Question

1. When evening (come), it (get) dark.
2. We (come) to this town in 1975 and (live) here ever since.
3. When I (be) a boy, I (live) with my parents.
4. Mr Jha (go) out at 8 o'clock and (not return) yet.
5. If water (freeze), it (turn) to ice.
6. She (not write) to me since last Holi.
7. Newspapers (tell) us about events that (happen) in all parts of the world.
8. The use of the present continuous tense (tell) us that an action (be) incomplete.
9. Electricity (light) our house and (drive) our machinery.
10. Somebody (steal) my purse yesterday. Fortunately, there (not be) much money
in it.
11. 1 (wash) my hand when the bell (ring).
12. Yesterday I (get) up at 5 a.m. and (study) for five hours.
13. This year Mukul (start) to learn Sanskrit. Rajeev (start) last year.
14. We (sit) at the table yesterday evening when the children (come) home.
15. She (not understand) what you (mean).
16. Reena (take) the exam, four times and (fail) every time.
17. I just (hear) that my mother (be) taken ill suddenly.
18. If you (go) to the doctor, you must (pay).
19. My father sometimes (go) to the market but my mother (not go).
20. What you (do) when the light (go) out half an hour ago.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. comes, gets

2. came, lived

3. was, lived

4. went, hasn't returned

5. freezes, turns

6. hasn't written

7. tells, happens

8. tells, is

9. lights, drives

10. stole, was not

Explanation:

11. washed, rang

12. got, studied

13. stared, started

14. sat, came

15. did not understood, meant

16. took, failed

17. heared, was

18. go, pay

19. went, did not

20. did, went