9. Ravi often ______ tennis with his friends when he was a teenager; he used to have much free time. Unfortunately, he leads a busy life nowadays.
10. My parents are on holiday with their friends this week. They ______ at a luxurious hotel.
11. As my friends ______ home from school, something unusual happened and they started to run.
12. Why ______ you ______ at me? Am I so ridiculous? No, you're just funny and I like it.
13. I completely ______ to write an important e-mail yesterday; I'm so absent-minded.
14. I often ______ cereal for breakfast before going to school, but it sometimes happens that I get up late and I can't eat anything as I have no time for that.
15. Neetu ______ asleep while she was watching that boring film.
16. ______ you ______ sugar in your coffee? No, I'm always on a diet.
17. The basketball match ______ at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday. Can you come?
18. Unfortunately, Joe is unemployed. That is why he ______ a well-paid job these days.
19. My father ______ a newspaper when my brother came home with a puppy.
20. Last week we ______ for a walk in the park because the weather was so nice.
21. My sister ______ sandwiches while I was having a shower last night.
Answer (2)
This set of questions focuses on English grammar and verb usage. Specifically, it targets different verb tenses. Let's go through each question one by one:
Ravi often played tennis with his friends when he was a teenager; he used to have much free time. Unfortunately, he leads a busy life nowadays.
Here, 'played' is the simple past tense indicating a habitual activity in the past.
My parents are on holiday with their friends this week. They are staying at a luxurious hotel.
'Are staying' is present continuous, used for actions happening now or temporary situations.
As my friends were walking home from school, something unusual happened and they started to run.
'Were walking' is past continuous, used for actions that were in progress in the past.
Why are you laughing at me? Am I so ridiculous? No, you're just funny and I like it.
'Are you laughing' is present continuous, used to describe an action happening right now.
I completely forgot to write an important e-mail yesterday; I'm so absent-minded.
'Forgot' is past simple, showing a completed action in the past.
I often eat cereal for breakfast before going to school, but it sometimes happens that I get up late and I can't eat anything as I have no time for that.
'Eat' is present simple, used for habitual actions or routines.
Neetu fell asleep while she was watching that boring film.
'Fell' is past simple, marking the action of falling asleep that happened and completed in the past.
Do you take sugar in your coffee? No, I'm always on a diet.
'Do you take' is present simple, used for asking about a usual preference or a habitual action.
The basketball match starts at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday. Can you come?
'Starts' is present simple used for scheduled future events.
Unfortunately, Joe is unemployed. That is why he is looking for a well-paid job these days.
* 'Is looking' is present continuous, indicating an action that is currently on-going.
My father was reading a newspaper when my brother came home with a puppy.
* 'Was reading' is past continuous, used to show an uninterrupted background action when something else happened.
Last week we went for a walk in the park because the weather was so nice.
* 'Went' is past simple, indicating a completed action in the past.
My sister was making sandwiches while I was having a shower last night.
* 'Was making' is past continuous, paralleling an interrupted ongoing action while something else was happening.
This set of questions examines various English verb tenses, including past simple, present continuous, and past continuous. Each response highlights the appropriate tense used based on the context of the sentences. Overall, it provides a clear overview of how to use different tenses correctly in sentences.
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