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Find the Incorrect Sentences and Then Rewrite Them Correctly. Put a Tick Mark (✓)Against the Sentences that You Think Are Correct.

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Find the incorrect sentences and then rewrite them correctly. Put a tick mark (✓)against the sentences that you think are correct.
1) By 2005, the singer recorded ten albums.
2) When I got to the bank, it had closed.
3) Timothy, the tiger, had killed five calves yesterday.
4) When Rehman met Mini ten years later, she grew up into a young girl.
5) By the time we reached the airport, the flight had left.
6) We hardly went a kilometre or so when the car broke down.

True or False
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Solution

  1. By 2005, the singer had recorded ten albums.
  2. When I got to the bank, it had closed.
  3. Timothy, the tiger, killed five calves yesterday.
  4. When Rehman met Mini ten years later, she had grown up into a young girl.
  5. By the time we reached the airport, the flight had left.
  6. We had hardly gone a kilometre or so when the car broke down.
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Chapter 2: Tenses (Integrated Grammar practice 1) - Exercise D [Page 26]

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CBSE English Workbook Class 10
Chapter 2 Tenses (Integrated Grammar practice 1)
Exercise D | Q 4 | Page 26

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Now compare your answers with those of your partner and discuss the
following questions and write your observations in the given space.

a.  Is the time referred to in the sentences always the same as the tense of
the verb? What conclusion can you draw from your observation? Write
your observation below.

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b.  How have you found the tense of the verbs in the sentences above? Are
there any indicators or markers that reveal the tense of the verb? Write
your observation below.

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c.  Did you find any verb form that could be called 'future form'? (You will
learn more about the different ways of talking about future later in this
unit.)

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d.  Why do you think verb forms are often labelled as 'simple' or 'indefinite', 'progressive' or 'continuous', 'perfect' and 'perfect continuous'?

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As Susie, write a reply to Nikita's letter. Do take care to answer all the
questions Nikita has asked you. What verb forms would you like to use?
Milan
25th October, 2011
Dear Nikita

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Yours
Susie


Carefully study each of the following events or situations described in a set of three sentences/phrases. Then, write a short paragraph to describe each event/situation as shown in the example. Your paragraph should begin with the description of the second event in each case. Use the verb form had+ past participle to describe the earliest of the past events.

• Somebody burgled the office on Sunday night.

• Our arrival at work on Monday morning .

• Police informed

We arrived at work on

Monday and found that

somebody had burgled the

office the previous night. So,

we immediately informed the police.

• (I) Mayank went out with his family.

(ii) I tried to phone him this morning.

(iii) His servant answered.

I tried to phone Mayank this

morning but the servant

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• (i) Rohit returned from holiday.(ii) Jayanti met Rohit.
(iii) Went to see a film.

Jayanti met Rohit, who

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• (I) All the arrangements were finalised for the seminar.

(ii) The seminar participants arrived in Gangtok.

(iii) Met the professors from the UK the same evening.

The participants arrived in

Gangtok. They found

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Now write short paragraphs to describe the trends in the other groups of visitors featured in the graph.

• Overseas Visitors

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• Domestic Visitors

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• Total Number ofVisitors

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Tenses -Summary

Read the biodata of Sangeeta Rani Puri, India's swimming sensation. Then, complete the interview in the spaces provided. Do NOT add any extra information. Use appropriate tenses.

Natne                          : Sangeeta Rani Puri

Status                          : Non-resident Indian

Place of Birth               :  Trinidad

Place of Residence       :  USA

Parents                         : Raj Krishna Puri (Father) -fatnous  immigration   lawyer Moyna Margaret  Puri (mother) - (from Trinidad)

Achievements  records  : i) six new national records in five day (Junior National Swimming Meet, Vijaywada)
                                        ii) Senior Nationals, October 1995 (Kolkata) - Winner of seven events,  five new national 29. 02 seconds - no medal.
Future Plans                   :  I) Swimming scholarship and  training in USA
                                           ii) To represent India
                                           iii) To win an Olympic Medal.

Interviewer: Sangeeta, since you were in India for only a short while before
you flew to Atlanta, would you tell us a little about yourself?
 Sangeeta : Well, I'm an Indian and I'm proud to be one.
I: Please tell us about your parents.
S: My father ____________________
_______________________ from Trinidad.

I: Have you taken part in any of the National Championships?
S: (Very excited) Yes,_________at Vijaywada.

I: How ______________________________________________ Senior Nationals?

S: I won seven events and __________
I: How do you rate your performance in the Altanta Olympics in 1996?
S: I ___________________________ in the 50 metres freestyle. It's true that I _____________in Atlanta. But _____________________
I: Haveyou ___________________ forthefuture?
S: I in the USA. And of course I ____________for as long as possible. Also I _______________________ in the olympics.
I: Thank you, Sangeeta. I wish you all the best.
S: Thankyouverymuch.


The Dauphin will give me all I need.
(Rewrite the sentence using the present perfect tense)


Read this sentence.

M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles.

In the sentence above, the verb form “had said” in the first part is used to indicate an “earlier past.” The whole story is narrated in the past. M. Hamel’s “saying” happened earlier than the events in this story. This form of the verb is called the past perfect.

Pick out five sentences from the story with this form of verb and say why this form has been used.


Use the correct tense form of the verb given in the bracket and rewrite the sentence.

All this ________ destroyed in a few years.


Name the Tense of the Verb underlined to include Time (Past/Present/Future) and Aspect (Simple/Continuous/Perfect/Perfect Continuous).

We were designing the first Macintosh computer.


Name the Tense of the Verb underlined to include Time (Past/Present/Future) and Aspect (Simple/Continuous/Perfect/Perfect Continuous).

I have been facing death.


Change the Tense as instructed.

The dots will somehow connect. (Past Perfect)


Change the Tense as instructed.

I started the company. (Present Continuous)


Present Participle: The form of a verb, ending in ‘ing’, which is used in forming continuous tenses. For example, He is sitting here.

Present participle can also be used as an adjective. For example, He uses a walking stick.

Now, find out the ‘ing’ forms from the story and classify them into the following table.

Present Participle used as an Adjective Present Participle used as a Verb in the Continuous Tense
twinkling eyes was oozing
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  

Rewrite the sentence as per the instruction given along with it.

She simply sat there quietly.

(Rewrite the sentence in the Present Continuous Tense)


Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

Rahul finds Maths easy.

(present tense/past tense)


Read the following sentence carefully, underline the verb and find out the tense in the sentence.

He leaned out eagerly.


Frame sentences using the homograph to show the difference in their meanings:

Train


Identify the type of sentence:

What a big challenge it is!


Rewrite the sentences in present perfect tense:

I had been working for Anil for almost a month.


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