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Tenses                Positive                    Negative                  Interrogative
                Simple Past  •  The man saluted the  •  The man did not                   •  Did the man salute

                                    chief.                      salute the chief.             the chief?
                Past            •  The man was              •  The man was not            •  Was the man
                Continuous          saluting the chief.         saluting the chief.           saluting the chief?

                Past Perfect •  The man had saluted  •  The man had not                   •  Had the man saluted
                                    the chief.                  saluted the chief.            the chief?



                   Tenses                Positive                    Negative                  Interrogative

                Simple          •  The man will salute  •  The man will not               •  Will the man salute
                Future              the chief.                  salute the chief.             the chief?

                Future          •  The man will be          •  The man will not be        •  Will the man be
                Continuous          saluting the chief.         saluting the chief.           saluting the chief?
                Future          •  The man will have        •  The man will not           •  Will the man have
                Perfect             saluted the chief.          have saluted the chief.       saluted the chief?


              Complete the sentences given below with the appropriate forms of tenses (present,

              past, future).

                1.  When Harsh                               (call) last night, I                          (watch)
                    my favourite cooking show on television.

                2.  Pramod                              (work) for this company for more than twenty years, and
                    he has no intention of retiring!

                3.  Dhruv                             (love) to travel. He                            (go) on a road
                    trip almost every summer.

                4.  Reema is an author. She                              (write) mystery novels and travel

                    memoirs. She                              (write) since she was twenty. Altogether, she
                                               (write) seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book
                    of poetry.

                5.  We were late because we had some problems with the car. By the time we                    (reach)
                    the railway station, Uncle Rathod                       (wait) for us for more than an hour.

                6.  Sonu                             (try) to change a tube light when he

                    (slip) and                            (fall).

                7.  Every day, Priya                     (wake) up at six o’clock,                     (eat) breakfast
                    at seven o’clock and                             (leave) for work at eight o’clock. However,
                    this morning she                             (get) up at 6:30,


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