Transformation of tenses

 Conversion/Transformation of Sentences from one Tense to anorher. 

Some exercises relating to usage of tenses for practice

EXERCISE NO 1.

Use the given verb in the directed Tense form .

1. How much work ........she..........(1. finish) before they ........( 2. return) ?

(1. Future Perfect Tense  2. Present Indefinite Tense)  

2. Whose pencil .........you .........(borrow) ?  (Past Indefinite Tense)

3. Why ........the students not .........(learn) their lessons ? (Present Continuous Tense)

4. His mother ............(not cook) food for him at that time. (Future continuous Tense)

5. The shopkeeper .............(cheat) all the customers badly. (Present Perfect Tense) 

EXERCISE NO  2.

Use the given verb in the directed Tense form .

1. We ........(go) to see a fair in Bangla Academy.  (Past Indefinite Tense)

2. Whom ....... you .......(pay) the money? ( Future Indefinite Tense) 

3.The boys .............(not play) a match tomorrow. ( Future Continuous Tense)

4. I ..........(not know) where his brother ........(live). (Present Indefinite Tense)

5. Since when ............you ...........(live) in this city ? (Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

EXERCISE NO 3.

Use the given verb in the directed Tense form.

1. How many players ............(play) in the ground? (Present Continuous Tense)

2. When ........you ........(expect) her to reach here?  (Present Indefinite Tense)

3. How many lessons .............he..........(learn)  so far ? (Present Perfect Tense)

4. For how long ........they .........(wait) for us ? (Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

5. They ..........(1. not know) where he ..............(2. live).

(1. Present Indefinite Tense 2. Past Perfect Tense)

EXERCISE NO 4.

Change the given sentence into the directed Tense form

1, Flowers will not have withered away.  (Present Perfect Tense)

2. Children had not learnt their lessons. (Future Perfect Tense)

3. The lender is not insisting on immediate payment of the loan. (Future Indefinite Tense)

4. Shadows of trees had gone longer in the evening. ( Present Indefinite Tense)

5. Her efforts are not showing good results. ( Past Perfect Tense)

Exercise  No 5.

Change the following sentences in the directed tense form.

1. Why was the doctor not attending to the patient?

(Present Indefinite Tense)

2. Why had he not returned home till late night?

(Future Indefinite Tense)

3. Her brother will not have reached there till now.

(Present Perfect Tense)

4.How many travellers were travelling in the train?

(Past Perfect Tense)

5.  Why had he not returned your book to you in time?

(Past Indefinite Tense)

Exercise  No 6.

Change the following sentences in the directed tense form.

1. She will do what she wants to do.

(Past Indefinite Tense)

2.Why do you not reach there before his arrival ?

(Past Perfect Tense)

3.Where had they gone in the evening?

(Future Continuous Tense)

4. Have you been waiting for us since morning?

(Future Perfect Continuous Tense)

5. Which song will the girls sing this time?

(Present Perfect Tense)

6. What you want ? (Simple present)

7. What you (do) now? (Present progressive)

8. How long you (wait) there yesterday ( past perfect continuous)?

9. How far the station from Banasree? (simple present)

10. What the letter to ?(simple present)

11. How often she (go) to her village home ( Simple present)

12. What Dhaka famous for once upon a time( Simple past)

EXERCISE NO 7.

Use the given verb in the directed Tense form.

Sometime back I .............(go)(Past Indefinite Tense)  to a village to see one of my old friends. I ..............(board) (Past Indefinite Tense)  a bus from a bus stand and ...........(start) (Past Indefinite Tense)  for the village. I .............( travel) (Past Indefinite Tense) for about two hours and ..........(reach) (Past Indefinite Tense)  my destination. My friend ...........(wait) (Past Continuous Tense) for me at the bust stand. He......... (take)(Past Indefinite Tense) me to his house in his bike. We both.............(study) (Past Perfect Tense) together in the college. I ..........(meet) (Past Indefinite Tense) all the members of his family. They ............(feel) (Past continuous Tense)  very happy to see me with them. I ..........( stay) (Past Indefinite Tense) there for about one week. During this period I once..........(go) (Past Perfect Tense) a little unwell. He ............(take) (Past Indefinite Tense) me to the village dispensary for medicine. A lady doctor ..........(sit)(Past Continuous Tense)  there. A large number of patients ..........(sit) (Past Continuous Tense) in two rows in front of her room. Men and women ........(sit) (Past continuous Tense) in separate rows. I ....(have) (past Indefinite Tense) an amusing experience there. A young woman with her face veiled ........(sit) (Past Continuous Tense) in front of the doctor. She.......(ask) (Past Indefinite Tense) her name. She replied. Then she ....(ask) (Past indefinite Tense) her if she was  married. She ......(reply)(Past Indefinite Tense) in affirmative. Then she .....(ask) (Past Indefinite Tense) her the name of her husband. She ......(blush) (Past Indefinite tense) only but ......(not speak) (Past Indefinite Tense). She .......(move) her finger forming a circle in air. The doctor .........(not make out) anything out of it. A lady sitting behind her......... (tell) (Past Indefinite tense)  the doctor that she..........(say) (Past Continuous Tense)  'moon' and it ...........(mean) (Past Indefinite Tense) that his name was Chander Parkash

Exercise No. 8.

 

Fill in the blanks in following sentences with verbs in Past Indefinite Tense form.

Once two friends ......... (go) to see picture in a theatre. They both...... (stand) in a queue for half an hour to purchase tickets for themselves. At last they..........(reach) the window. They ........ (be) stunned to read a notice written above the ticket window. Both of them........(talk) something with each other. They......... (decide) not to see the picture. They..........(move) away from there without seeing the movie.On reaching home all........ (enquire) from them why they .......... (return) without seeing the movie. Their reply ..............(surprise) but........... (delight) all.  They ..,.....(say) , "Persons under eighteen are not allowed to see, but we ........(be) only two."

Exercise No 9.

Change the following sentences into Future Continuous Tense.

A team of five members is investigating into the case. It is trying to find out the truth. It is visiting the site of the case. It is trying to identify the culprit. It is contacting all the people residing in the vicinity. It is making inquiries from people of all the walks of life. It is gathering as much information from the people as much as it can. It is also finding out persons responsible for the fault. It is recording statements of people reported to be involved in the case. It is making its efforts to give its complete report without delay. Its report is going to bring all the facts of the case threadbare before the public.

Exercise No 10.

Change the following sentences into Present Perfect Tense.

A team of five members is investigating into the case. It is trying to find out the truth. It is visiting the site of the case. It is trying to identify the culprit. It is contacting all the people residing in the vicinity. It is making inquiries from people of all the walks of life. It is gathering as much information from the people as much as it can. It is also finding out persons responsible for the fault. It is recording statements of people reported to be involved in the case. It is making its efforts to give its complete report without delay. Its report is going to bring all the facts of the case threadbare before the public.

Exercise No.  11.

Change the following Exclamatory form sentences into Simple sentences.

1. How beautiful her gait is !

2. What a smart action his is !

3. What a beautiful weather it is !

4. How lovely the child is!

5. What a simple this sum is ! 

Prepared by Noor E Alam

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