Question

Exercise- 1 Fill in the blanks with the Past Form of the verbs given in the brackets -
1. In the olden days, children
(treat) their elders with great respect.
2. In 1980, we
(leave) India to settle down in Canada.
3. American planes continually
(bomb) Taliban positions in Afghanistan
4. He
(take) early retirement from the army and
(start) a
publishing firm in Delhi.
5. Kailash
(try) to persuade his brother to give up his bad habits.
6. Why
(don't) you stop the boy from throwing stones at people
on the road?
7. We
(look) everywhere but
(not) find
our little puppy
(do) you go to the new showroom opened by Marks and Spencers yesterday?
9. Last night, 1
(has) a shock when 1
(find) my
car missing.
10. The smoke
(sting) my eyes and I
(can't see where I
(be) going​

Answer 1

Answer: 1. Used to treat

2.left

3.bombed

4.took,started

5.tried

6.didn't

7.looked,didn't find

8.did

9.had,found

10.stinged,was

Explanation:

Answer 2

1. In the older days, children treated their elders with great respect.
2. In 1980, we left India to settle down in Canada.
3. American planes continuously bombed Taliban positions in Afghanistan.
4. He took early retirement from the army and started a publishing firm in Delhi.
5. Kailash tried to persuade his brother to give up his bad habits.
6. Why didn't you stop the boy from throwing stones at people on the road?
7. We looked everywhere but could not find our little puppy.
8. Did you go to the new showroom opened by Marks and Spencers yesterday?
9. Last night I had a shock when I found my car was missing.
10. The smoke stung my eyes and I could not see where I was going.

In the above solution, we see the usage of the simple past tense.

• Tenses are words that signify or portray the time or tenure of an activity, event, or phenomenon.

For example, It rained yesterday. Here, the word 'rained' is in the simple past tense.

• By this, we understand that the phenomenon or event that is being spoken about has already ended and thus, is in the past.

• Thus, we understand that the action that is being spoken about in the question has already taken place and thus, is in the past.