Question

yesterday I (a) _____ (try) to take notes while the teacher(b) _______ (explain)a. topic in the class. since she (c) _______ (not speak) loudly, it (d) _____(be) difficult to hear, especially as some of the students behind me (e)______(talk) and (f) ____(laugh) most of the time. I(g) _____(feel) disturbed and (h)_____(decide) to sit in the first row.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) tried

(b)was explaining

(c)was not speaking

(d) was

(e)were talking

(f)laughing

(g) felt

(h) decided

Answer 2

Yesterday I was trying to take notes while the teacher was explaining a topic in the class. She was not speaking loudly, it was difficult to hear, especially as some of the students behind me were talking and laughing most of the time. I felt disturbed and decided to sit in the first row.

In the above solution, the words that are in bold and underlined, are verbs in different tenses.

• Tenses are words that signify or portray the time or tenure of an activity, event, or phenomenon.
• For example, It rained yesterday. Here, the word 'rained' is in the simple past tense.
• By this, we understand that the phenomenon or event that is being spoken about has already ended and thus, is in the past.

The event that has been spoken about above, is in the past. Therefore, we see the usage of the past continuous tense and the simple past tense as well.