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1. 1.

   Write the past and the past participles of these verbs.

   agree, awake, begin, break, catch, choose, cost, cut, do, draw

2. 2.

   Choose and write the correct verb from the brackets to complete the sentences.

   1.  The parrot has ____________ from its cage. (fly/flew/flown)
   2.  Goddess Minerva had ____________ a beautiful scenery (woven/weave/wove) on the tapestry.
   3.  The farmer has ______________ a heavy load all the way. (borne/born)
   4.  A beautiful lamp from the ceiling was ______________ (hung/hanged)
   5.  It ______________ (begin/began/begun) to rain so I _______________ (drink/drank/drunk) my coffee and ____________ home. (hurry/hurried)
   6.  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ________________ a leading role in the National Movement. (take/took/taken)
   7.  We ______________ (ring/rang/rung) you to get the details of the wedding because we ______________ (do/did) not know the details.
   8.  The sun has _______________ (rise/rose/risen). Let us _____________ (rise/rose/risen) and shine, boys.
   9.  Cindy has _____________ (swim/swam/swum) for her country in the Olympics and _____________ three silvers. (win/won)
   10.  He has _______________ (teach/taught) me to face life, to ______________ (fell/fall/fallen) and _____________ up again. (stand/stood)
   11.  We _____________ (speak) to the concerned authorities but they have _____________ (do/did/done) nothing so far.
   12.  Beethovan _______________ (write) some of the most wonderful symphonies. Have you ______________ (hear/heard) any of them?
   13.  The trash _______________ (throw) on the pavement and ______________ (forgotten/forgot).
3. 3.

   Rewrite these sentences in the negative form of the past tense verbs.

   1.  He got up in the middle of the night.
   2.  The river flowed quietly on its way.
   3.  The king forgot his promise to Shakuntala.
   4.  The baby cried the entire night.
   5.  Gautama left the palace in the middle of the night.
   6.  He forgave him in the end.
   7.  Gandhiji met Churchill in London.
   8.  She heard the cries of the animals.
   9.  The house smelt of smoke.
   10.  Uma thought wrong.
4. 4.

   Write these sentences as interrogatives.

   1.  Kamala thought of this devious plan.
   2.  They kept their promise given to her.
   3.  Dr. Radhakrishnan taught at the Madras University.
   4.  I washed my hands before having my dinner.
   5.  He wept and said he was sorry.
5. 5.

   Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

   1.  While the peon ______________ the room, he ______________ a hundred rupee note. (dust-find)
   2.  It ____________ raining just as we were about to _____________ the tournament. (start-start)
   3.  Manu _______________ when the door bell rang. (sleep)
   4.  The boys _______________ when the guests arrived. (study)
   5.  Papa _______________ a letter when we left for school. (write)