TENSES

Underline the incorrect verb form and write the correct verb form in simple
past tense in the blank at the end of each sentence-

A farmer placing nets on his newly sown plough lands ___________

and catching a number of cranes, _______________

which come to pick up his seed. _________________

With them he trap a stork that had fractured his leg in the net _________
and am earnestly beseeching the farmer to spare his life. ___________
‘Pray save me, Master,’ he say, “and let me go free this once. ________

My broken limb should excite your pity ________. Besides, I am no crane, I

am a stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and slave for
my father and mother. Look too, at my feathers- they are not the least like
those of a crane.”

The farmer laugh aloud and say __________________, ______________

“It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these
robbers, the cranes, and you must die in their company.”

Moral: Birds of a feather flock together.

Read the passage and answer the questions given below-

It is expected that India, in its INDC (Intended Nationally Determined

Contribution), will focus more on its renewable energy goal and its
emphasis on efficient use of energy. The targets through INDCs by all
countries will be the basis of a global climate deal which is expected to be
signed in Paris in December.

The Prime Minister during a meeting, for the grounding of INDC, also
called for a careful evaluation of all the initiatives that have been taken by
India in its preparation towards meeting the challenge of climate change. It
includes initiatives in solar energy, wind energy, biomass energy and public
transportation projects that have reduced distances or travel times.
1).Mention the types of tense used for the following and explain how you
identified the type of tense-

i). It is expected - _________________________________________.

ii)…… will focus - _________________________________________.

iii) ….that have been taken by India…- ________________________

________________________________________________________.

iv)It includes initiatives in solar energy, wind energy,…….-

_______________________________________________________.

v). ….that have reduced distances or travel times. - ______________

_______________________________________________________ .

Read the following passage –

Go ahead, give your kids pizza. Just maybe not so much of it. A new study
found that American kids take in more calories, fat and salt on days they eat
pizza. That's not necessarily because it's worse than a burger. It has a lot to
do with the way pizza lends itself to snacking - and overindulging.

When pizza was on the menu, kids ages 2 to 11 years consumed 84 more
calories and 134 more milligrams of sodium than on days they didn't eat the
food, while teens took in an extra 230 calories and 484 milligrams of
sodium, research published an American Newspaper showed.

Now answer the questions in SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE -

Q1. Whom does the above passage talk about?

Ans. ________________________________________________________

Q2. How much more calories does kids get when they consume pizza?

Ans. ________________________________________________________

Q3. What age group of children are taken for the research study?
Ans. _______________________________________________________

Q3. Change the given words in following tense forms:-

VERB PRESENT TENSE PRESENT PERFECT

Found- _________________ ______________________

Consumed- _________________ ______________________

Did - _________________ ______________________

Published - _________________ ______________________

Read the following passage-

Now a day government is the biggest means of earning and every person
wants to be a government servant so that he / she would have all the
present - time luxuries without shedding much of sweat. This leads the
public servants to think about their own wellness and welfare. A step further
are our politicians, who are usually followed by those who procure jobs in
the government offices. Motivation to grab money flows from the office of
the elected minister and continues till the peon of the government's office.

From the above passage find the tenses of VERBS mentioned below-

1. Wants- ______________________ 3. Leads - ______________

2. Elected - _____________________ 4. Followed- ____________

Change the following verbs in given tense forms:-

VERB SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST PERFECT TENSE

1) Think ________________ ____________________

2)Continue ________________ ____________________

3) Motivate ________________ ____________________

4) Grab ________________ ____________________

Read the following passage carefully and underline the verbs-

We people vote and select a candidate seeing his/her capability. But these
partisans do not even think of valuing the vote and the voters. The
manifesto gets presented by them before elections. The scenario becomes
like - 'we hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to lead us’.

Now rewrite the passage using simple future tense form of the underlined
verbs wherever appropriate:-

We people will vote __________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________.

Read the sentences and answer the questions given after each of them :-

1. Raj assumes that the number of readers of this book will increase soon.
Q1. Raj’s assumption is presented in which tense?

Ans. ______________________________________________________.

Q2. What does the simple future tense is about?

Ans. _____________________________________________________

2.The actor was not available for his comment about his new film.

Q1. Availability of the actor is written in which tense?

Ans. _____________________________________________________
Q2. Change the above sentence in future tense.
Ans. _____________________________________________________

3.Children get hold of language at an amazing rate.

Q1. Change the above sentence in past perfect tense.
Ans. ________________________________________________________
Q2. What difference do we find in the given sentence and the one you have
framed?
Ans. _______________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
Q3. Frame a sentence using ‘to amaze’ verb in past perfect form.
Ans. ________________________________________________________

4 Raman assists me in my household chores.

Q1 Change the above sentence in past perfect tense.

Ans. _______________________________________________________

Q2. Change the sentence in question in past perfect continuous tense.

Ans. _____________________________________________________

5. Dhiraj seems to be an amiable child.

Q1. Name the tense of the sentence.

Ans. ______________________________________________________

Q2. Change the above sentence in future perfect continuous.

Ans. ______________________________________________________