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A. Complete the sentences with simple past tense or past continuous tense of the
verbs given in the brackets: One has been done for you.

were you doing
called
1. What _________________ (you/do) when I ________________ (call) you yesterday?
2. What ________________ (they/do) at 7 am yesterday?
3. We _____________ (sit) in the park when you ____________ (call) us up yesterday.
4. We ________________ (play) football when he ______________ (hurt) his toe.

5. When you _________ (arrive) at the meeting, who __________ (be) there?

B. Fill in the blanks with since or for .
1. I haven’t heard about him ___________ I was five.

2. My mother has been cooking cookies ___________ a long time.
3. I haven’t heard from you ___________ ages.

4. Neha’s family hasn’t met her ___________ she went to London.
5. I was waiting for the train ___________ one hour.

C. Rewrite the following sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using
the adverbial expressions given in the brackets.
1. It was snowing so heavily in Assam. (for five days)

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2. She was working in this school. (since 2010)
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3. I was living in Jaipur. (since last year)
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Correct the mistakes, if any, in the following sentences.
1. I have had my dinner an hour ago. _____________________
2. He has done had his bicycle repairs yesterday. _____________________

3. Sarika has had eaten all the mangoes. _____________________
4. She has slept for twelve hours last night. _____________________

5. I know her only since I started working. _____________________

Prepare a chart showing all the rules of past tense and hang it in your classroom.

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