Q2: Rewrite the following news report using the simple past or the past perfect tense.
The disastrous storm Aila (destroy) all that the villagers (build) throughout their lives. The cyclone (hit)
west Bengal on Monday, May 25 2009. at 1:30 pm, leaving more than 100,000 affected. The cyclone
(begin) to weaken by the evening. Rising waters (cut) of many villages in the Sunderbans. The Chief
Minister (request) the Union Finance Minister to deploy the army for rescue operations.
3. Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of verbs given in brackets
Answers
Answer-
Rule for Simple Past Tense: Subject + Second form of Verb + Object
Example: I ate a cake.
Subject- I
Verb- ate (Second form of eat)
Object- a cake
Rule for Past Perfect Tense: Subject + Had + Third form of Verb + Object
Example: I had eaten a cake.
Subject- I
Verb- had eaten
Object- a cake
Question: Rewrite the following news report using the simple past or the past perfect tense.
Answer:
The disastrous storm Aila destroyed all that the villagers had built throughout their lives. The cyclone had hit West Bengal on Monday, May 25 2009. at 1:30 pm, leaving more than 100,000 affected. The cyclone had begun to weaken by the evening. Rising waters cut of many villages in the Sunder bans. The Chief Minister requested the Union Finance Minister to deploy the army for rescue operations.
Answer: The disastrous storm Alia destroyed all that the villagers had built throughout their lives. The cyclone had hit West Bengal on Monday, May 25,2009, at 1:30 p.m, leaving more than 1,00,000 people affected. The cyclone had begun to weaken by the evening. Raising waters cut off many villages in the Sunderbans. The chief minister requested the union finance minister to deploy the army for rescue operations. The Finance Minister of the state reported that the government called in the Army and the Border Security Force to lend a hand to the local administration in relief operations. Tidal waves triggered by the storm in the Bay of Bengal damaged thousands of houses in Bangladesh. Bangladesh officials said that the storm killed at least seven people. My friends who arrived in India just the day before, donated some money for the victims.
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