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Clauses bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In 'I bought the book', the verb is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'my student had passed', the verb is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which helping verb marks the past perfect tense?Read the answer and worked solution →The past perfect tense shows an action that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The more recent of two past actions is written in the:Read the answer and worked solution →How many completed actions does the past perfect compare?Read the answer and worked solution →'Had been published' is an example of the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'By the time I reached the party, everyone had eaten', which came first?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'When she returned home, her brother had left', the simple past verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct form: When the delegates arrived, the speaker ___ begun.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct form: After the students had learnt, they ___ verifying.Read the answer and worked solution →'She had finished the project' places the finishing:Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of tenses does this rule combine?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'I knew that my student had passed', the earlier action is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence uses the past perfect correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →'Bought' and 'had been published' in one sentence show:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is NOT a use of the past perfect?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'When she returned, her brother had finished', the past perfect verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →The past perfect is formed with had plus the:Read the answer and worked solution →Two completed past actions are best told apart by:Read the answer and worked solution →Simple past or past perfect?Read the answer and worked solution →Match the tense ideaRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the right tenseRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about tensesRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →Tenses bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Tap the relative pronounsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about relative clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the right pronounRead the answer and worked solution →

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Clauses bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    The clause that can stand on its own.
    Item
    Main clause
  2. Clue
    The clause that depends on another one.
    Item
    Subordinate
  3. Clue
    Subordinate clause working as subject or object.
    Item
    Noun clause
  4. Clue
    Subordinate clause that describes a noun.
    Item
    Relative
  5. Clue
    The other name for a relative clause.
    Item
    Adjectival
  6. Clue
    Word before a noun showing quantity or owner.
    Item
    Determiner
  7. Clue
    Word that often opens a relative clause.
    Item
    Which
  8. Clue
    Determiner used in the phrase some clay.
    Item
    Some
  9. Clue
    Determiner used before days of sunshine.
    Item
    Enough
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus English Poorvi, Unit 2 'The Pot Maker'_

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In 'I bought the book', the verb is in the:

  1. Simple past
  2. Simple futur
  3. Present perf
  4. Future perfe
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Correct answer: A. Simple past

1. The action is finished and lies in the past. 2. It uses only the past form of the verb. 3. So the verb bought is in the simple past tense. 4. The answer is simple past. _Source: syllabus English Poorvi, Unit 1 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'_

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In 'my student had passed', the verb is in the:

  1. Future perfe
  2. Past perfect
  3. Simple prese
  4. Simple futur
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Correct answer: B. Past perfect

1. The verb uses had along with the past participle. 2. That form marks an action completed before another. 3. So had passed is in the past perfect tense. 4. The answer is past perfect. _Source: syllabus English Poorvi, Unit 1 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'_

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