10th English Grammar - Tense Forms Practice (PTA & Model Papers) Important for Public Exam 2026

Q.13. Tense

1. Complete the following sentence using the most appropriate tense form of the verb given below:
After he ________ his lunch, he went across to the window.

a) will finish

b) finish

c) was finishing

d) had finished

2. The governor was ________ at the wit of the youth.

a) pleases

b) pleasing

c) pleased

d) please

3. The medal ________ in the attic for twenty-nine long years.

a) hide

b) hidden

c) had hidden

d) had been hidden

4. I wish most of all to ________ home to my family.

a) returned

b) returning

c) return

d) has returned

5. He was ________ to the American academy of arts and letters.

a) elected

b) was elected

c) electing

d) has elected

7. The poem ________ about the multifaceted nature of women.

a) is talking

b) talked

c) talks

d) has talked