Question

Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive:
1. It's a big company. Four hundred people .......... (employ) there.
2. Water ........ (cover) most of the Earth's surface.
3. Most of the Earth's surface .... .... (cover) by water.
4. The park gates ...................... (lock) at 7 p.m. daily.
5. The letter ............ (post) a week ago and it ...................... (arrive) yesterday.
6. The boat ............. (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody ...................... (rescue).
7. Raman's parents ...................... (die) when he was very young. He and his sister
........ (bring) up by their grandparents.
8. I was born in Mumbai but I............... (grow) up in Delhi.
9. While I was on holiday, my camera
(steal) from my hotel room.
10. While I was on holiday, my camera
.... (disappear) from my hotel room.
11. Why ....... (Sita / resign) from her job?
12. Why
(Sohan / sack) from his job?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. are employed there

2. water covers

3. is covered

4. locks

5. was posted , it was arrived

6. was sinking , was rescued

7. died, were brought

8. grew

9. was stolen

10. disappeared

1 1. did sita resign

12. was sohan sacked

Answer 2

Completed sentences with the correct form of the verb are as follows:

1. It's a big company. Four hundred people are employed there.

2. Water covers most of the Earth's surface.

3. Most of the Earth's surface is covered by water.

4. The park gates lock at 7 p.m. daily.

5. The letter was posted a week ago and it arrived yesterday.

6. The boat sank quickly but fortunately everybody was rescued.

7. Raman's parents died when he was very young. He and his sister were brought up by their grandparents.

8. I was born in Mumbai but I grew up in Delhi.

9. While I was on holiday, my camera was stolen from my hotel room.

10. While I was on holiday, my camera disappeared from my hotel room.

11. Why did Sita resign from her job?

12. Why was Sohan sacked from his job?​

Simple present tense:

• One of the verb tenses connected to the present tense in contemporary English is the simple present, present simple, or present indefinite.

• Although it also encodes specific information regarding aspects in addition to the present time, it is more often referred to as a tense.

• To describe someone's routine acts or habits is one of the times the simple present tense is used in a sentence.
• Before going to school, Raj eats bread and butter.
• Every day, Emma watches cartoons.
• Every night before bed, Izzy sips milk.

Simple past tense:

• You can tell that you are talking about a past event by using the simple past tense.
• The past simple tense stresses that the action is over, in contrast to the past continuous tense, which is used to discuss past events that happened across time.

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