Question

Filling the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets
1.I.........(know) that you would reject my offer
2.She said nothing when I..........(ask) that what her problem ...........(be)
3. They .......(sleep)when burglars broke into their home
4.I asked where he ........(be)going
5.Ever sjnce I ........(leave)kerala in 2002 , I .........(live) in Mumbai

Answer 1

Answer:

1. I knew that you would suggest my offer.
2. She said nothing when I asked that what her problem was.
3. They were sleeping when burglars broke into their homes.
4. I asked where he was going.
5. Ever since I left Kerala in 2002, I lived in Mumbai.

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The tense used in the above sentences is past tense.

Some types of past tense:-

• Simple past
• Past continuous
• Present perfect
• Past perfect
• Present perfect continuous
• Past perfect continuous

Examples of the types of past tense:-

• Simple past

We saw a suspense movie last night.

• Past continuous

I was getting ready to go to the concert.

• Present perfect

Have you heard from your father ?

• Past perfect

We had hoped that most of the guests would come.

• Present perfect continuous

It has been raining for fifteen minutes.

• Past perfect continuous

The worried parents had been consulting specialists for at least two months.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1) I knew that you would suggest my offer.

2) She said nothing when I asked that what her problem was.

3) They were sleeping when burglars broke into their homes.

4) I asked where he was going.

5) Ever since I left Kerala in 2002, I lived in Mumbai.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• The words like 'knew, asked, was, we're sleeping, left, lived' refers past tense.

What is past tense?

• Past tense is a type of tense which refers the things, movements or the matter which had done already.

Example:

• Yesterday I asked few questions to my teacher.

• Last week I left from pune.

• I was playing cricket an hour before.

Tense:

• There are three main tense in English Grammer the three tense, in each three tense there are more 4 tense.

Three main tense are as follows:

• Past tense.

• Present tense.

• Future tense.

• These types are just like 'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow'.

• Past tense refers the things which have already happed.

• Present tense refers the things which is happening.

• Future tense refers the things which is going to happen.