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
All the correct forms of verbs are given below.
1. Someone is knocking 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 is crying because it cannot find its mother.
8. My mother teaches in a college. She goes there in the morning.
9. He will go to Shimla tomorrow.
10. Thomas Edison invented the electric lamp in 1879.
11. The clouds are moving 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 will attend the meeting tomorrow.
17. Cricket originated in England.
18. I am trying 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 is shining now.
22. Our country will make steady progress under the present government.
23. It was raining when I left the house.
24. Don’t disturb me. I am doing my work.
1. Once upon a time, three thieves, who stole a pot of gold in a distant town were returning to their village. They passed through a small town when it was growing dark. Their village was still a long way away. Each of them had a doubt, “would it be 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, hardworking, 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 pretended. I scolded him for his strange behavior.
Answer:
knocked 1
Explanation:
use forms of verb in it