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Tenses: questions and answer review

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1. Who will not have cleaned the number of tables?

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Answer: By whom will the number of tables not have been cleaned?

Explanation This is in interrogative sentence of Future Perfect Tense. Active verb form : will/shall + have + past participle form of the verb Passive verb form : will/shall + have been + past participle form of the verb

2. I have been studying ___ two hours.

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Answer: for

Explanation For = period of time For example , I have been studying for two hours میں دو گھنٹے سے مطالعہ کر رہا ہوں۔ ND22-7-2023

3. We must now deal with these problems.

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Answer: These problems must be dealt with by us

Explanation Deal is a verb. Dealt is the second and third form of Deal. Active: We must now deal with these problems. Passive: These problems must be dealt with by us.

4. I went to the shop ____ some chocolate

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Answer: To buy

Explanation I went to the shop to buy some chocolate. We use "to + verb" (called the infinitive form ) to express purpose Subject + verb of movement + to + base verb

5. “The patient had died before the doctor arrived.” Does this sentence belong to the following category of tense?

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Answer: Past Perfect Tense

Explanation The sentence "The patient had died before the doctor arrived" uses the past perfect tense. مریض ڈاکٹر کے آنے سے پہلے ہی دم توڑ چکا تھا۔ It to indicate that one action (the patient dying) happened before another past action (the doctor arriving).

6. “Wow” is an example of?

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Answer: Interjection

Explanation "Wow" is an example of an interjection . An interjection is a word used to express a strong emotion or feeling, like surprise, excitement, or dismay. "Wow" perfectly fits this definition.

7. The president administers the oath.

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Answer: The oath is administered by the president

Explanation This is the sentence of present indefinite tense. Present Indefinite Tense Active Voice: Subject + Verb + Object Passive Voice: Object + is/am/are+ third form of a verb + by + subject.

8. Active Voice of “Indiscipline should not be encouraged by us”.

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Answer: We should not encourage Indiscipline

Explanation We should not encourage Indiscipline because " should " has not been mentioned in option A, B & C. Note:- It may be noted that more valuable details about this question shall be upload here very soon.

9. People believe that donkeys are the stupid creatures.

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Answer: It is believed that donkeys are the stupid creatures

Explanation People believe that donkeys are the stupid creatures means لوگوں کا ماننا ہیکہ گدھے احمق مخلوق ہیں It is believed that donkeys are the stupid creatures مانا جاتا ہیکہ گدھے احمق مخلوق ہیں Sometimes we have to skip "People" while converting the sentence into passive. Present Indefinite Tense Active Voice: Subject + Verb + Object Passive Voice: Object + is/am/are+ third form of a verb + by + subject.

10. The campers stayed in the tens, while the cold rain fell

کیمپرز دسیوں میں رہے، جب کہ ٹھنڈی بارش ہو گئی۔

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Answer: complex

Explanation the dependent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction (words like since, because, while) by indication of while we marked the option "complex" ND26-5-2023

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