SUMMARY: The chapter on Grammar - Tenses in Class 12 English focuses on the correct usage and application of different tenses in English language. KEY TOPICS: present tense, past tense, future tense, simple tense, continuous tense, perfect tense, perfect continuous tense, tense agreement, sequence of tenses, common errors in tenses
Choose the correct tense form: She ____ (work) here for ten years.
Aworks
Bis working
Chas worked
Dhas been working
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Correct answer: Option 4 — has been working
Q21 Mark
Choose the correct tense form: By the time we reached the station the train ____ already.
Aleft
Bhad left
Chas left
Dwas leaving
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Correct answer: Option 2 — had left
Q31 Mark
Fill in: Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius.
Ais boiling
Bboils
Cboiled
Dhas boiled
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Correct answer: Option 2 — boils
Q41 Mark
Choose the correct option: Look! The children ____ in the garden.
Aplay
Bare playing
Chave played
Dplayed
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Correct answer: Option 2 — are playing
Q51 Mark
Fill in: He ____ (study) for the test when his mother called him.
Astudied
Bwas studying
Chad studied
Dhas been studying
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Correct answer: Option 2 — was studying
Q61 Mark
Identify the correct sentence:
AShe have lived here since 2010
BShe has been living here since 2010
CShe lives here since 2010
DShe is living here since 2010
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Correct answer: Option 2 — She has been living here since 2010
Q71 Mark
Fill in: I ____ (finish) my homework before I went to bed.
Afinished
Bhad finished
Chave finished
Dwas finishing
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Correct answer: Option 2 — had finished
Q81 Mark
Choose: By next year she ____ (complete) her degree.
Acompletes
Bwill complete
Cwill have completed
Dis completing
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Correct answer: Option 3 — will have completed
Q91 Mark
Fill in: They ____ (live) in Mumbai for five years before they moved to Delhi.
Ahave lived
Bhad lived
Cwere living
Dhad been living
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Correct answer: Option 4 — had been living
Q101 Mark
Choose the correct sentence (universal truth):
AThe earth revolved around the sun
BThe earth was revolving around the sun
CThe earth revolves around the sun
DThe earth has revolved around the sun
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Correct answer: Option 3 — The earth revolves around the sun
Q111 Mark
Fill in: When the bell ____ the students will leave.
Awill ring
Brings
Cis ringing
Dhas rung
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Correct answer: Option 2 — rings
Q121 Mark
Choose: She ____ (read) this book three times.
Areads
Bread
Chas read
Dhad read
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Correct answer: Option 3 — has read
Q131 Mark
Fill in: The lecture ____ at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Astarts
Bstarted
Chas started
Dis starting
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Correct answer: Option 1 — starts
Q141 Mark
Choose: I have known her ____ 2015.
Afor
Bsince
Cfrom
Dby
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Correct answer: Option 2 — since
Q151 Mark
Fill in: They ____ (paint) the wall right now.
Apaint
Bare painting
Chave painted
Dhad painted
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Correct answer: Option 2 — are painting
Short Answer Questions10 questions
Q163 Marks
Convert into present perfect tense: She wrote a letter yesterday.
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She has written a letter. (The time-marker 'yesterday' is dropped because present perfect cannot take a finished-time expression.)
Q173 Marks
Fill in the blanks: 'I ____ (work) in this school since 2018 and I ____ (love) every minute of it.'
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'have been working' and 'have loved' (or 'love'). Reason: 'since 2018' triggers present perfect/perfect-continuous; 'love' is a stative verb that often stays in simple present even with perfect contexts.
Q183 Marks
Correct the tense error: 'When I will see her I will tell her'.
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Correct: 'When I see her I will tell her.' Time clauses with 'when' 'after' 'before' 'as soon as' use simple present (not future) even when meaning is future.
Q193 Marks
Convert into past perfect: 'He left before I arrived.'
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'He had left before I arrived.' Past perfect is used for the earlier of two past actions; the later action stays in simple past.
Q203 Marks
Identify and correct the tense error: 'She is studying English since two years.'
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Correct: 'She has been studying English for two years.' Reason: 'since' marks a starting point and 'for' marks duration; both require present perfect or perfect continuous (not present continuous).
Q213 Marks
Fill in suitable tense: 'The sun ____ (rise) in the east.'
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'rises'. Universal truths and habitual facts are expressed in simple present regardless of context.
Q223 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; uses 'was/were + V-ing'.
Q233 Marks
Fill in: 'By tomorrow evening I _______ (complete) my project.'
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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'.
Q243 Marks
Identify the tense error: 'When you will reach the station I will pick you up.'
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Correct: 'When you reach the station I will pick you up.' Time clauses (when after before as soon as) take simple present even when the meaning is future.
Q253 Marks
Fill in: 'They _______ (play) cricket since 4 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.
