I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in the brackets.
1. Someone ____________ (knock) at the door.
2. Good boys ____________ (obey) their elders.
3. Water ____________ (boil) at 100°C.
4. Birds ____________ (fly) in the air.
5. I ____________ (receive) your letter yesterday
. 6. My father ____________ (leave) for Mumbai tomorrow.
7. The child ____________ (cry) because it cannot find its mother.
8. My mother ____________ (teach) in a college. She ____________ (go) there in the morning.
9. He ____________ (go) to Shimla tomorrow.
10. Thomas Edison ____________ (invent) the electric lamp in 1879.
11. The clouds ____________ (move) across the sky. 12.
Sita ____________ (talk) gently with everyone.
13. It seldom ____________ (rain) here in February.
14. The horse ____________ (gallop) across the fields.
15. When I ____________ (go) to see him, he ____________ (sleep).
16. I ____________ (attend) the meeting tomorrow.
17. Cricket ____________ (originate) in England.
18. I ____________ (try) to solve this sum.
19. He ____________ (study) hard these days.
20. I ____________ (write) a new book. I ____________ (hope) to finish it by the end of this month.
21. It was cloudy in the morning, but the sun ____________ (shine) now.
22. Our country ____________ (make) steady progress under the present government.
23. It ____________ (rain) when I left the house.
24. Don’t disturb me. I ____________ (do) my work. II
. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in the brackets.
1. Once upon a time, three thieves, who ____________ (steal) a pot of gold in a distant town ____________ (return) to their village. They ____________ (pass) through a small town when it ____________ (grow) dark. Their village ____________ (be) still a long way away. Each of them had a doubt, “____________(be) it safe to travel through the forest with all this gold?” 2. Air and water ____________ (be) necessary for life. Air ____________ (contain) oxygen which we inhale. We ____________ (release) a gas called carbon dioxide, which ____________ (consist) of carbon and oxygen. Trees ____________ (act) as our friends because under sunlight, they ____________ (break) carbon dioxide into two components and ____________ (consume) carbon which ____________ (be) the basis of the food for all the plants. 3. I ____________ (employ) a new servant, Hari. He ____________ (be) quite obedient, hardworking and submissive but sometimes, he ____________ (behave) very strangely. Last evening, I was alone. I ____________ (hear) his cries and ran towards him. He, at once, ____________ (stop) crying. He had not been actually crying, he ____________ (pretend). I ____________ (scold) him for his strange behaviour.
Answers
(1) Knocked
(2) obey
(3) boils
(4) fly
(5) received
(6) will leave
(7) cries
(8) teaches
(9) will go
(10) invented
(11) move
(12) talks
(13) rains
(14) gallops
(15)went, was sleeping
(16) shall attend
(17) originated
(18) try
(19) is studying
(20) am writing,hope
(21) shines
(22) makes
(23) rained
(24) should do
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II:-
(1) had stolen, returned, passed, had grown, was, is
(2) are, contains, release, consists, act, break, consume, is
(3) employed, was, behaved, was hearing, stopped, was pretending, scolded
Hope it's correct …
Answer:
(1) Knocked
(2) obey
(3) boils
(4) fly
(5) received
(6) will leave
(7) cries
(8) teaches
(9) will go
(10) invented
(11) move
(12) talks
(13) rains
(14) gallops
(15)went, was sleeping
(16) shall attend
(17) originated
(18) try
(19) is studying
(20) am writing, hope
(21) shines
(22) makes
(23) rained
(24) should do
Explanation:
I:- 1. Someone knocked at the door.
2. Good boys obey their elders.
3. Water boils at 100° C.
4. Birds fly in the air.
5. I received your letter yesterday.
6. My father will leave for Mumbai tomorrow.
7. The child cries because it cannot find its mother.
8. My mother teaches in a college.
9. He will go to Shimla tomorrow.
10. Thomas Edison invented the electric lamp in 1879.
11. The clouds move across the sky.
12. Sita talks gently with everyone.
13. It seldom rains here in February.
14. The horse gallops across the fields.
15. When I went to see him, he was sleeping.
16. I shall attend the meeting tomorrow.
17. Cricket originated in England.
18. I try to solve this sum.
19. He is studying hard these days.
20. I am writing a new book. I hope to finish it by the end of this month.
21. It was cloudy in the morning, but the sun shines now.
22. Our country makes steady progress under the present government.
23. It rained when I left the house.
24. Don’t disturb me. I should do my work.
II:- 1. Once upon a time, three thieves, who had stolen a pot of gold in a distant town, returned to their village. They passed through a small town when it had grown dark. Their village was still a long way away. Each of them had a doubt, "is it safe to travel through the forest with all this gold"?
2. Air and water are necessary for life. Air contains oxygen, which we inhale. We release a gas called carbon dioxide, which consists of carbon and oxygen. Trees act as our friends because, under sunlight, they break carbon dioxide into two components and consume carbon, which is the basis of the food for all the plants.
3. I employed a new servant, Hari. He was quite obedient, hard-working and submissive, but sometimes, he behaved very strangely. Last evening, I was alone. I heard his cries and ran towards him. He, at once, stopped crying. He had not been actually crying, he was pretending. I scolded him for his strange behaviour.
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