WBBSE 9th Class English Solutions – Grammar – 2 Tense and Proper Use of Verb Forms
WBBSE 9th Class English Solutions – Grammar – 2 Tense and Proper Use of Verb Forms
West Bengal Board 9th Class English Solutions – Grammar – 2 Tense and Proper Use of Verb Forms
WBBSE 9th Class English Solutions
WORKED-OUT TEXTUAL EXAMPLES
A. Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with proper verb forms:
Tales of Bhola Grandpa
1. Enquiry revealed that Bhola Grandpa ………… (take) his grandson to the festival.
Ans. Enquiry revealed that Bhola Grandpa had taken his grandson to the festival.
2. He ………… not ………. (realise) when those fingers slipped out.
Ans. He did not realise when those fingers slipped out.
3. Then someone asked Bhola Grandpa what he was …………..(grip).
Ans. Then someone asked Bhola Grandpa what he was gripping.
4. He …………. (remember) his grandson and let out a wail.
Ans. He remembered his grandson and let out a wail.
5. At this point of time, Bhola Grandpa ………… (confess) that there was no real treasure.
Ans. At this point of time, Bhola Grandpa confessed that there was no real treasure.
6. Bhola Grandpa turned and ………….. (find) the bright gaze of the tiger on his face.
Ans. Bhola Grandpa turned and found the bright gaze of the tiger on his face.
7. The tiger roared and ……………. (circle) the tree about a hundred times.
Ans. The tiger roared and circled the tree about a hundred times.
8. Then Bhola Grandpa ……….. (remember) the tiger and ……….. (look) at it.
Ans. Then Bhola Grandpa remembered the tiger and looked at it.
9. Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound and he …………… (request) to the first man he …………… (see) for some water to drink.
Ans. Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound and he requested to the first man he saw for some water to drink.
All about a Dog
1. It ………. (be) a bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of the bus the east wind ……… (cut) like a knife.
Ans. It was a bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like a knife.
2. The bus. ……….. (stop) and two women and a man ……….. (get) in together and ………. (fill) the vacant places.
Ans. The bus stopped and two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places.
3. He seemed to have a particular grievance against passengers who ……… (come) and ………. (sit) in his bus while he ………. (shiver) at the door.
Ans. He seemed to have a particular grievance against passengers who came and sat in his bus while he shivered at the door.
4. She ……….. evidently ………. (expect) the challenge and knew the reply.
Ans. She had evidently expected the challenge and knew the reply.
A Day in the Zoo
1. It…………… (be) quite another thing to …………. (own) a zoo and …………. (live) in it.
Ans. It is quite another thing to own a zoo and live in it.
2. The sky will be slightly tinged with yellow when you ………… (awake) by the birdsong.
Ans. The sky will be slightly tinged with yellow when you are awakened by the birdsong.
3. A male peahen is …………. (dance), his burnished tail ……….. (raise) like a fountain in the sunlight.
Ans. A male peahen is dancing, his burnished tail raised like a fountain the sunlight.
4. The gorillas ……….. (let out) of their cages while the cages are ……….. (clean).
Ans. The gorillas have been let out of their cages while the cages are cleaned.
5. As they ………….. (come) flooding into the grounds, everyone has to …………. (be) alert.
Ans. As they come flooding into the grounds, everyone has to be alert.
6. You ……….. (pass) slowly down the house to the big case at the end where the touracos now ……….. (live).
Ans. You pass slowly down the house to the big case at the end where the touracos now live.
B. Choose the correct alternative to identify the tense of the verbs of the following sentences:
Tales of Bhola Grandpa
1. One moonlit might, we were returning from a festival.
A. Present Continuous
B. Past Continuous
C. Present Prefect
D. Past Perfect
2. He had taken cosy shelter under a cow’s belly.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Past
C. Present Continuous
D. Past Perfect
3. The grandson was found before long.
A. Simple Past
B. Past Continuous
C. Past Perfect
D. Past Perfect Continuous
4. Once Bhola Grandpa had a great adventure in the sunderbans.
A. Simple Past
B. Past Continuous
C. Past Perfect
D. Past Perfect Continuous
5. The tiger was stretching its limbs and yawning.
A. Simple Past
B. Simple Present
C. Present Continuous
D. Past Continuous
6. Dawn broke with the cooing of doves.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Past
C. Present Perfect
D. Past Perfect
7. Grandpa could hear the tiger beating its tail on the dry leaves.
A. Past Perfect
B. Present Perfeet
C. Simple Past
D. Simple Present
8. The man had seen the tiger waiting.
A. Past Perfect
B. Past Continuous
C. Present Perfect
D. Present Continuous
9. His eighty year old wife lamented much.
A. Present Perfect
B. Past Perfect
C. Simple Past
D. Simple Present
10. The old man must have forgotten to breathe.
A. Present Perfect
B. Past Perfect
C. Future Perfect
D. Simple Past
All about a Dog
1. You must take that dog out.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Past
C. Simple Future
D. Present Perfect
2. I shall certainly do nothing of the kind.
A. Simple Present
B. B. Simple Past
C. Simple Future
D. Past Perfect
3. She had evidently expected the challenge.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Past
C. Simple Future
D. Past Perfect
4. I won’t go on the top of the bus in such weather.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Past
C. Simple Future
D. Present Perfect
5. I was travelling in a bus.
A. Future Continuous
B. Present Continuous
C. Future Perfect
D. Past Continuous
6. The conductor came in and took their fares.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Past
C. Simple Future
D. Future Perfect
7. Let’s all report him.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Past
C. Simple Future
D. Present Continuous
8. I’ll go to the top.
A. Simple Present
B. Simple Future
C. Simple Past
D. Future Perfect
9. The passengers burst out with indignant protests and appeals.
A. Simple Past
B. Simple Future
C. Simple Present
D. Past Perfect
10. The bus was emptying.
A. Future Continuous
B. Present Continuous
C. Future Perfect
D. Past Continuous
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