Monday, November 27, 2023

50 Gap Filling Practice Questions Tenses and Clauses | CBSE Class XI Grammar English Core

Here are 50 gap-filling questions that cover various tenses and clause types. The gaps may involve verbs, adverbs, prepositions, or conjunctions. The answers are provided in brackets.


Present Simple Tense

1. She __________ to the gym every day. (go)

2. The train __________ at 7:00 AM. (depart)

3. Cats __________ milk. (not like)

4. John __________ a book at the moment. (read)

5. My parents __________ their anniversary next week. (celebrate)

Present Continuous Tense

6. Right now, they __________ a movie. (watch)

7. We __________ our friends tomorrow. (visit)

8. Why __________ you __________ at me like that? (look)

9. The sun __________ in the west. (set)

10. I __________ a new language these days. (learn)

Present Perfect Tense

11. She __________ her keys. (lose)

12. By this time next year, I __________ for ten years. (work)

13. The children __________ their homework. (not finish)

14. We __________ this restaurant before. (not visit)

15. How long __________ you __________ here? (be)

Past Simple Tense

16. They __________ to Paris last summer. (travel)

17. I __________ my keys at home yesterday. (forget)

18. We __________ a great time at the party. (have)

19. The teacher __________ the students. (not scold)

20. It __________ when I left. (rain)

Past Continuous Tense

21. At 8 AM yesterday, she __________ breakfast. (have)

22. While they __________ the game, it started raining. (watch)

23. I __________ when the phone rang. (sleep)

24. The kids __________ when the bell rang. (play)

25. What __________ when the accident happened? (you do)

Past Perfect Tense

26. By the time we arrived, they __________ dinner. (finish)

27. She __________ in that city before she moved here. (live)

28. The movie __________ before I got there. (start)

29. We __________ each other for years. (know)

30. The train __________ by the time I reached the station. (leave)

Future Simple Tense

31. She __________ a doctor when she grows up. (become)

32. By next year, I __________ my degree. (complete)

33. They __________ you at the airport. (meet)

34. I promise I __________ you soon. (call)

35. We __________ the test tomorrow. (take)

Future Continuous Tense

36. This time tomorrow, I __________ on a beach. (relax)

37. By 5 PM, they __________ for twelve hours. (work)

38. He __________ at the party when you arrive. (dance)

39. I __________ a book when you call. (read)

40. They __________ when the clock strikes midnight. (celebrate)

Future Perfect Tense

41. By the end of the year, I __________ this book. (finish)

42. She __________ for ten years by then. (teach)

43. We __________ before the guests arrive. (clean)

44. The project __________ by the time you join. (complete)

45. I __________ my goal by the time I turn 30. (achieve)

Conditional Sentences (Mixed Types)

46. If it __________ tomorrow, we will go to the beach. (not rain)

47. What __________ if you __________ a million dollars? (you do / win)

48. I __________ you if I __________ you were coming. (invite / know)

49. Unless you __________ early, you'll miss the train. (leave)

50. If they __________, they __________ us. (know / help)

 Answer Key

1. goes

2. departs

3. don't like

4. is reading

5. will celebrate

6. are watching

7. will visit

8. are you looking

9. sets

10. am learning

11. has lost

12. will have worked

13. haven't finished

14. haven't visited

15. have you been

16. traveled

17. forgot

18. had

19. didn't scold

20. was raining

21. was having

22. were watching

23. was sleeping

24. were playing

25. were you doing

26. had finished

27. had lived

28. had started

29. had known

30. had left

31. will become

32. will have completed

33. will meet

34. will call

35. will take

36. will be relaxing

37. will have been working

38. will be dancing

39. will be reading

40. will be celebrating

41. will have finished

42. will have been teaching

43. will have cleaned

44. will have completed

45. will have achieved

46. doesn't rain

47. would you do / won

48. would have invited / had known

49. leave

50. knew / would help