Exercise 8
In the sentences given below supply the suitable tense form of the verbsgiven in brackets:
1. I (always have) trouble with my car these days.
2. I hope it (not rain) when the bride (leave) the mandap tomorrow.
3. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock (strike) twelve, I(wait) here three-quarters of an hour.
4. When we (go) to see them yesterday evening, they were (play) chess; they(say) they (play) since five o’ clock.
5. Mother ( just go) to the market:Karan ( see) her just now in the New Market as he (come) home from school.
6. You forever (misunderstand) what (explain) to you ! Why do you ( not listen) while I ( speak) to you.
7. By the end of last year Raina ( read ) four Wordsworth poems, and by the next year he ( read) two more.
8. Raina is worried about her impending marriage. She ( wish) she (can) get out of it, but simply cannot.
9. When I grew old I often (think)of all the things I ( do) when I (be) young.
10. This is the second time you have (break)a cup; you ( break) one yesterday. The last servant ( never break ) anything, but you have (break) half the things in the house.
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