Board examples of tense (12th)

0.2001. 15. In 1947 she gave up her teaching career. (Use PastPerfectTense)

Ans: In 1947 she had given up her teaching career.

0.2001. 16. Dilip (save) Rs.2000by the end of the year. (ÜseFUturePerfectTense)

 Ans: Dilip will have saved Rs.2000 by the end of the year.

M.2002 17. I have swum at all these places. (Use PresentPerfectContinuousTense)

Ans: I have been swimmingat all these places.

M.2002. 18. They have been making the best of a protected market.  (Rewrite the sentence using Present Perfect Tense)

Ans: They have made the best of a protected market.

0.2002. 19. The Arbs live in the desert. (Use Present Perfect Cont. Tense)

Ans: The Arbs have been livingin the desert.

M.2003. 20. In many cases the symbols came to bear little resemblance to the original.
(Rewrite using Present Perfect Tense)

Ans: In many cases the symbols have come to bear little resemblance to the original.

0.2003. 21. They give power to radio sets. (Use Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

Ans:They have been giving power to radio sets.

M.2004. 22. Worms live about a foot and half underground,
 (Rewrite using Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

Ans.' Worms have been living about a foot and half underground.

M.2005. 23. Lata Mangeshkar has been singing songs since her child hood. (Identify the tense)

 Ans: Present Perfect Conånuous Tense

0.2005. 24. Many of them are struggling inmany places.
(Rewrite the sentence by using Present Perfect Cont. Tense)

  Many of them have been struggling in many places.

0.2005. 25. By the time the doctor.....(arrive), the patient.....(die).
 (Use correct tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets)

By the time the doctor arrived, the patient had_die

M.2006. 26  exercise by that time. (RewriteusingFuturePerfectTense) Ans: Niranjan will have written his exercise by that time.

0.2006, 27. The benefits will trickle down to the villages in the form of higher water tableleveis. (Use Present Perfect Tense)

Ans: The benefits have trickled down to the villages in the form ofhigher water table levels.

M.2007. 28. Sania Mirza.....„. (play) tennis for the last five years.

 ( Use Present Perfect Continuous Tense)
 Sania Mirza has been playing tennis for the last five years. 

M.2007. 29. Ostriches live in Africa. (Use PresentPerfect Conti.Tense)

Ostriches have been living in Africa.

M.2007.30.It is a marvellous presenttoanation starved of heroes. (UsePresentPerfectTense)

It has been a marvellous present to a nation starved of heroes.

0.2007. 31. By the year 2010, you
(Use appropriate tense form of the verb your given graduation.in the bracket)

Ans:By the year 2010, you will have completed your graduation.

0.2007. 32. Most modern languages make use of a script.
(Rewrite it using the Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

Ans:Most modg•n languages have been making use of a script.

M.2008. 33. Multani mitti takes its name from a place in Pakistan.
(Rewrite using  Tense)

Multani mitti has taken its name from a place in Pakistan.

0.2008. 34. He exudes a quiet smile of satisfaction. (Use Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

Ans: He has been exuding a quiet smile of satisfaction.

0.2008.  35. At college Hartman's faculty advisers tried to reason with him.

(Use Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

At college Hartman's faculty advisers had been trying to reason with him.

 36. The poor chap was always sulking.
 (Use Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

The poor chap has always been sulking.

37. Community organizations play a major role in decision making.

(Rewrite using Present Perfect Tense)

Ans-Community organizations have played a major role in decision making.

M.2009. 38. I lived with that diagnosis. (Change into Past Perfect Tense)

I had lived with that diagnosis.

0.2009. 39  Our blinkered and conditioned self prevents us from truly exploring without prejudice.  (Rewrite using Present P. T.)

Ans: Our blinkered and conditioned self has prevented us from truly exploring without prejudice.

0.2009. 40.  Space scientists have done experiments in space. (Use Present Perfect Continuous Tense)


Ans: Space scientists have been doing experiments in space.

M2010.  41. The four Hartmans were lingering at the dinner table.

(Name the tense used in the sentence )

Ans- Past Continuous Tense

M,2010. 42. The city once suffered a terrible deluge. (Rewrite using Past PerfectTense)

 The city had once suffered a terrible deluge.

M.2010. 43. Our  blinkered  and conditioned selfprevents us from truly exploringwithout prejudice.

(Identify the tense)
Ans. Simple Present Tense

M.2011. 44. You will feel the joy of having contributed. (Use Present Perfect Tense)

Ans: You have felt the joy of having contributed.

M.2011. 45.  Cockroaches will survive. (Change into FuturePerfect T.)

 Cockroaches will have survived.

M. 2012.46. Plato wrote many books. (Rewrite using Past perfect tense)


 Plato had written many books.

M. 2013.47. I didn't have a dorm room. (Rewrite using Past perfect tense)

I hadn't a dorm room.

M.2013. 48. The cockroach population has not decreased. (Identify the tense)

The tense used here is perfect present tense.

M.2014.49. I spent my high 'school years in Calcutta. (Rewrite it using Past Perfect tense.)

Ans: I had spent my high school years in Calcutta.

M.2014. 50.I eagerly clambered up to take in the sights of Mumbai. (Identify the tense.)

 Simple past tense.

0.2014. 51. I had created a book. (Rewrite it using the present perfect continuous tense)

Ans: I have been creating a book.

0.2014. 52. Bangalore grew from 5.7 m to 8.5 m during the same period.
(Rewrite it using the past perfect tense)

Ans: Bangalore had grown from 5.7 m to 8.5 m during the same period.

 0.2014. 53. They miss trains on a regular basis.

 (Rewrite the sentence using the present perfect continuous tense.)

Ans.• They have been missing trains on a regular basis.

M.2015. 54. The consumption of milk in both urban and rural areas has risen sharply.
(Rewrite the sentence using the past perfect tense.)

Ans:The consumption of milk in both urban and rural areas had risen sharply.

 M.2015. 55. Theimproved models found eager buyers.

(Change the sentence into present perfect tense)
Ans: The improved models have found eager buyers.


M.2015. 56. I had picked some of the lovely tasty fruits ? (Identify the tense in the sentence)
 Ans:Past perfect tense.

 57. Floods have been far more destructive.

(Rewrite the sentence using the Simple present tense.) 
Ans: Floods are far more destructive.


F.2016. 58.  It needs to preserve and protect its heritage. (Identify the tense used in the sentence
Ans: Simple present tense.

F.2016. 59. That gives them sufficient justification.

 (Rewrite the sentence using the Present Perfect tense.)


Ans: That has given them sufficient justification.

F,2017. 60. I went down to my milk and junket. (Rewrite it in the Past Perfect Tense

 Ans; I had gone down to my milk and junket.

F.2017.   61. It reduces inequality. (Rewrite it using the Present Perfect Tense.)

Ans: It has reduced inequality,

F.2017. 62. He goes for his morning walk at 1 p.m.
(Rewrite it in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.)

He has been going for his morning walk at 1 p.m,