English Grammar Exercises for Class 10 (With Answers)

These exercises cover grammar topics commonly tested in Class 10 English exams (for example SSC, CBSE and similar boards). Try each section, then check the answers at the end.

A. Tenses: Fill in the Correct Form

1. He (read) the newspaper every morning.
2. Look! The children (play) in the rain.
3. I (not see) him since last year.
4. When I reached the station, the train (leave).

B. Change the Voice

5. The farmer grows rice.
6. Who wrote this letter?
7. Shut the door.

C. Change the Narration (Direct to Indirect)

8. He said, “I am busy now.”
9. She said to me, “Where do you live?”
10. The teacher said, “Be quiet.”

D. Articles and Prepositions

11. He is ___ M.A. in English.
12. ___ Padma is a big river.
13. She is fond ___ music.
14. He has been ill ___ Monday.

E. Subject-Verb Agreement and Modals

15. Each of the boys (has / have) a book.
16. You (must / might) wear a helmet when riding a motorbike. (obligation)
17. Bread and butter (is / are) my favourite breakfast.

F. Transformation of Sentences

18. He is too weak to walk. (Use so…that)
19. No other boy in the class is as tall as Rafi. (Make superlative)
20. Though he is poor, he is honest. (Make compound)

Answers

1. reads
2. are playing
3. have not seen
4. had left
5. Rice is grown by the farmer.
6. By whom was this letter written?
7. Let the door be shut.
8. He said that he was busy then.
9. She asked me where I lived.
10. The teacher told us to be quiet.
11. an (M.A. starts with a vowel sound: “em”)
12. The (names of rivers take the)
13. of
14. since
15. has
16. must
17. is (one combined idea)
18. He is so weak that he cannot walk.
19. Rafi is the tallest boy in the class.
20. He is poor, but he is honest.

Want more practice? Try our 20-question grammar quiz and review active and passive voice.