Read the conversation and complete the statements below: Carl: Good morning, Molly. It is a long time since I saw you in town. Are you staying long? Molly: No, Carl. I only came up on business for a few hours, and hope to get back home this evening. Carl: Why don’t you stay for a […]
Indirect speech (beginners)-2
Change the following to indirect speech: She said to her friends, “Your problem is not as grave as mine.” The boss said to Hemant, “Until you learn to value time you cannot achieve success.” Peter said to Sam, “I ate at this restaurant yesterday.” The beggar said to me, “I have not eaten for many […]
Tenses-7 (Beginners)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of tenses: (simple present/past/future or present/past continuous) My aunt who ____________ (live) in Singapore __________________ (arrive) tonight. We ___________________ (go) to receive her at the airport. When there is no teacher in the class, the students ____________ (talk) and ____________ (run) about in and out. However, some _____________ […]
Introducing Verbs
There are two classes of verbs in English. The auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) like to be, to have and to do, may, can, might, could etc. All other verbs which denote actions are the main verbs (ordinary verbs) like to sing, to play, to look, to work etc. to be, to have and to do […]
Tenses-6 (Beginners)
Choose the correct option to fill the blanks: The train _____________________ through a tunnel while I was looking out of the window. (pass/passes/passed) He ____________________ over me as I bent down to pick my pen. (was jumping/jumps/jumped) Snow covered mountain peaks in Shimla _______________ beautiful in winters. (look/looks/are looking) My friends and I ______________________ for […]