Question

Q1. (B) Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of verbs in the brackets. (paragraph) [2.5]Once

upon a time there ________ (be) a boy who _________ (like) to draw things. He ___________ (draw) picture

with sticks and stones. He __________ (not like) using sticks and stones but he ________ (be) too poor to

buy a pencil.
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Answer 1

Once upon a time there was a boy who liked to draw things. He drew picture with sticks and stones. He did not like using sticks and stones but he was too poor to buy a pencil.

Extra Information:

As the passage starts with the phrase Once upon time, we can clearly understand that the incident is of the past. Therefore, we have to use the past form of the verbs in all the slots. Given below is the present and past forms of the verbs mentioned:

be - am/are/is, was/were

like - like/likes, liked

draw - draw/draws, drew

not like (already in negative form) - not like, did not like

Past tense:

The past form of verbs help us to denote actions or incidents that took place in the recent past. Regular verbs have the past tense ending with -ed while irregular verbs have their own corresponding past tense.

Answer 2

Question:-

upon a time there ________ (be) a boy who _________ (like) to draw things. He ___________ (draw) picture

with sticks and stones. He __________ (not like) using sticks and stones but he ________ (be) too poor to

Answer:-

upon a time there Was a boy who Likes to draw things. He drew picture with sticks and stones. He didn't like using sticks and stones but he was too poor to buy a pencil

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