Which of the following sentence is correct -
1. When I returned home from trekking, the rain began to fall.
2. When I returned home from trekking, the rain had begun to fall.
Come with the explanation.
Correct the following -
1. Ram asked me whether I had a car and would I pick him up.
2. You should always write with ink.
3. All his kids love each other.
Kindly explain the answer.
SET 49
Subject-Verb test:
SET 49
Subject-Verb test:
1. There _______ (has/have)to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood.
2. Some of the votes __________ (seem/seems) to have been miscounted.
3. Three-quarters of the students __________ (is/are) against the tuition hike.
4. Three-quarters of the student body __________ (is/are) against the tuition hike.
5. A high percentage of the population _________ (is/are) voting for the new school.
6. A high percentage of the people _________ (was/were) voting for the new school.
SET 49
Subject-Verb test:
SET 50
Rewrite the paragraph after all the necessary corrections :)
Soon after Edward was born, his father lost most of his money, and the family had to adapt with a much lower standard of living. At the age of six, Lear began to suffer with bouts of epilepsy, and a few years later, he began to experience periods of acute depression. He continued to suffer with this and other health problems for rest of his life.
Set 49
1. Has
2. Seem
3. Are
4. Is
5. Is
6. Were
SET 49
Subject-Verb test:
1. There _______ (have)to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood.
2. Some of the votes __________ (seem) to have been miscounted.
3. Three-quarters of the students __________ (are) against the tuition hike.
4. Three-quarters of the student body __________ (is) against the tuition hike.
5. A high percentage of the population _________ (is) voting for the new school.
6. A high percentage of the people _________ (were) voting for the new school
:)
SET 50:
Soon after Edward was born, his father lost most of his money, and the family had to adapt to a much lower standard of living.
At the age of six, Lear began to suffer from bouts of epilepsy, and a few years later, he began to experience periods of acute depression
He continued to suffer from this and other health problems for the rest of his life
2. When I returned home from trekking, the rain had begun to fall.
When two actions occur at different times in the past, use past perfect for earlier action and simple past for later action. I think it was already raining when he/she returned.
my answer
1)a
2)b
3)a
my answer
3 Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
SET 49
Subject-Verb test:
1. There _______ (has/have)to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood.
2. Some of the votes __________ (seem/seems) to have been miscounted.
3. Three-quarters of the students __________ (is/are) against the tuition hike.
4. Three-quarters of the student body __________ (is/are) against the tuition hike.
5. A high percentage of the population _________ (is/are) voting for the new school.
6. A high percentage of the people _________ (was/were) voting for the new school.
SET 50
Rewrite the paragraph after all the necessary corrections :)
Soon after Edward was born, his father lost most of the money, and the family had to adapt to a much lower standard of living. At the age of six, Lear began to suffer from bouts of epilepsy, and a few years later, he began to experience periods of acute depression. He continued to suffer from this and other health problems for the rest of his life.
P.S- Those who had attempted this on FB yesterday,kindly do not attempt this all over again :)
SET 49
Subject-Verb test:
1. There _______ (has/have)to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood.
2. Some of the votes __________ (seem/seems) to have been miscounted.
3. Three-quarters of the students __________ (is/are) against the tuition hike.
4. Three-quarters of the student body __________ (is/are) against the tuition hike.
5. A high percentage of the population _________ (is/are) voting for the new school.
6. A high percentage of the people _________ (was/were) voting for the new school.
Correct the sentences if they have an error, else mark "No Error" -
1. You should be ready to start while I return.
2. The increasing popularity of the scooter as a convenient, economical form of transportation has been just short of astounding.
3. The police reached the place and when they left, 40 persons had been injured and 70 arrested.