SUMMARY: The chapter on Grammar - Tenses in Class 11 English focuses on the correct usage and identification of various tenses in the English language. KEY TOPICS: present tense, past tense, future tense, simple tense, continuous tense, perfect tense, perfect continuous tense, tense consistency, verb conjugation, time expressions
Choose the correct tense form: She ____ (live) in this city since 2019.
Alives
Bis living
Chas lived
Dhas been living
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Correct answer: Option 4 — has been living
Q21 Mark
Fill in: The earth ____ around the sun.
Ais revolving
Brevolves
Crevolved
Dhas revolved
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Correct answer: Option 2 — revolves
Q31 Mark
Choose the correct option: Listen! Someone ____ at the door.
Aknocks
Bknocked
Cis knocking
Dhas knocked
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Correct answer: Option 3 — is knocking
Q41 Mark
Fill in: When I called he ____ (have) his lunch.
Ahad
Bwas having
Chas had
Dis having
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Correct answer: Option 2 — was having
Q51 Mark
Choose: By the time we arrived the movie ____ already.
Astarted
Bhad started
Chas started
Dwas starting
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Correct answer: Option 2 — had started
Q61 Mark
Identify the correct sentence:
AHe didn't came to school yesterday
BHe didn't come to school yesterday
CHe doesn't came to school yesterday
DHe hasn't came to school yesterday
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Correct answer: Option 2 — He didn't come to school yesterday
Q71 Mark
Fill in: I ____ (finish) my homework before dinner.
Afinished
Bhad finished
Chave finished
Dwas finishing
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Correct answer: Option 2 — had finished
Q81 Mark
Choose: This time tomorrow I ____ (travel) to Mumbai.
Atravel
Bwill travel
Cwill be travelling
Dwill have travelled
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Correct answer: Option 3 — will be travelling
Q91 Mark
Fill in: They ____ (wait) for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived.
Awaited
Bwere waiting
Chad been waiting
Dhave been waiting
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Correct answer: Option 3 — had been waiting
Q101 Mark
Choose: Water ____ at zero degrees Celsius.
Ais freezing
Bfreezes
Cfroze
Dhas frozen
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Correct answer: Option 2 — freezes
Q111 Mark
Fill in: She ____ (read) the novel for two hours when I called her.
Aread
Bwas reading
Chad been reading
Dhas been reading
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Correct answer: Option 3 — had been reading
Q121 Mark
Choose: I ____ (know) him for ten years.
Aknow
Bknew
Chave known
Dhave been knowing
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Correct answer: Option 3 — have known
Q131 Mark
Fill in: By 2030 India ____ (become) a developed nation.
Abecomes
Bwill become
Cwill have become
Dis becoming
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Correct answer: Option 3 — will have become
Q141 Mark
Choose: He ____ (work) in this office since 2015.
Aworks
Bis working
Chas worked
Dhas been working
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Correct answer: Option 4 — has been working
Short Answer Questions10 questions
Q153 Marks
Convert into present perfect tense: She bought a new car last week.
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She has bought a new car. (The time-marker 'last week' is dropped because present perfect cannot take a finished-time expression.)
Q163 Marks
Fill in the blanks: 'I ____ (live) in Delhi for five years and I ____ (love) it.'
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'have been living' and 'love'. Reason: 'for five years' triggers present perfect continuous; 'love' is a stative verb that stays in simple present.
Q173 Marks
Correct the tense error: 'When I will meet her I will tell her the news'.
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Correct: 'When I meet her I will tell her the news.' Time clauses with 'when' 'after' 'before' 'as soon as' use simple present (not future) even when meaning is future.
Q183 Marks
Convert into past perfect: 'He completed his work before I arrived.'
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'He had completed his work before I arrived.' Past perfect is used for the earlier of two past actions; the later action stays in simple past.
Q193 Marks
Identify and correct the tense error: 'She is studying English since three years.'
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Correct: 'She has been studying English for three years.' Rule: 'since' marks a starting point and 'for' marks duration; both require present perfect or perfect continuous.
Q203 Marks
Fill in suitable tense: 'The moon ____ (revolve) around the earth.'
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'revolves'. Universal truths and natural facts are expressed in simple present regardless of context.
Q213 Marks
Convert: 'I am writing a letter' into past continuous.
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'I was writing a letter.' Past continuous shows an action that was ongoing in the past; pattern: 'was/were + V-ing'.
Q223 Marks
Fill in: 'By next month I ____ (complete) my course.'
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'will have completed'. Future perfect tense is used for an action that will be completed before a specific future time; pattern: 'will have + V3'.
Q233 Marks
Identify the tense error: 'When you will come home I will cook dinner.'
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Correct: 'When you come home I will cook dinner.' Time clauses (when after before as soon as) take simple present even when the meaning is future.
Q243 Marks
Fill in: 'They ____ (play) football since 5 p.m. and they ____ (be) very tired now.'
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'have been playing' and 'are'. The first action started at a past point and continues so present perfect continuous is used; the second describes a current state so simple present.
