UNDERSTANDING TENSES WITH VERB ‘EAT’
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
SIMPLE I/WE/THEY /YOU /HE /SHE I /WE/THEY/YOU EAT I WILL /WE WILL/THEY WILL /YOU
ATE SHE /HE EATS WILL /HE WILL /SHE WILL EAT
CONTINUOUS I WAS/HE WAS/SHE WAS I AM EATING I WILL BE /WE WILL BE/THEY WILL
EATING/WE WERE /THEY WE ARE /THEY ARE/YOU BE /YOU WILL BE /SHE WILL BE
WERE /YOU WERE EATING/ ARE EATING /HE WILL BE EATING
SHE IS /HE IS EATING
PERFECT I HAD /WE HAD /THEY HAD I HAVE/ WE HAVE /THEY I WILL HAVE/WE WILL HAVE/THEY
/YOU HAD /HE HAD /SHE HAVE /YOU HAVE EATEN WILL HAVE/YOU WILL HAVE/HE
HAD EATEN SHE HAS /HE HAS EATEN WILL HAVE /SHE WILL HAVE
EATEN
PERFECT CONTINUOUS I HAD BEEN/WE HAD I HAVE BEEN/WE HAVE I WILL HAVE BEEN/WE WILL HAVE
BEEN/THEY HAD BEEN/YOU BEEN/THEY HAVE BEEN/THEY WILL HAVE BEEN/YOU
HAD BEEN/SHE HAD BEEN/YOU HAVE BEEN WILL HAVE BEEN/SHE WILL HAVE
BEEN/HE HAD BEEN EATING BEEN/HE WILL HAVE BEEN
EATING HE HAS BEEN/SHE HAS EATING
BEEN EATING
WORKSHEET 1
• Fill in with correct form of the verbs:
1. She _______ (look) at the books and comfortably _________(settle) on
the couch, ______ (sip) fresh coffee.
2. It is time you _______ (take) your career more seriously.
3. By the time I ________ (finish) my class, my soup ______(go) cold.
4. India is ________(undergo) the worst water crisis in history, the
government _____(announce) recently. By 2030, water availability will be
half what India _______(need). The government _________ (quote)
predictions that up to 6% of GDP could be _______(lose) to extreme water
scarcity. Put another way, millions of Indians could be _________ (sicken)
by contaminated water.
5. Kerala ___________ (bounce back) after the state ________ (suffer)
through floods.
WORKSHEET 2
1. Andy and Mary ___________________ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They
____________________________ (look forward to) it the whole week.
2. I _____ (use) to ski when I was at the university but I ____ (break) a leg five
years ago and since then I ________ (not ski) any more.
3. An accident ______ (happen) near my house last night. A car ____ (hit) a young
man. He ______ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly ______
(open) a car door. Many people ____ (see) the accident. The
police_______(interrogate) them last night.
4. They had been ______(stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager
(tell) them that there were no more tickets.
5. Alan _____ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver ____ (lose)
control of his car because ________ (fall) asleep.
CONCORD
Concord means Subject – Verb agreement
Rule 1: The verb and subject must agree in number
e.g. if subject is singular, verb is singular – she writes in her diary
If subject is plural, verb is plural – they write in their diary
Rule 2: be careful when there are words/phrases in between subject and verb.
e.g. One of the criminals is/are guilty.
Rule 3: when subjects are joined by ‘and’ the verb is plural
e.g. The brother and sister are returning from school.
Rule 4: when subjects are joined by either/or, neither/nor, then verb is according to
second subject
e.g. Either he or his brothers is/are walking slowly.
Rule 5: when subjects are joined by ‘along with’ the verb is according to the first
subject
e.g. He along with his parents was going to the club.
They along with him were going to the club.
Rule 6: in sentences with sums of money, distances, periods of time are used as a
unit, the verb is singular
e.g. 500 rupees is a small amount.
The minimum retirement age is 65 years.
10 kilometres walk is too good for weight loss.
Rule 7: when we have words like ‘a lot of’, ‘all of’, ‘some of’, note the noun after ‘of’,
if singular verb is singular, if plural verb is plural
e.g. All of the cake is finished/ Some of the cake is finished/A lot of cake is finished.
All of the cakes are finished/ Some of the cakes are finished/A lot of cakes are
finished.
Rule 8: Nouns such as ‘Mathematics’, ‘English’, ‘news’ etc. are singular and use
singular verbs.
e.g. English is not easy to pass. The news is alarming.
Rule 9: in sentences with a wish we use ‘were’ and not ‘was’
e.g. I wish we were able to take offline classes.
Rule 10: when subjects are joined with ‘as well as’ the verb is according to the first
subject.
e.g. They as well as their child were present in the auditorium.
She as well as her sisters is playing with her dolls.
Choose the correct subject verb combinations in the sentences below:
1. Most of the milk is/are gone.
2. The lady in the red dress is/are a thief.
3. Either Ritesh or Madhav is/are absent.
4. Geography is/are my favourite subject.
5. The captain along with his crew was/were drowned.
6. Neither she nor her sisters has/have ever learnt swimming.
7. A dictionary and an atlas is/are missing from the library.
8. The leaders as well as the follower belong/belongs to the same village.
9. A lot of trees was/were uprooted in the storm.
10. 600 rupees is/are not a big amount for the online course.
11. Neither I nor he was/were there.
12. Some of the cares was/were stolen from the mall.
13. One of the bananas is/are rotten.
14. There was/were 15 toffees in the box. Now there is/are only 5 left.
15. The committee debate/debates about the finances monthly.
16. The committee members debate/debates about the finances monthly.
17. The Prime Minister, along with his cabinet is/are flying to Delhi.
18. Either answer is/are acceptable.
19. One of the students is/are going to France for training.
20. Daisy do not/does not know the answer to this question.
21. I wish I was/were 6 feet tall.
22. The jury was/were not convinced.
23. The number of martyrs is/are recorded in the register.
24. None of them was/were able to solve the problem.
25. A pair of trousers is/are torn.
