Exercise 5
Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past Tense of the verbs given in brackets:
1. Ajay ______ up early this morning. (get)
2. There ______ no milk in the refrigerator. (be)
3. She ______ an apron before washing the dishes. (wear)
4. I ______ a strange sound in the night. (hear)
5. My sister ______ an old man on the way. (meet)
Exercise 6
Fill in the blanks with the Past Continuous Tense of the verbs given in brackets:
1. My cousins ______ a greeting card for their mother. (select)
2. Thambi ______ his dinner himself. (cook)
3. Janet ______ the race due to her lack of speed. (lose)
4. The men ______ the window panes. (clean)
5. He ______ hungry. (feel)
Exercise 7
Fill in the blanks with the Past Perfect Tense of the verbs given in brackets:
1. Abdul ______ the wrong road by mistake. (choose)
2. He ______ me the picture earlier. (show)
3. The Principal ______ a good speech in the morning. (give)
4. The man ______ the truth. (speak)
5. My son ______ a letter to his grandfather. (write)
Exercise 8
Fill in the blanks with the Past Perfect Continuous Tense of the verbs given in brackets:
1. I ______ her some advice in the past. (give)
2. My mother ______ vegetables from that shop. (buy)
3. The lady ______ cakes since last Christmas. (sell)
4. Prasad ______ for a baby girl. (wish)
5. He ______ at his watch for quite sometime. (look)
Answer (2)
Let's work on filling in the blanks with the appropriate tense.
Exercise 5: Simple Past Tense
Ajay got up early this morning. (get)
The simple past tense of "get" is "got."
There was no milk in the refrigerator. (be)
"Was" is the simple past tense of "is" or "are" when referring to singular.
She wore an apron before washing the dishes. (wear)
The past tense of "wear" is "wore."
I heard a strange sound in the night. (hear)
The past tense of "hear" is "heard."
My sister met an old man on the way. (meet)
The past tense of "meet" is "met."
Exercise 6: Past Continuous Tense
My cousins were selecting a greeting card for their mother. (select)
Past continuous tense is formed with "was/were" + verb ending in -ing.
Thambi was cooking his dinner himself. (cook)
"Was cooking" indicates a continuous action in the past.
Janet was losing the race due to her lack of speed. (lose)
"Was losing" shows an ongoing action during a past time.
The men were cleaning the window panes. (clean)
"Were cleaning" is used to show the continuous past action.
He was feeling hungry. (feel)
"Was feeling" indicates the state of being ongoing in the past.
Exercise 7: Past Perfect Tense
Abdul had chosen the wrong road by mistake. (choose)
Past perfect is formed with "had" + past participle.
He had shown me the picture earlier. (show)
"Had shown" is the past perfect tense.
The Principal had given a good speech in the morning. (give)
"Had given" is used to describe an action before another past action.
The man had spoken the truth. (speak)
"Had spoken" is a completed action in the past.
My son had written a letter to his grandfather. (write)
"Had written" indicates the action was completed in the past.
Exercise 8: Past Perfect Continuous Tense
I had been giving her some advice in the past. (give)
Past perfect continuous is formed with "had been" + verb ending in -ing.
My mother had been buying vegetables from that shop. (buy)
Shows ongoing past action when something else happened.
The lady had been selling cakes since last Christmas. (sell)
Reflects a continuous action from a point in the past.
Prasad had been wishing for a baby girl. (wish)
Indicates continuous action from past.
He had been looking at his watch for quite some time. (look)
Shows an ongoing action over a duration in the past.
The exercises focus on filling in the blanks with the correct past tenses: Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, and Past Perfect Continuous. Each tense has specific rules that dictate how the verbs change to fit their forms. Understanding these tenses helps in accurately describing actions that occurred in the past.
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