Question

The water of rivers and seas (a) (pollute) all over the world as various dangerous chemicals and biological wastes (b) (pour) into it. Mills and factories (c) (discharge) very harmful waste into many rivers and sea. The water of the Ganges flowing by the side of both Varanasi and Kolkata is extremely polluted and (d) (contain) all sorts of dangerous bacteria. It is really very strange and laughable that large number of Indians (e) (regard) this water as holy. They (f) (drink) this water for salvation for thousands of years. There is no doubt that the fish that grow in such waters are poisonous too.




(a) (i) is being polluted (ii) pollute
(iii) polluted (iv) have polluted

(b) (i) had been poured (ii) is being poured
(iii) are poured (iv) was poured

(c) (i) has discharged (ii) discharge
(iii) had discharged (iv) discharged

(d) (i) contains (ii) contained
(iii) to contain (iv) is containing

(e) (i) having regarded (ii) have regarded
(iii) regard (iv) are regarding

(f) (i) have been drinking (ii) drank
(iii) are drinking (iv) drink

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) (iv) have polluted

(b) (ii) is being poured

(c)(ii) discharge

(d)(i) contains

(e)(iii) regard

(f)(iv) drink

thankss

Answer 2

The water of rivers and seas is being polluted all over the world as various dangerous chemicals and biological wastes are poured into it. Mills and factories discharge very harmful waste into many rivers and sea. The water of the Ganges flowing by the side of both Varanasi and Kolkata is extremely polluted and contains all sorts of dangerous bacteria. It is really very strange and laughable that large number of Indians have regarded this water as holy. They have been drinking this water for salvation for thousands of years. There is no doubt that the fish that grow in such waters are poisonous too.

• The given paragraph had to be filled up with correct form of tense of the verbs given in the bracket.
• The various types of tenses are listed below: present simple, present continuous, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous and future perfect continuous,