Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of tenses: (simple present/past/future or present/past continuous)

1. My aunt who ____________ (live) in Singapore __________________ (arrive) tonight. We ___________________ (go) to receive her at the airport.
2. When there is no teacher in the class, the students ____________ (talk) and ____________ (run) about in and out. However, some _____________ (read) books and _______________ (finish) their work.
3. Last night, I _____________ (wake) up with a start. It ___________ (be) midnight and completely dark. As I ______________ (hear) a screeching sound coming from the kitchen, I __________________ (scream) and _______________ (hide) myself under the blanket.
4. It is cloudy. I ______________ (think) it _________________ (rain). So, you don’t leave now. I __________________ (drop) you later.
5. Grandma often ________________ (suffer) with knee pain. She _____________ (take) regular massage and ____________ (go) for a walk every morning. The doctor ______________ (say) that her pain ___________________ (become) less with time.
6. We __________________ (visit) The Rock Garden yesterday. There ______________ (be) many beautiful things made out of stones. They ______________ (look) artistic and we _________________ (make) wonderful paintings there.
7. Neha turned off the lights and _____________ (go) to bed. She _______________ (cover) her face with the sheet and __________________ (close) her eyes. Suddenly, she _____________ (get) up and ________________ (start) running. She ____________________ (cry) with fear when her mother ______________ (see) her in the balcony.
8. I __________________ (read) a book last night when my brother _______________ (come) and __________________ (jump) on me. He ________________ (want) to show me his painting which had got spoiled when he _______________________ (try) to correct one thing.
9. “Where is Rohan?”, asked the teacher. “He _________________ (practise) for the Annual Day program. He ________________________ (participate) in dance and drama and _______________ (need) to attend practice sessions daily”, informed his friend.
10. It is late now. I ___________________ (go) to complete my project. The teacher ________________ (want) all the projects tomorrow. If I ____________________ (not start) now I ___________________________ (not finish) it in time.

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Answers:

1. lives, is arriving, will go/are going
2. talk, run, read, finish
3. woke, was, heard, screamed, hid
4. think, will rain, will drop
5. suffers, takes, goes, says, will become
6. visited, were, looked, made
7. went, covered, closed, got, started, was crying, saw
8. was reading, came, jumped, wanted, was trying
9. is practising, is participating, needs
10. am going, wants, do not start, will not finish