Question

Rewrite the passage in the past tense. Use appropriate past tense forms of the verbs.

I think that it is time we take a stand on the issue of environmental
pollution in our village. The threat of irreparable damage has been there
for a while. The factories are pouring their pollutants into the local river.
The water is being used for bathing, drinking and other domestic purposes.
There has been a massive fall in the availability of clean drinking water.
Some pro-environmental campaigns have been spreading greater awareness
in the village but much remains to be done.

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Answer 1

Answer:

I thought that it was time we took a stand on the issue of environmental pollution in our village. The threat of irreparable damage was there for a while .The factories poured their pollutants into the local river. The water had been used for bathing, drinking and other domestic purposes . There was a massive fall in the availability of clean drinking water. Some pro- environmental campaigns had spread greater awareness in the village but much remains to be done.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

The words in bold in the passage are replaced with past tense. Past tense states any event that has already occured.

Explanation:.

• I think that it was time we took a stand on the issue of environmental
  pollution in our village.
• The threat of irreparable damage had been there
  for a while.
• The factories were pouring their pollutants into the local river.
• The water is being used for bathing, drinking and other domestic purposes.
• There had been a massive fall in the availability of clean drinking water.
• Some pro-environmental campaigns had been spreading greater awareness in the village but much remained to be done.