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REVISIONAL EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Name the tense of each sentence given below:
1. Atul was making lame excuses.
Ans: Past Continuous Tense
1. Atul was making lame excuses.
Ans: Past Continuous Tense
2. The headmaster fined the latecomers.
Ans: Past Indefinite Tense
3. Did the sugar ever taste bitter?
Ans: Past Indefinite Tense
Ans: Past Indefinite Tense
4. The horse had never been unfaithful to its master.
Ans: Past Perfect Tense
5. Had it not been raining cats and dogs since 1 p.m.
Ans: Past Perfect Continuous Tense
6. The rich had never helped the poor gladly.
Ans: Past Perfect Tense
7. Early men did not know how to make fire.
Ans: Past Indefinite Tense
8. The wolf was planning to devour the lamb.
Ans: Past Continuous Tense
9. The laborers had been digging the canal since January.
Ans: Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Exercise 2. Change each sentence to past continuous tense.
1. He helped me with men and money.
Ans: He was helping me with men and money.
2. We had chalked out a plan.
Ans: We were chalking out a plan.
3. She had been weeping for an hour.
Ans: She was weeping for an hour.
4. The boys bolted the classroom from inside.
Ans: The boys were bolting the classroom from inside.
📖 Chp 1. The Alphabet
📖 Chp 3. Words and Word - Groups.
📖 Chp 5. Parts of Speech
📖 Chp 4. The Subjects and the Predicat
📖 Chp 7. The Noun : Kinds and Us
📖 Chp 11. The Pronoun
📖 Chp 13. Specific Determiners
📖 Chp 14. General Determiners
📖 Chp 15. The Adjective
📖 Chp 16. Degree of Comparison
📖 Chp 17. The Verb
📖 Chp 18. The Tense
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense Part 2
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense Part 3
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense Part 4
📖 Chp 22.The Infinitive and the Imperative
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5. Porus had fought bravely against Alexander.
Ans: Porus was fighting bravely against Alexander.
6. The earth revolved around the sun.
Ans: The earth was revolving around the sun.
7. He had left for Mumbai when I reached there.
Ans: He was leaving for Mumbai when I reached there.
8. She had been singing melodious songs.
Ans: She was singing melodious songs.
9. The teacher taught a new lesson to his class.
Ans: The teacher was teaching a new lesson to his class.
Exercise 3. Change each sentence to past indefinite tense:
1. I was waiting for you at the bus stand.
Ans: I waited for you at the bus stand.
2. The old man had died on the road.
Ans: The old man died on the road.
3. Were you all doing your homework then?
Ans: Did you all do your homework then?
4. The earth had never stopped rotating like a top.
Ans: The earth never stopped rotating like a top.
5. I had been reading in this school all along.
Ans: I read in this school all along.
6. Our examination had begun on Monday.
Ans: Our examination began on Monday.
7. Had you informed him of your plan?
Ans: Did you inform him of your plan?
8. Ram had not been working hard at all.
Ans: Ram did not work hard at all.
Exercise 4. Change each sentence to past perfect tense.
1. This school always showed good results.
Ans: This school had always shown good results.
2. I did not hear what you said.
Ans: I had not heard what you had said.
3. The wall clock was striking ten.
Ans: The wall clock had struck ten.
4. My friend was doing his best to help me.
Ans: My friend had done his best to help me.
5. Did the old kady have an attack of fever?
Ans: Had the old kady had an attack of fever?
6. Ram knew that I was not telling a lie.
Ans: Ram knew that I had not told a lie.
7. We had always been speaking the truth.
Ans: We had always spoken the truth.
8. The children had never abused the beggar.
Ans: The children had never abused the beggar.
Exercise 5. Change each sentence to past perfect continuous tense:
1. You did your best to help me.
Ans: You had been doing your best to help me.
2. Did he always speak the truth?
Ans: Had he always been speaking the truth?
3. They were waiting for their friends.
Ans: They had been waiting for their friends.
4. The farmer's son had dug the field to get the treasure.
Ans: The farmer's son had been digging the field to get the treasure.
5. The bell rang daily at this time.
Ans: The bell had been ringing daily at this time.
6. The postman was delivering the mail regularly.
Ans: The postman had been delivering the mail regularly.
7. Did she smell a rat in the matter?
Ans: Had she been smelling a rat in the matter?
Exercise 6. Correct the following sentences:
1. He reached here just today.
Ans: He has reached here just today.
2. My uncle has completed this job only yesterday.
Ans: My uncle completed this job only yesterday.
3. They were waiting for us for two hours.
Ans: They had been waiting for us for two hours.
4. I had been helped him all along.
Ans: I had been helped him all along.
5. The patient died before the doctor came.
Ans: The patient had died before the doctor came.
6. The locusts were already eaten up the green field.
Ans: The locusts had already eaten up the green field.
7. The British were ruling over India since 1765.
Ans: The British had been ruling over India since 1765.
Exercise 7.
(a) What do you mean by Past Tense?
Ans: Some actions take place in the days already gone. Those actions do not have any relation with the actions taking place in the present time. In order to express those actions, we use the past tense.
(b) How many forms has the Past Tense? Name them all giving two examples of each.
Ans: The Past Tense has four kinds of forms.
1. Past Indefinite Tense
Ex: We won the match.
They broke the glass.
2. Past Continuous Tense
Ex: We were playing the game.
They were singing a song.
3. Past Perfect Tense
Ex: They had done it.
We had collected it.
4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Ex: I had been doing a job.
We had been cleaning it.
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