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She hs beeu eatiug
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I hawe eaten I havebee eatiu
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She has gaseu thed baaktadk
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I had eten she waseatingh&3he had bean eatiuer
L ived in |beakalt bALakast beakakt
She ha eaten 7 ene eatiug 1 had ben eauu
uekmow wy bheskast ttw bhcaklalt: bueak ast

fuTueE whaL+aza bWiu[shall+ iu hallt bts Veluoiushallthae& been

hawett Vekbiwq
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shall ive_l have cabeyw
bhtak|akt I shol bee aatng
bheakakt U hShe ibueakakt
e awe
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etuokuou hey ul kave e uu be eai wtl bowe been.etig
Ou baealdast0out buakeat
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 Since' is used for a
specific point of time
since 2010, etc. like, since last Tuesday, since 6 o'clock,
"For is used for
vague periods of time like, for hours, for months, for a long time, etc,
Structure of present perfect continuous tense
Positive Form Negative Form Interrogative Form
I/You/We/They have been I/You/We/They have not been Have 1/you/we/they been
reading it. reading it. reading it?

He/She/It has been reading it. He/She/It has not been

Has he/she/it been
reading it. reading it?

F Fill in the blanks with the

2notiobros
simple present forms of the verbs given in the brackets.
1. My sister...AMA.
abroad. (live)
2. Peter. JAIOKka.... in factory. (work) a

3. I..A... best in the

morning. (work)
4. I a.at..dsk. coffee in the morning. (not/drink)
5. Nobody. ke dishonest people. (like)
6. Birds .Ake. their nests in trees. (make)
7. My father..2R6..
. for a walk in the morning. (go)
8. ...... ... flowers
2.w.. in spring? (bloom)
G Fill in the blanks with the present continuous forms of the verbs
given in the brackets.
1. I
m..42. France this summer. (go)
2.
Martin...h.APRs.. in his garage. (work)
3. Susie
A..Amng.. to school today. (come)
4. Dan
A.MPk..2AkkKg.. Christmas cakes this year. (not/baking)
5.
What....... we.. WI... for breakfast? (have)
6. Sana and Shahina A..Rkag... important project. (work)
on an

7. ..... . .
he..ComKa. w i t h us to the movies? (come)
8. .. you ...

RAYN...... your uncle tomorrow? (meet)

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 HFill in the blanks with the present perfect forms of the verbs given in the bract

1. I kawe.noto etoday. (not/work)

2. School at ot stekelyet.. (not/start)
3. We ewe.kevg a new lamp. (buy)
4. He a.wnitte five letters to Juliet. (write)
5. No, he k.et.aew his dinner yet. (not/eat)
6. Where.A.. you90 .? (go)
7 . . H . he ..poktm.. to his boss? (speak)
8. Hay... you ...eee.. at school the whole day? (be)

I Fill in the blanks with the correct options.

1. How long for?
(a) are you waiting ( have you been waiting (C) have you waited
2. It ... Since yesterday.
(a) is raining (b) rained c has been raining
3. Who.... i n my bed?
(a) am sleeping (bhas been sleeping (c) have been sleeping
4. We in this locality for twenty years.
(a) are living (have been living (c) live
5. He. .. in the garden since morning.
(a) is working has been working (c) work
6. The girl ... .. her lessons since last evening.
has been learning (b) have been learning (c) had been learning
7. I... this laptop for three years noW.
(a) am using (b) use have been using
8. You look tired. 'Yes, I ...
around all day!'
(a) am running have been running (c) has been running

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 D Past Perfect Tense
Thepast perfect tense is used to show an action that took place in the past
before another action began.

We use past perfect tense:o ng o 20 slep ot pniu alos e

to describe an action that was completed at
I had just finished my homework when
some point in the past before another action
began. (Usually the completed action takes the guests arrived.
the past perfect form while the action that H e had cleaned his room before he
began takes the simple past form.) went out.

with such verbs as hope, expect, think, mean, I had hoped to win the race.
suppose, want, etc., to indicate that a past They had thought of meeting us but they
hope, wish or intention was not realised. cancelled the plan as it was raining.

Structure of past perfect tense

Positive Form I/You/He/She/It/We/They had worked till 10 pm.

Negative Form I/You/He/She/It/We/They had not worked till 10 pm.

Interrogative Form Had I/you/he/she/it/we/they worked till 10 pm?

