Do you remember the difference in the tenses? Now, identify the sentences that have been written
in the present and future tense.
1. My grandmother loved to narrate the story of Ram and Ravan to me when I was young.
2. I used to listen eagerly to her.
3. I would eagerly wait for the next day to come.
4. I enjoyed the storytelling sessions with my grandmother very much.
5. I don’t know if I will be able to entertain my grandchild in the same way.
6. Most probably I will not have many stories to tell or my grandchild will not be interested in .
listening to stories.
7. I was exhausted.
8. It was a very tiring journey.
9. I had a tiring journey
Answers
Answer:
1. My grandmother loved to narrate the story of Ram and Ravan to me when I was young.
-----------> Past Indefinite Tense.
2. I used to listen eagerly to her.
-----------> Past Indefinite Tense.
3. I would eagerly wait for the next day to come.
-----------> Past Indefinite Tense.
4. I enjoyed the storytelling sessions with my grandmother very much.
-----------> Past Indefinite Tense.
5. I don’t know if I will be able to entertain my grandchild in the same way.
-----------> Present Indefinite Tense.
6. Most probably I will not have many stories to tell or my grandchild will not be interested in listening to stories.
-----------> Future Indefinite Tense.
7. I was exhausted.
-----------> Past Indefinite Tense.
8. It was a very tiring journey.
-----------> Past Indefinite Tense.
9. I had a tiring journey.
-----------> Past Indefinite Tense.
Explanation:
I just tried these as I understood them.
Hope it will help you somewhere.
Explanation:
rakshi will u say the all answer
My grandmother loved to narrate the story of Ram and Ravan to me when I was young.
2. I used to listen eagerly to her.
3. She always left off the story at an interesting point, and said “I will tell you what happened
after that tomorrow”.
4. I would eagerly wait for the next day to come.
5. The next day I would pester her to tell me what happens next.
6. I enjoyed the storytelling sessions with my grandmother very much.
7. I don’t know if I will be able to entertain my grandchild in the same way.
8. Most probably I will not have many stories to tell or my grandchild will not be interested in
listening to stories.
9. But I can surely say that telling stories helps to expand a child’s imagination in a way that no
other thing does.
10. I was exhausted.
11. It was a very tiring journey.
12. I had a tiring journey.
13. The journey exhausted me