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Practice Time 2

A. Fill in the blanks with the simple past form of the verbs given in brackets.
1. The car suddenly ___________ round the corner. (arrive)
2. The bees ___________ around the honeycomb. (buzz)
3. My friends ___________ after the relatives had left. (appear)

4. The girl slipped and ___________ her uniform. (dirty)
5. Last Christmas, we ___________ all night. (dance)
6. The teacher ___________ us an excellent documentary on animals. (show)
7. He went on stage and ___________ about pollution. (talk)
8. It was about to rain, so they ___________ to find shelter. (hurry)
9. She ___________ the guitar in a band. (play)

10. I ___________ a packet last Wednesday. (receive)
B. Rewrite the following sentences in their negative forms.
1. The minister promised to help the farmers.

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2. I received a letter last week.
Simple Tenses: Present, Past, Future
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3. She left the school last year.
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4. It rained yesterday.

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C. Rewrite the following sentences in their interrogative forms.
1. I slept soundly last night.

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2. India won the cricket World Cup.
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3. The fisherman came home in the evening.
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4. Geeta met Sheetal at the theatre.

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Let’s Learn Simple Future Tense

The simple future tense is used to talk about the events and actions that will take place in
the future.

Uses of Simple Future Tense

The simple future tense is used to:
tell what we think will happen in future. For example:

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