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After introducing "tense forms" to grade 5 students, a teacher set up a pair activity: Student A takes a piece of text in simple present tense from a book and conveys it to Student B in past tense. Student B tries to guess what the present tense would have been. Student A modifies his conversion from present to past tense if needed, repeatedly, till Student B guesses correctly. The above activity MOST closely represents...
Is the following statement true or false? Present Tense in the principal tense must be followed by present tense only.
The tense used in the below sentence is ___________ Have you read ‘Hunger games’?The tense used in the below sentence is ___________
In the following question, the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. 1. There was a lot of firing on the border. P. The security forces beefed up efforts and countered the firing. Q. The enemy faced a tough drilling from them. R. The situation at first was out of control. S. Thus, peace was restored temporarily along the adjoining areas. 6. The situation always remains tense.
In the following question some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error,  select 'No error'.  A few weeks ago, a tense number of (1)/ days passed as a cyclone of severe magnitude (2)/ threatened many regions of Gujarat. (3)/ No error (4)
In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the 'No error' option. What to make people (1)/tense is actually (2)/a mystery, which (3)/ is difficult to unfold. (4)/ No error (5)
The passive of an active tense is formed by inserting the verb ‘to be’ into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb.
If the reported speech expresses some universal truth, habit, historical incident or permanent fact, its tense does not change even when the reporting verb is in the past tense.
Which of the following changes in tense do not occur while converting to indirect speech when the principal verb is in the past tense?
Is the following statement true or false? If the reporting verb is in the present tense, the tenses of the direct speech change to future tense.