Exercise 8. Rewrite the following passage using the simple past or the past perfect
tense of the verbs given in the brackets:
Prof Amartya Sen, who (win) the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 1998, (not initially want) to become an economist. He (want) to become a Sanskrit scholar or a mathematician. But when he (join) the Presidency College in Kolkata for higher studies, he (decide) to study Economics. As a boy of 10, he (see) a large number of people
dying during the Bengal famine and this memory (drive) him to understand the causes of poverty and starvation.
Prof Sen is closely related to education. He once (say) that he was born on a campus and it (appear) to him that he (always live) on one campus or another.
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Prof Amartya Sen, who had won the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 1998, initially didn't want to become an economist. He wanted to become a Sanskrit scholar or a mathematician. But when he joined the Presidency College in Kolkata for higher studies, he decided to study Economics. As a boy of 10, he had seen a large number of people
dying during the Bengal famine and this memory had driven him to understand the causes of poverty and starvation.
Prof Sen is closely related to education. He once said that he was born on a campus and it appeared to him that he shall always live on one campus or another.
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Answer:
Prof Amartya Sen, who had won (win) the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 1998, initially didn't want(not initially want) to become an economist. He wanted(want) to become a Sanskrit scholar or a mathematician. But when he joined(join) the Presidency College in Kolkata for higher studies, he decided(decide) to study Economics. As a boy of 10, he had seen(see) a large number of people
dying during the Bengal famine and this memory had driven(drive) him to understand the causes of poverty and starvation.
Prof Sen is closely related to education. He once said(say) that he was born on a campus and it appeared(appear) to him that he shall always live(always live) on one campus or another.