Grammar Ch.24 The Past Tense

 

24. The Past Tense

1. Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verbs given in the brackets.

a. Mother went to the theatre yesterday evening. (go)

b. Smita found a school bag in the garden. (find)

c. The villagers lit a fire and danced around it. (light)

d. The cat lapped a bowl full of milk. (lap)

e. Mohan broke the crystal vase. (break)

f. I walked more than two kilometres today. (walk)

2. Answer the questions with the help of words given in the bracket. The first one is done for you as an example.

Ans.

b. I bought fruits from the market.

c. I cleaned the car yesterday.

d. I spoke to Ayush.

e. I hid the present under the bed.

 

3. Fill in the blanks with a suitable helping verb that shows a past action.

a) Last night, I was gazing at the stars shining in the sky. (was/were)

b) He was writing a letter to his aunt yesterday. (was/were)

c) We were laughing at the puppies’ pranks in the park. (was/were)

d) The women was plucking tea leaves in the tea garden. (was/were)

e) The children were sleeping at 10 p.m. (was/were)

4. Change the following sentences from present continuous tense to past continuous tense. The first one has been done for you as an example.

a) I am reading an interesting story.

I was reading an interesting story.

b) Julien is carving a wooden table.

Juliet was carving a wooden table.

c) The soldiers are marching bravely.

The soldiers were marching bravely.

d) My pet bulbul is flying around the room.

My pet bulbul was flying around the room.

e) We are playing cricket near the school.

We were playing cricket near the school.

5. Complete the paragraph with the suitable past tense form of the verbs given in the brackets.

Last evening, the people of Gaya were (was/were) busy doing various things. Some children were making (make) paper boats to sail in the puddles. The miller was grinding (grind) the corn. A lady was buying (buy) a kilo of apples at the market. The milkmaid was milking (milk) her cow but the cow kicked the pail. Few carpenters were sawing (saw) the logs when it began raining heavily.