Question

B.
Fill in the blanks with correct form of verbs given in the brackets provided with each
blank. (Attempt any four out of the five blanks) :
14=4
Heavy rains caused havoc in eastern Europe. A massive heat wave
(causes/caused/will cause/shall have caused) forest fires in Portugal and Spain. Huge
(damage/damages/is damaging/will damage) were reported from all
over Europe. Many
(blame/blames/blamed/had blamed) global warming
for the disaster. But some scientists don't
(drew/drawn/draw/draws)
a direct link. Despite
(growing/grows/growing grew) consensus about
global warming, it is hard to find long term trends in rainfall that would have
directly influenced the droughts and floods.
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Answer 1

The correct verb forms in the sentences given are as follows:-

Heavy rains caused havoc in eastern Europe. A massive heatwave

caused forest fires in Portugal and Spain. Huge  damages were reported from all  over Europe. Many  had blamed global warming  for the disaster. But some scientists don't  draw  a direct link. Despite  growing consensus about

global warming, it is hard to find long term trends in rainfall that would have

directly influenced the droughts and floods.

• tense indicates the past, present and future of a verb form
• past tense indicates something that happened earlier, and not anymore
• present tense indicates something that is occurring in the current time cycle
• future tense indicates something that is yet to happen
• singular and plural indicate the amount or quantity.
• Singular is for a single object while plural is for more than one objects.