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1. 1.

   Write M if the underlined verb is a main verb or A if it is an auxillary verb.

   1. My grandmother is a great singer.
   2. I have invited 15 friends for the party.
   3. They did all that was assigned to them.
   4. They were picking beans for the stew.
   5. Maggie does not like sweets.
   6. The guards have bulletproof jackets.
   7. The leopard is considered to be a shy animal.
   8. Do you recall the name of the shop?
   9. Dad does all the housework with Mom.
   10. We have driven a long way from home.
2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks with the suitable forms of the verbs be, have and do.

   1. They ________________ forgotten all they were told to be careful about.
   2. _________________ you know where I had kept my book?
   3. They ___________________ abandoned the house before the war started.
   4. Where ___________________ you working these days?
   5. The rules have ___________ broken and they will be tried before the jury.
   6. _____________________ anyone remember the route to the city?
   7. The car _________________ towed away to the workshop by a crane.
   8. Who _____________________ compering the show?
   9. On waking up I realised I ________________ been left alone in the house.
   10. The package _________________ been lying unopened since its delivery.
3. 3.

   Write questions beginning with the right forms of be, door have for the statements given below. The first one has been done for you.

   1. Scuba diving is quite safe if you follow the rules of the sport.
      Is scuba diving safe?
   2. A broken toe is the most common scuba-diving injury.
   3. Exploring shipwrecks under water is very interesting.
   4. A British scuba diver spent almost 50 hours under water.
   5. Swimming and underwater-breating apparatuses are necessary for scuba diving.
   6. People with heart problems are not advised to do scuba diving.
   7. The oxygen tank scuba divers carry has special gases.
   8. Divign suits are one piece waterproof suits.
   9. Sound travels five times faster under water.
   10. Falling coconuts kill more people than sharks under water.
4. 4.

   Underline the primary auxillaries in this passage. The first one has been done for you.

   Naveen has been our newspaper vendor for ten years. He has always delivered papers punctually at our house. One day, while he was riding his bicycle loaded with papers, he was singing merrily though it was a foggy and a very cold day. An old man, who was taking his morning walk, saw him and asked him what had made him come out so early on a day like that Naveen replied that he was going to distribute the papers and had come out early because he was pursuing his school education too. The old man had asked him next, "Do you not get tired for school?" Naveen had just smiled and answered, "It is refreshing to start one's day early when the air is fresh. Also, I am driven by the fact that I am funding my education and supporting my family."