Question

Re-write the following using correct tenses:-
(a) It is high time they start studying seriously.
(b) She asked me yesterday if I were at home two weeks ago.
(c) My mother was a teacher for twenty years before becoming a politician.
(d) The Lucknow Express is going to leave at 0715 hrs.​

Answer 1

Answer:

We use the Past Simple tense for states and for actions:

I lived in France when I was a child. (state)

I got up early and then had a coffee. (action)

We use this tense to talk about events a long time ago and also more recent events. The important thing is that the events are in the past. For that reason we often use a time reference, such as “ago” or “last year”, for example.

Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. (distant past)

I spoke to Nigel just a minute ago. (recent past)

Answer 2

a) It was high time when they started studying seriously

b) Yesterday she asked me if I were at home a couple of weeks ago .

c)My mother had been a teacher for 20 years before becoming a politician.

d)Lucknow express will leave at 7 : 15 hours