Question

Point out the verbs and tenses in the following sentences.

1. I had seen them in the shops and knew that they were horribly expensive.

2. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds.

3. Well I am good at cooking and other household work too.

4. They had come with high hopes in the miracles of modern science.

5. I did not pay attention to the music after it began.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Past perfect tense

2) Present continuous tense

3)Present tense

4) Past perfect tense

5)

Answer 2

Answers are underlined with their tenses below:

1. I had seen (past perfect tense) them in the shops and knew (simple past tense) that they were horribly expensive.

2. Her eyes were shining (past continuous tense) brilliantly, but her face had lost (past perfect tense) its color within twenty seconds.

3. Well I am (simple present tense) good at cooking and other household work too.

4. They had come (past perfect tense tense) with high hopes in the miracles of modern science.

5. I did (simple past tense) not pay attention to the music after it began (simple past tense).​

• Present tense is used for representing things happening in the present.
• Past tense is used for narrating about events that took place in the past.
• Simple, continuous and perfect are used to specify the point in time within these time frames.

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