E Write the sentences given below using the simple past tense.
Moht boke the vV&d She woe ue late
1. Mohit/the vase/break 2. She/late/wake up
WL buned th2 eish i t ooo in plate
3. The dish/burn/we 4. /all the food/in my plat/eat
hneya Lotkel the alos
5. Shreya/the door/lock, 6.RaviaDo Paenls
h ann in the ponsl da
7. They/in the pond/swim/yesterday 8. /live/Delhi/in/with my parents
iK tha Kewsalo, She Lem me am umbkella
9. Mini/the Kabuliwala/know 10. She/me an umbrella/lend

F Fill negative and interrogative forms of simple past tense.

in the blanks with the
in Shimla?
Priya: Pid yo.ane.. (you/have) a nice holiday
much.
Satish: Yes, we had a great time but I da.aAt.shRp.. (not/shop)
What 49hew.ea4. (you/enjoy) the most in Shimla?
Priya:
Satish: I..0.e.... (love) walking on the Mall Road. It ....0

(be) always crowded but it . . . A A . . . . (has) a lively atmosphere.

 Priya: Well, that's nice! What else ai.yau.... (youde) do there?
atish: IAkea.... (rest), ....eek...... (take) long walks
and
pend... (spend) some great time with my family.

i l in the blanks using the simple past or past continuous forms of the verbs giv
in the brackets.

1. Wt pou lockerg(you/look) for me, Nandini?

2.WAL hu eatcknghe/watch) the news when it happened?
3. While you wue.playp. (play) in the garden, I kA.WAkp (work).

4. Meerawew adeug (hot/listen) to me so I sodkd.. (scold) her.

5. I 42RA.kuskiny (brush) my teeth when the door bell ..a m g . (ring).
6. The lights . M u . . (go) out when I auainsg.. (do) my homework.
7. Do tell howt.yeuplaufyou/plan) to get there in thirty-five minutes
mere

8. Dad ee. dauking. (drink) tea when the newspaper boy ..&:teud.... (arrive)
9. While they.ie0tkst(work) in the backyard, someone..knoke.... (break
into the house.
10. Manish and Anil # seeuv (whisper) amongst themselves whenI
AL..... (enter) the room.
H Fill in the blanks using the past perfect forms of the verbs given in the brackets.
1. She bad. nat ielden(not/ride)
horse before that day.
a

2. He had.apt.been. (not/be) to Cape Town before 1997.

3. The waiter brought a drink that I bad.net. hdosoknot/order).
4. My brother ate all of the cake that Mum had.kaked.. (bake).
5. The waves destroyed the sandcastle that we hed..kaA lt... (build).
6. t4ad. be. colled. (he/call) Kavita before he went to see her in London?
7. The doctor took off the plaster that he .4d.Cast... (cast) six weeks ago.
8. She had. ahendafdo/already) her homework, when she went out to
play.
9. I could not remember the poem we haa. Hani. (learn) the week before.
10. The children collected the chestnuts that had. alle.
(fall) from the tree.
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D hll in the blanks using the simple future forms of the verbs given
the brackets.
1. The bus
wedtpank. (depart) soon.
2. I promise that I shalk..ca... (call) you soon.
3. He ..be... (be) back from work by 9 pm.
4. I Shat.play. (play) tennis at 6 am tomorrow.
5. We ShalUL.ct.. (meet) the principal later in the day.
6. Your plants . d . . . (die) if you do not water them.
7. We Shal. stant. (start) reading Shakespeare's Hamlet tomorrow.
8. You iu.uet.necad(not/need) your cell phone for the next few days.

Fill in the blanks with will going to.

E or

1. Look! They are g m . . . wash the car.

2. Watch out! You are Aoiu.o.. hurt yourself.

3. It's starting to snow. I .... . . . wear my coat.
4. It's 5 o'clock already. We ... . miss the bus
5. My friends are 9 u g . . stay in tonight. It is raining.
6. Would you like tea or coffee? I . u m . . . have coffee.
7. If you don't stop bullying her, I tell the teacher.
8. I don't think they.... .. spend their holidays by the sea again.
9. Dorji is always late. I'm sure he is . f e . . . . . be late tomorrow, too.
10. What are your plans for the weekend? I am..9..10... watch a movie.

Rewrite the following sentences using the future continuous tense.

J uul be twnkna u Ube toun wut u
1. I will think of vou. 2. She will com with us.
oloy wiu bvoa.kaua Soo +he wu lae attediny the cou nce
3. The baby will walk,soon.0 4. He willl
Ovotu You be doig tis wu vg? e plame uattend u bethe'conterence.
Leavingat 3cloek
5. What willyou dothisevening?, 6. The plane will leave at 3 o'clock.,
T wil beleauug a d tim 1womov0
Sumier oaM uuu be staul n
7. I wjll leave at this time tomorrow. 8. Summer term will start on Apil
He wau be Hins olwMbalo AL M m hou be g0 Scuwba duvith
9. He will reach COmbatore in an hour. 10. Thiey will qé scWba diving this summe

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