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G. Make present perfect continuous sentences using the given cues.

1. (she/work here for five years)

2. (I/study all day)

3. (you/sleep a lot recently)

4. (we/live in Goa for six months)

5. (she/play kabaddi/so she’s tired)

6. (they/learn German for two years)

7. (I/cook since morning/so I’m really tired)

8. (she/go to the cinema/every weekend for years now)

9. (it/rain/the footpath is wet)

10. (you/sleep for ten hours now)

The Simple Past Tense
Note
We use the simple past tense to talk about The simple past tense is also used

1. an action that took place and was completed to talk about past habits and states.
at a particular time in the past. For example, For example,
• The Sinhas went to Delhi last winter. • We used to travel a lot till about

• The Malhotras left for Cape Town a couple of years ago. Now, we
travel only twice a year.
yesterday.
2. We use did/did not/didn’t + the infinitive (instead of the simple past form of

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