Question

1.4 Grammar :
(i) His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before.
(Choose the correct tense)
(a) Present perfect tense
(lb) Past perfect tense
(c) Future perfect tense
(d) Simple past tense
(ii) He failed to muster up courage to take that plunge.
(Make it negative sentence)​

Answer 1

Answer:

past perfect tense

Explanation:

Had mentioned in sentence

Answer 2

(i) The sentence is past perfect tense. (ii) He could not muster up the courage to take that plunge.

(i) The sentence is past perfect tense

• Since the term had already flown is used thus it is past perfect tense.
• This tense is utilised to demonstrate an action that was finished prior to another.
• In the given sentence, the brother and sister had already flown a day prior.
• Thus, the correct tense is past perfect tense.

(ii) He could not muster up the courage to take that plunge.

• Generally, the sentences are converted into negative sentences by adding the no word.
• In the given sentence, he failed showing that the action could not be completed or the task he was trying to do was not done.
• Could is employed as an auxiliary verb in this context, and the word not is added after it to create a negative phrase without altering its meaning.
• Thus, the correct sentence is - He could not muster up the courage to take that plunge.

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