Tense

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Nothing can _______ (dampen) the excited anticipation of _______ (camp) more than a dark, rainy day. Even the most adventurous campers can _______ (lose) some of their enthusiasm on the drive to the campsite if the skies _______ (is) dreary and damp. After _______ (reach) their destination, campers must then “set up camp” in the downpour.

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: The climate is commonly _______ (consider) to _______ (be) the weather _______ (average) over a long period of time, typically 30 years. Earth’s climate is changing and this is _______ (cause) great concern. The changes in the atmosphere have _______ (become) one of the serious threats that the world faces today.

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: My grandpa was _______ (suffer) from acute pain in the heart. Within minutes the ambulance _______ (arrive) and it _______ (take) my grandpa to the MR. He was _______ (take) to the intensive-care unit where patients in the danger zone are _______ (admitted).

Fill in the blanks using the correct tense (of the verb) As soon as the teacher ________ (enter) the class, she _______ (start) teaching the new chapter. She did not ________ (realise) that a few students ______ (miss) from the class.

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: A student did not _______ (spell) the word Liaison correctly! The spelling was _______ (confuse) to him though he knew how to pronounce it. He _______ (write) Laison! As a result, the only option the teacher felt to correct him was to _______ (ask) him to write the word correctly 100 times! This is _______ (call) Imposition in die teachers’ jargon!

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Benazir was _______ (assassinate) on December 27, 2007, in Rawalpindi by the Islamic terrorists, when she was _______ (address) one of the election meetings. Her death _______ (postpone) the elections; the Pakistan People’s Party _______ (triumph) at the polls thereby shattering the dream of Nawaz Sharief to _______ (occupy) power.

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Green forests have been _______ (cut) down, verdant valleys have been fallowed and _______ (plough) mercilessly and then _______ (leave) dry and fallow, free-flowing streams _______ (stop), diverted, or _______ (hem) all in the pursuit of greater and greater material advancement.

Directions: Choose the correct sentence from the following:-

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Currently, the entire world is _______ (experience) the desolation and the devastation of a deadly virus, the new disease of COVID-19, emerging from the new coronavirus SARS-CoV 2, has _______ (spread) throughout the world, _______ (affect) more than 200 countries and hundreds of people, with _______ (discourage) morbidity and mortality figures, all this _______ (start) at the end of December 2019, specifically on the 31st.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. At the age of 58 he was already old, and his firm, _______ body had become feeble and trembling.