Question

b. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs.
Our day used to start with the family ___________(huddle) around my Mother’s chulha – an earthen fire place she would build at each place of posting where she would cook for the family. There ________(be) neither gas, nor electrical stoves. The morning routine___________(start) with tea. As the brew was served, Father would ask us to read aloud the editorial page of The Statesman’s ‘muffosil’ edition –___________(deliver) one day late.We __________(be) not understand much of what we were reading. But the ritual was meant for us to know that the world was larger than Koraput district and the English I speak today, despite having studied in an Oriya medium school, has to do with that routine.After___________ (read) the newspaper aloud, we were told to fold it neatly.Father____________ (teach) us a simple lesson.

Answer 1

Answer:

huddling,has been , started, has delivered, have been , reading , have teaches

Answer 2

Fill in the blanks:

Our day used to start with the family huddling around my Mother’s chulha – an earthen fire place she would build at each place of posting where she would cook for the family. There had been neither gas, nor electrical stoves. The morning routine started with tea. As the brew was served, Father would ask us to read aloud the editorial page of The Statesman’s ‘muffosil’ edition delivered one day late. We were not understand much of what we were reading. But the ritual was meant for us to know that the world was larger than Koraput district and the English I speak today, despite having studied in an Oriya medium school, has to do with that routine. After reading the newspaper aloud, we were told to fold it neatly. Father taught us a simple lesson.

Explanation:

• The verbs are used to define the action of the subject. The action may take place in the past, present or future time.
• The time reference is implemented in the verb using tenses. In English, there are 12 types of tenses.
• In the given passages, the action of the subject is playing in the past time. Thus, the verb is defined in the past tense.