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1. 1.

   Complete these sentences using the verbs in brackets in the simple present, present continuous, simple past or past continuous tenses.

   1. Jeevan Raj ________________ (wave) his bat. He looks happy.
   2. Ananya ________________ always ________________ (complain) about work.
   3. The stadium was packed and the crowd ________________ (shout).
   4. Yesterday, they ________________ (work) all day and night.
   5. The Ganga ________________ (thunder) down the mountains at Rishikesh. It was a lovely sight to see!
   6. I ________________ (act) the part of a ghost in the play last week.
   7. You ________________ (need) milk, gelatine, honey and raisins to make this ice cream.
   8. Aditi is in her room. She ________________ (try) to solve the maths sums without a calculator.
2. 2.

   Underline all the verbs in these sentences. Write F if they are finite and NF if they are non-finite.

   1. I feel very nervous when I have to make a speech.
   2. I heard him singing a melodious song.
   3. The minister knows my father.
   4. I'm afraid to cross the road on my own.
   5. The boy who lives next door broke the window pane.
   6. My mother refused to buy me a bicycle for my birthday.
3. 3.

   There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and correction.

   1. Yesterday, we read a lesson on sing birds.
   2. The police found the steal goods in a lorry.
   3. The window was swing in the wind all night.
   4. The toast was burns by the time I returned.
   5. A roll stone gathers no moss.
   6. I was shock to see him after the accident.
4. 4.

   Read the conversation and complete it by choosing the correct answers.

   Sudhir: ¹____________ you ever ____________ to a famous person?
   Mukul: Yes, I ²____________ to our Prime Minister.
   Sudhir: Oh, that must ³____________ a great experience.
   Mukul: Indeed, it was.
   Sudhir: I ⁴____________ only ____________ him once, but I ⁵____________ to him. I ⁶____________ always ____________ to though.

   1.  
      1. Have been
      2. Had spoken
      3. Have spoken
   2.  
      1. have spoken
      2. had
      3. had spoken
   3.  
      1. been
      2. have been
      3. be
   4.  
      1. have seen
      2. had seen
      3. was seen
   5.  
      1. hadn't spoken
      2. had spoken
      3. haven't spoken
   6.  
      1. had wanted
      2. have wanted
      3. have want
5. 5.

   Complete these sentences by using the past perfect forms of the verbs in the box.

   return	not do	change
   see	make	sell

   1. She looked so familiar that I thought I ____________ her before.
   2. They ____________the house before they moved cities.
   3. I saw Pramod last week. He ____________ a lot.
   4. Vineeta ____________ home when the storm broke.
   5. She cleaned the mess that the cat ____________.
   6. Anirudh was angry because I ____________ everything he had asked me to.
6. 6.

   Rearrange these words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.

   1. has given/to/my cat/of kittens/a litter/birth
   2. to walk/longer/do/have/much/we
   3. lovely/that's/sweater/a
   4. the curtains/some light/and/in/open/let
   5. a kilo/cost/thirty rupees/the tomatoes
   6. a decision/made/yet/have you