Question

Read the following conversation and complete the passage given below. (1X3=3M)

Akash : “What are you doing here? I haven’t seen you since January.

Anand : I’ve just come back from my holiday in Pachmarhi.

Akash : Did you enjoy it?

Anand : I love Pachmarhi. And the place is so beautiful.Akash asked Anand (i) ……………………………. And he said he (ii)…………………………. …since

January. Anand explained that he had just come back from his holiday in Pachmarhi. Akash wondered

(iii)………………………………… . Anand told him that she loved Pachmarhi and the place was so

beautiful.

(i)

(a) what he is doing there (b) what he was doing here

(c) what he was doing there (d) what was he doing there

(ii)

(a) had not seen him (b) did not see him

(c) has not seen him

(d) is not seen him

(iii) (a) if he enjoyed it (b) if he enjoyed that

(c)

if he had enjoyed it (d) if he had enjoyed that​

Answer 1

Answer: i) b

ii) a

iii) c

Explanation:

Answer 2

The answers to fill in the blanks are as follows:-

(i) what was he doing there (d)

(ii) had not seen him (a)

(iii) if he had enjoyed it (c)

• The verb 'was doing' is in past continuous tense and denotes an action that was being carried out in the past.
• In the second part, 'had not seen' is in past perfect tense.
• And the verb 'had enjoyed' is also in past perfect tense.