Pick out the verbs from the sentences and name their forms.
(Copy the examples). Examples: i)
Was he not playing the piano ? was playing - past continuous tense ii) He did not talk to me. did talk - simple past tense
1. My mother had been working in the garden all afternoon.
2. Had you visited Mumbai before moving here?
3. Did you attend the meeting?
4. He was running towards the car.
5. Liani did not go to the market
6. He had jumped off from a moving train.
7. Were they dancing in the hall ?
8. Had Jack been waiting for his friends for hours ?
9. We met a strange man on the street.
10. Peter was downloading some files on in laptop when I went to his room.
11. My parents bought me a bicycle for my birthday last year.
12. We had been working with him for ages.
13. David left for London yesterday.
14. Had Audrey gone shopping when her mother came home?
15. The boys were sleeping so soundly that the mother did not want to wake them.
Answers
1. My mother had been working in the garden all afternoon.
Answer : Past perfect continuous Tense
2. Had you visited Mumbai before moving here?
Answer : Past Tense.
3. Did you attend the meeting?
Answer : Present Tense.
4. He was running towards the car.
Answer : Past continuous Tense.
5. Liani did not go to the market
Answer : Present Tense.
6. He had jumped off from a moving train.
Answer : Past Perfect Tense.
7. Were they dancing in the hall ?
Answer : Past Continuous Tense.
8. Had Jack been waiting for his friends for hours ?
Answer : Present Continuous Tense.
9. We met a strange man on the street.
Answer : Past Tense.
10. Peter was downloading some files on in laptop when I went to his room.
Answer : Past continuous Tense.
11. My parents bought me a bicycle for my birthday last year.
Answer : Past Tense.
12. We had been working with him for ages.
Answer : Past Perfect continuous Tense.
13. David left for London yesterday.
Answer : Past Tense.
14. Had Audrey gone shopping when her mother came home?
Answer : Past Continuous Tense
15. The boys were sleeping so soundly that the mother did not want to wake them.
Answer : Past Continuous Tense.
Answer:
mother goes to the shop change into past continuous