wept
20. has sold
21. comes
22. beats
23. died
24. forgive
25. had left
26. has torn
27. was shining
28. was sleeping
29. was waiting
30. was eating
31. rang
32. was sitting
33. was raining
34. was writing
35. was raining, was carrying
36. began
37. was weeping
38. has left
39. will have completed
40. will have finished

Exercise - 3 Answers

1. will arrive
2. am going
3. was working
4. bought
5. have known
6. was born
7. were
8. would do
9. coming
10. were
11. started
12. returned
13. taking
14. shot
15. beaten
16. could not be saved
17. was arrested
18. is spoken
19. was going
20. was
21. could
22. knows
23. tried
24. will be
25. will have
26. is writing
27. would sing
28. reopens
29. doing
30. reads
31. have just finished
32. will lend
33. did not find
34. had gone
35. have written

Exercise - 4 Answers

1. will start
2. will fly
3. will have left
4. will give
5. will have completed
6. has been
7. will have finished
8. will fly
9. will give
10. returned

Exercise - 5 Answers

1. will have finished
2. wakes
3. have been working
4. left
5. will be
6. have not seen
7. practice
8. will be implemented
9. was
10. leaves