Question

once when gandhiji was in south africa, a white policemen ________(kick) him with the boots. he _________(fall) down with a thud ____________(in) the pavement and __________(lose) a couple of teeth. getting up he enquired, sir, how ________ (is) your boots? i hope nothing __________(have) happened to them.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Once when Gandhiji was in South Africa, a white policemen kicked him with the boots. He fell down with a thud and lost a couple of teeth. Getting up, he enquired," Sir, how are your boots? I hope nothing has happened to them."

• The given paragraph is in past form, so past tense is applied.
• Here, only in one case, perfect tense is being used (had/have/has), that too, present perfect.
• This is because during the dialogue, the action is being done in present.
• Some punctuations have been corrected and added as well.
• Teeth is a plural form.
• How "are" your boots, as "boots" word is plural $.$

Answer 2

⠀⠀⠀⠀Proper Question :

⠀⠀▪︎⠀⠀⠀Fill in the blanks :

⠀⠀⠀Once when gandhiji was in south africa, a white policemen ________(kick) him with the boots. he _______(fall) down with a thus ____________(in) the pavement and __________(lose) a couple of teeth. Getting up he enquired, "Sir, how ________ (is) your boots? I hope nothing __________(have) happened to them."

⠀⠀⠀AnswEr :

⠀⠀⠀Once when gandhiji was in south africa, a white policemen kicked him with the boots. he fell down with a thus on the pavement and lost a couple of teeth. Getting up he enquired, "Sir, how are your boots? i hope nothing has happened to them."

⠀⠀⠀ Let's us know how we have filled the given paragraph :

• As , The given paragraph is in past form which describe about the past what happened to them in South Africa . So , In past tense we must use the third form of verb i.e. kick = kicked , lose = lost etc.
• In the given paragraph boots are in plural that's why we have used are with the boots .
• Here we have used on the pavement because here we are talking about surface
• Here we have used has ( Present Perrfect Tense ) because this writing has been done in present .

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀MORE ⠀TO ⠀KNOW :

• About the used tense in Paragraph :

⠀⠀⠀PRESENT PERFECT TENSE :

⠀Positive :

• Sub + Has / Have + Verb Third Form

⠀Negative :

• Sub + Has / Have not + Verb Third Form

⠀Interrogative :

• Has / Have + Sub + Verb Third form