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5. Tanya (like) to sketch and draw. Right now, she

(paint) a portrait.

6. Deepika (love) to read biographies. At the moment, she

(read) a biography of M G Ramachandran.

7. I can see the cows (graze) on the green grass of

the pastures.

8. Puneet said, ‘I (go) on a trek to the hills.’

B. Fill in the blanks with the Simple Present or the Present Continuous form of
the verbs given in the brackets.

1. Mala (want) to improve her English. She
(make) an effort to (meet) more people and

(practise) her speaking skills. Her teacher (give) her extra

classes. The classes (begin) after lunch and
(continue) till tea time. Mala (hope) that her marks will

improve. She (aim) for a score of 60 per cent.

2. Today (be) the third day of my trek around the Valley of

Flowers. I (is) tired. My legs (shake),
my feet (hurt) and my toes (bleed), but I

(want) to continue. I (try) to adapt to the

high altitude. I (learn) a little bit about the flowers found

here; unfortunately, I (learn, not) about flora quickly. I

believe I (improve) gradually. I (travel,
currently) with Akash, a student from Xavier Boy’s School in Mumbai. He

(be) sweet, but impatient. He always (walk)

behind me and (complain) that I am too fast.

Past Continuous Tense

The past continuous tense tells us about an action that was taking place at the time of
speaking in the past.

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