Question

the goalkeeper pounced on dhyan chand and hurt him ( find the verb and state their tenses )

Answer 1

The goalkeeper pounced on Dhyan Chand and hurt him.

The verbs in the sentence are:

1.       Pounced

2.       Hurt

Both the verbs are in Past Simple Tense. We use the past simple for a complete action in the past.The form of the verb used is also the Past Simple Tense form. In India we call it second form of the verb or V2.

 

Answer 2

There are two verbs in this sentence in both parts of the sentence.

The first verb is pounced and the second verb is hurt.

Both the verbs are examples of simple past tense that is the basic form of past tense. A past tense is used to refer to actions that already took place.