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h The simple present tense–used to talk about something that is true now,

something that happens regularly or something that is always true.
h The simple past tense–used to talk about something that happened in the past

and is finished.

h The present continuous tense–used to talk about something that is happening
now and is not finished.
h The past continuous tense–used to talk about something that was happening at

some point of time in the past.

h The future time–used to talk about something that is going to happen in the
future.

A. Complete these sentences with the correct forms of the words in the brackets.

1. Wait at the shop. We there in an hour. (reach)
2. Shourya and Sonali with their pug when the doorbell rang. (play)

3. The batsman is the crease now. (leave)

4. We to the library every Monday. (go)

5. My elder brother a new car last week. (buy)

6. Manya in the school play last month. (perform)
B. Rewrite these sentences using the tense given in the brackets.

For example :

Romil is playing the drums in the school programme. (the future time)
Romil will play the drums in the school programme.

1. I will have dal rice for lunch. (the present continuous tense)

2. Raghav is driving the car very slowly. (the past continuous tense)

3. Neetu waters the plants before going to school. (the simple past tense)

4. We will meet the players. (the simple past tense)

5. Father went to the park by the beach. (the future time)

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