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Read the following sentences and change their tense as directed.

1. He did his work with diligence. (Change into future perfect.)

2. I will not allow this to happen. (Simple past)

3. He is riding a horse. (Future continuous)

4. He helps his father in his work. (Simple past)

5. Most people want peace. (Simple past)

6. He has just returned. (Future perfect tense)

7. I ran as fast as I could. (Future continuous)

8. Will you be visiting this place? (Present continuous)

9. He had never lived alone. (Present perfect)

10. We want to ensure that there will be no scarcity of food and drinks. (Simple past)

11. She did not know anything. (Simple present)

12. He earns a six figure salary. (Present perfect continuous)

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1. He will have done his work with diligence.

2. I would not allow this to happen.

3. He will be riding a horse.

4. He helped his father in his work.

5. Most people wanted peace.

6. He will have just returned.

7. I will run as fast as I can.

8. Are you visiting this place?

9. He has never lived alone.

10. We wanted to ensure that there would be no scarcity of food and drinks.

11. She does not know anything.

12. He has been earning a six figure salary.

Rewrite the following sentences using the tense indicated in the brackets.
1. He will do his work with diligence. (Simple present)
2. I followed his instructions. (Simple future)
3. That will be interesting. (Present continuous)
4. I will not allow this to happen. (Simple past)
5. My trip to the USA was successful. (Simple present)
6. He worked very hard. (Future continuous)
7. I will never raise any demand. (Present perfect)
8. He walked out of the room without looking at anybody. (Simple future)
9. He is crying at the top of his voice. (Past perfect)
10. Great deeds were never done by small men. (Simple present)
11. I will never have betrayed my country. (Simple future)
12. John broke his leg. (Present perfect)
13. I know it is not the right thing to do. (Simple past)
14. We buy vegetables from the market. (Present perfect)
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1. He does his work with diligence.
2. I will follow his instructions.
3. This is interesting.
4. I did not allow this to happen.
5. My trip to the USA is successful.
6. He will be working very hard.
7. I have never raised any demand.
8. He will walk out of the room without looking at anybody.
9. He had been crying at the top of his voice.
10. Great deeds are never done by small men.
11. I will never betray my country.
12. John has broken his leg.
13. I knew it was not the right thing to do.
14. We have bought vegetables from the market.
Question - Change the sentences as directed in the bracket.
*Raju was a ten year old boy. (Present simple)
*Seema goes to the party. (Past continuous)
*He runs very fast. ( Present Interrogative)
*They didn't make mistakes. (Past Interrogative and Negative )
*Soma has given me a pen (past negative )
*Sheela finished her homework. (Present Perfect )
*Is Rahul singing a song. (Present simple negative )
* Mohandas writes a story. ( Simple past)
* Boys played cricket (present continuous )
* Sony gave me a pen.( present perfect)
* Rahman finishes his work in time.( Simple past)
* Was Gopal parking his car ?( present negative) *A Magic was an art, (Present simple)
*My father bought four tickets for us. (Past interrogative)
*Tickets rate were as given. (Present interrogative)
*The light of the hall were switch off .(present perfect)
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Difficult sentences:
*Next he balanced the girl on the tip of the sword. (Past perfect)
*It is far away from the dust, noise and smoke.( Past simple)
*There are fifty seven teachers in the school.
(past simple)
*They are all highly qualified. (Present interrogative)
*They take care of our health. (present perfect)
*The Principal of our school keeps the school compound clean (present continuous)
*He does not allow students to attend school in dirty clothes. (past simple)
*We are taught honesty. (past perfect)
*Every student has to take part on debates every Saturday. (present simple)
*We are proud of our school. (past simple
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Answers !
*Raju is a ten year old boy. (Present simple)
*Seema was going to the party. (Past continuous)
*Does he run very fast. ( Present Interrogative)
*Did they not make mistakes. (Past Interrogative )
*Soma didn't give me a pen (past negative )
*Sheela has finished her homework. (Present Perfect )
*Rahul does not sing a song. (Present simple negative )
* Mohandas wrote a story. ( Simple past)
* Boys are playing cricket (present continuous )
* Sony has given me a pen.( present perfect)
* Rahman finished his work in time.( Simple past)
* Gopal doesn't park his car ?( present negative) *A Magic is an art, (Present simple)
*Did my father buy four tickets for us. (Past interrogative)
*Are tickets rate as given. (Present interrogative)
*The light of the hall has switched off .(present perfect)

Answer of Difficult sentences:


*Next he had balanced the girl on the tip of the sword.
*It was far away from the dust, noise and smoke.
*There were fifty seven teachers in the school.
* Are they all highly qualified.
*They have taken care of our health.
*The Principal of our school is keeping the school compound clean.
*He allowed students to attend school in dirty clothes.
*We had been taught honesty.
*Every student takes part on debates every Saturday.
*We were proud of our school.

In the following sentences change the verbs into their corresponding past tenses.

1. John visits his parents every week.


2. The wind blows furiously.
3. The boy stands on the burning deck.
4. She looks beautiful.
5. She sings very well indeed.
6. The womans voice shakes with emotion.
7. He bears a grudge against his landlord.
8. He feels sorry for his ignorance.
9. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln hangs on the wall.
10. He wears away his youth in trifles.
11. The boy runs down the street at top speed.
12. The books lie scattered on the floor.
13. She lays her books on the table.
14. They bid me farewell.
15. The coward lies in order to escape punishment.
16. What strikes me is the originality of the writer.
17. The kite flies gaily into the air.
18. They get along fairly well.
19. In a fit of fury, she tears up the letter.
20. I know him for an American.

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1. John visited his parents every week.
2. The wind blew furiously.
3. The boy stood on the burning deck.
4. She looked beautiful.
5. She sang very well indeed.
6. The womans voice shook with emotion.
7. He bore a grudge against his landlord.
8. He felt sorry for his ignorance.
9. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln hung on the wall.
10. He wore away his youth in trifles.
11. The boy ran down the street at top speed.
12. The books lay scattered on the floor.
13. She laid her books on the table.
14. They bade me farewell.
15. The coward lied in order to escape punishment.
16. What struck me is the generosity of the writer.
17. The kite flew gaily into the air.
18. They got along fairly well.
19. In a fit of fury, she tore up the letter.
20. I knew him for an American.
1. The students play with the toys.(Past Tense)
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2. The sun shone brightly.(Present Tense)
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3. My mother goes to the market. ( Future Tense)
Ans: _______________________________
4. They will go to the party this evening.( Future Continuous)
Ans: _______________________________
5. My sister wakes up at 60 clock. ( Past Tense)
Ans: _______________________________
6. I bought a computer.( Future Tense)
Ans: _______________________________
7. I will go to the market next week.( Future Continuous)
Ans: _______________________________
8. The teacher taught me a new lesson.( Past Continuous)
Ans: _______________________________
9. Raman is going for a movie.( Present Tense)
Ans: _______________________________
10. My sister won dance competition. ( Future Tense)
Ans: _______________________________
11. The children eat their food. ( Future Tense)
Ans: _______________________________
12. The school started at 6.00 am. ( Present Tense) _____________________________
13. I will leave home by evening. ( Past Tense) _______________________________
14.
The boy read the chapters. ( Present Continuous Tense) __________________
15. The old man walked across the road. (Past Continuous)

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