English (Compulsory) Class 10 Chapter 5: Tenses 1: Present Tenses and Past Tenses

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• Class 10
• English (Compulsory)
• Unit 5
• Book pages Class 10 book U1, U2, U6, U7 (themes only)
• FBISE SSC-II

Chapter summary

Tenses are tested in the MCQs, in proofreading and, most of all, in writing: a story (Q5) must stay in the past tense, and direct to indirect speech (Q4 C) changes tenses. A wrong tense is the most frequent error in student answers. Use past simple with time words such as yesterday, last week, in 2019, ago.

Topics in this chapter

• Present simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous
• Past simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous
• Aspect of time and used to / would
• Mixed topics

Sample questions

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1. Rewrite in the present continuous tense: The children play in the garden. (1 marks)
2. Name the tense: 'The bell rings at one o'clock.' (1 marks)
3. Join with 'when' using the past continuous and past simple: She was sleeping. The doorbell rang. (1 marks)

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English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.