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blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.

One has
A. Fill in the
been done for you.
1. I ate pizza for dinner last night. (eat)
(bring)
2. Nandita oi bing your bag to school tomorrow.
3. Grandma every afternoon. (sleep)
4. Maring wrl vit us next month. (visit)
5. | C ne early to school this morning. (come)
6. They acted very well in the drama last night. (act)
7. Reema wl wn your notebook tomorrow. (return)
8. My friends and|ok toschool every day. (walk)
9. My parents mOmy teacher on Saturday. (meet)
customer. (return)
10. The shopkeeper_tuhod_the balance amount to the

Past continuous tense


Read this sentence.
The cat is drinking milk.
The verb is drinking tells us that the action is happening
right now.
Now read these sentences.
The cat was drinking milk when the dog attacked it
from behind.
The child was playing the video game before the bell rang.
They were laughing when they heard their neighbour shout for help.
Theclothes were washing in the machine while we were watching TV.
The verbs in these sentences are in the past continuous tense. They tell us about
actions happening at a particular time in the past.

The past continuous tense is used when we talk about things that
were happening at a particular time in the past.

For the past continuous tense, we use was/were + a verb that ends in -ing.
For example,
was + drinking = was drinking
was + playing = was playing
were + laughing = were laughing
were + washing = were washing

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happeningat present. Rewrite
2 Given below are sentences that describe things
these sentences in the past continuous tense.
1. They are playing football.

2. Grandfather is sleeping.

3.
Cradtatersas
Iam
reading
slespiog
my
favourite comic.
Iwas
4. He is cooking my favourite meal.
He ws
5. She is eating a homemade lunch.
She wo
tatiag a hemepma de Lunehe
6. My cousins are planning a road trip for the weekend.

Simple future tense


Let's revise the simple future tense. Read these sentences.
" Kids will swim in the pool tomorrow.
" Iwill drink milk in the evening.
Uncle Paul will visit us next month.
She willcook soup in the evening.
We will make a doll house on the weekend.
The verbs in these sentences are in the simple future tense. They tell us about
actions that are likely to take place in the future.

The simple future tense is used when we talk about things that will
happen at a particular time in the future.

For the simple future tense, we use will + verb. For example,
will + swim = will swim
will + drink = will drink
will+ visit = willvisit
will + cook = will cook
" will + make = will make
C. Given beloW are sentences in the present tense. Rewrite these sentences in the
simple future tense using the words given in brackets.
1. lam studying. (tonight)

2.
Lehall sludy tonighi
We are going to Paris. (next year)

3. Daddy washes my uniform. (this evening)

4. Riya is playing football. (next Monday)

5. He is meeting Reend and Shabana. (next month)


Ho wll mut oUng Cuha shang hoxt nmontb
6. They are going to the market. (on Saturday)
Ta will go nthessakat on Sadunday
@Up the ladder
D. This is a picture of a street taken last evening. Fill in the blanks to show what
was happening at that time.

SHOP BUS STOP SALON

1. Two women ut0tdling with each other.


2. Two men blxe Stan dingat the shop.
3. Some people wms waitingpt the bus stop.
4. Abarber wan wQnkng salon.
5. Anewspaper vendor AsRhhewspapers.
E. Match the sentences to thetenses of theverbs used in
them.
A
B
1, We are
learning tenses. Wa) simple present
2. We learnt tenses. (2) b) simple past
3. We will learn tenses. )c) present continuous
4. We learn tenses. (5 d) past continuous
5. We were learning tenses. e) simple future

F. Fillin the blanks with the past


qiven in brackets. One has beencontinuous
or simple future forms of the verbs
done for you.
1. My uncle will win_the contest. (win)
2. We shalvisit Chennai next
month. (visit)
3. 18hall coplete
my homework by tonight. (complete)
4. I6hal! help my mother clean the house in the evening. (help)
5. The boys wreladin the th park when it started to rain. (play)
6. John was stuateat night when the lights
went out. (study)
7. Rose will bake achocolate cake for
her friends tomorrow. (bake)
8. The lamp bunat the window
even though it was windy. (burn)
9. The dogs w 2leepon the footpath
when the children scared them. (sleep)
10. The painterrwil)
finishpainting
the walls of my room by end of the
week. (finish)

G. Complete these sentences with ideas of your own.


1. Yesterday, I studd mathy cnd tzench
2. Right now, ICLn do.ng grcmMen bcok usonk
3. Tomorrow, I.Shal go to schoo)
4. Every day, Ibush my teth
5. They were laying ite and walo

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