Verb forms Examples from PUC 1 Text Book

Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the verb given in each bracket.

Note : First try and then see the answers

Example - 1.

The Goddess stood before me. Her tresses.......... (be) wild, her eyes.............. .... ( gleam) with a strange light; she ................ (carry) a sword in her hand. She ........ .......(have , splash) her forehead with vermilion.

Example - 2

Babar Ali actually .......... ( start) his school at the age of nine ! His school............. (grow ) out of a game. We ........... (use) to play school- school. My friends........... ............ ................... ( have , never, see ) the inside of a school

Example - 3

It was a very busy restaurant. The owner __________ (give) a loud guffaw startling every one around. He ________ ( catch ) me by the lapels of my coat and shaking me _______ (cry) “This trick won’t work here. Put the money down and __________ (go) or else I’ll gouge your eyes out".

Example - 4.

This creeper has small leaves resembling betel leaves and ............ (bear ) fruits in a bunch like grapes. Immediately after the rains these plants ................ ( Come ) up, flower very quickly and ............ (die). After that no one .............. ( see ) this creeper for many months.

Example - 5

1). In the late nineteenth century the chief European powers __________ ( divide) Africa among themselves. They ______ ( can) do this because European arms were superior to Africans’ and the African chiefs did not understand the meaning of the treaties they _________ (be + ask) to sign. As a result, Africans _______ (lose) the lands they ________ (have, live) on and cultivated.

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ANSWERS Ex 1 to 5

Ex1 - were, gleamed, carried, had flashed

Ex 2 - started, grew, used, had never seen

Ex 3 - gave, caught, cried, go

Ex 4 - bears, come, die, sees

Ex 5 - divided, could, were asked, lost, had lived

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6) I stayed in that city in a very small, dingy room. I __________ ( Carry on ) a profession there. I _____ ( teach) some migrant labourers to write addresses in English. learning to write address in English __________ (be + consider ) as a great education there. You must have ___________ ( see) people writing addresses at the post office.

7) I rose from my bed and ______( go ) out. My lord, Veda _________ ( be + thunder) down the mountain ; the wind __________ ( shake) the earth. I went to the edge of the water ; the waves ________ ( rise) to man’s height and ________ ( hammer) at the bank.

8) The man, seeing what his friend had done to him, ___________ ( start) grumbling. The animals in the nearby jungle _______ ( hear ) the noise and ________ ( come ) to see what _______ ( be ) the matter. All ______ ( stand) around listening to the heated argument.

9) The elephant_________( get) busy with other ministers to appoint the commission of inquiry. The following elders of the jungle __________( be + appoint ). The members of the commission ( be + choose) by God to look after the interests of other races.

10 ) The commission__________( sit) to take evidence. The RT. Hon. Mr elephant elephant ___________ ( be + first + call). He __________ (come) with superior air.

Ex 6 - carried on, taught, was considered, seen

Ex 7 - went, was thundering, shook, raised, hammered

Ex 8 - started, heard, came, was, stood.

Ex 9 - got, were appointed, were chosen.

Ex 10 - sat, was first called, came.

Once we ............... ( be + erect) a bamboo frame for such a shade and we needed something with which we ........... (can) tie the cane pieces placed across the frame. So, we .............. ( send) Sanna to get some creepers from the forest. He .......... ( bring ) a whole bundle.

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