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Indian Navy INET Tenses — practice questions — page 3

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Which subject takes this form?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: tense across timeRead the answer and worked solution →Matching form to subject and timeRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which subject takes this form?

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Items
  1. Item
    am
    Category
    I
  2. Item
    was
    Category
    I
  3. Item
    is
    Category
    He or she
  4. Item
    are
    Category
    We or they
  5. Item
    were
    Category
    We or they
Categories
  1. Item
    I
  2. Item
    He or she
  3. Item
    We or they
Person and number, alongside tense. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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True or false: tense across time

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A change of tense signals a change of time.
  2. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The same verb form serves every time equally.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Tense applies to verbs of being as well as of action.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Old English marked the future with its present tense.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Tense is a property of nouns.
How the language marks when something happens. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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Matching form to subject and time

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Questions
  1. Question
    She ___ here now
    Choices
    1. is
    2. are
    3. were
    Correct choice
    is
  2. Question
    They ___ here yesterday
    Choices
    1. was
    2. were
    3. are
    Correct choice
    were
  3. Question
    I ___ here now
    Choices
    1. is
    2. are
    3. am
    Correct choice
    am
  4. Question
    We ___ here yesterday
    Choices
    1. were
    2. was
    3. are
    Correct choice
    were
Both must be right for the sentence to work. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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