Question

Anil made money by fits and starts. (Rewrite using the past continuous and simple

present tense)​

Answer 1

Answer:

The idiom "fits and starts" mean anything that works on and off, anything that functions irregularly. So, the use of this idiom in the sentence, it means that Anil made money on and off, meaning irregularly. His source of income is fluctuating, not permanent.

Answer 2

"Anil was making money by fits and starts" will be the Past Continuous form & "Anil makes money by fits and starts" will be the Simple Present Tense form.

Tenses:

• The tense of a sentence is the time when the verb is performed or simply shows the status of the verb in a sentence.
• Now, the rule for Past Continuous Tense is that the verb will be in the Past tense form but will also contain the -ing form it.
• Here, the verb is 'made' and its past tense will still be 'made' but as we add -ing form to this verb it turns to 'making' and is accompanied by 'was' for past tense.
• Similarly, the Simple Present Tense will have the verb in present tense but that form will have 's' or 'es' depending on the plural form.
• So, the verb in the given example that is 'made' is converted to 'makes' which is the Simple present tense form.
• Lastly, both the verb forms are used in the sentence as given above.

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