Identify the sentence with Past Perfect Continuous tense.

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...

A

Krashen's Input hypothesis

B

Swain's Output hypothesis

C

Bruner's theory of development

D

Krashen's Acquisition-Learning hypothesis

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. A system is said to be Finite Impulse Response (FIR), if the output samples of the system depend only on the present input and a finite number of past or previous input samples. 2. If the output of a system y(n) depends only on the present input and past inputs, but not on past outputs, then it is called a non-recursive system. 3. If the output of a system y(n) depends only on the present input and past inputs, but not on past outputs, then it is called a recursive system.

A

1 only

B

1 and 2 only

C

1 and 3 only

D

3 only

Rewrite the following sentence using the correct tense in simple past or past perfect of the verbs givenin the brackets:

I (play) sitar when a young lady (come) and (stand) near me. She (listen) to the music for a while and then (ask) me what raga I (play).

A

played, had come, listened, had ask, play

B

was playing, came, stood, listened, asked, was playing

C

had played, came, stand, listen, asked, had played

D

play, come, stand, listened, asked, play

Rewrite the following sentence, using the correct tense, simple past or past perfect, of the verb givenin the brackets:
As she (attend) the phone, her face (beam) with joy. She (look) thrilled. But I could not make out from herexpression what happy news she (receive).

A

attended

B

had attended

C

had been attending

D

was attending

Rewrite the following sentence using the correct tense in simple past or past perfect of the verbs givenin the brackets:

I (put) the letter in a book and (go) out to play. Next day, when I (try) to find it in order to send a reply, it (take) me at least half an hour to trace it because I (forget) in which book I (put) it in.

A

put, went, tried, took, had forgotten, had put

B

put, going, taking, forgetting, put

C

put, had gone, tried, forget, put

D

put, went, try, take, forget, put

Is the following statement true or false? If the principal clause is in past tense, then the subordinate clause must also be in the past tense.

A

False

B

True

Which of the following sentence is the correct example of "past perfect continuous tense"?

A

The train had started before I reached the station

B

We have been living here for five years

C

What was she doing In the last evening

D

At that time Shama had been writting a novel for two months

Identify the sentence with Past Perfect tense.

A

We were walking down the lane.

B

She would’ve wished him.

C

He had seen the movie already.

D

The dog had been eating all the food.

Read the given passage and answer the question that follows: Your answer to this item should be based on the passage only. Though I have discarded much of past tradition and custom, and am anxious that India should rid herself of all shackles that bind and contain her and divide her people, and suppress vast numbers of them, and prevent the free development of the body and the spirit; though I seek all this, yet I do not wish to cut myself off from that past completely. I am proud of that great inheritance that has been and is, ours and I am conscious that I too, like all of us, am a link in that unbroken chain which goes back to the dawn of history in the immemorial past of India. The author wants India to rid herself of certain past bonds because

A

he is not able to see the relevance of the past

B

there is not much to be proud of

C

he is not interested in the history of India

D

they obstruct her physical and spiritual growth

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the fouralternatives. The very ___________________ of apologizing and forgiveness _________________ the importance of memory and the vitality of the community as a link between past,present and future. It ________________ the question of the responsibility ______________ the past and its injustices. Somehow for many politicians, the past is a different country for _________________ they have no responsibility. the responsibility ______________ the past and its injustices.

A

of

B

about

C

for

D

to

Identify the sentence with Past Perfect Continuous tense.

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