Fill in the blanks with suitable tenses and please also give reason for each answer.
Dear student,
Here are the answers:
1. We had visited the seashore many times before but last summer we enjoyed ourselves more than ever.
Explanation: Past perfect tense is used in this sentence. It refers to time earlier than now. It shows that one event happened before another in the past. The tense makes it clear which event happened first. To form past perfect tense we use had + (past participle of the verb).
2. By Saturday next week, I will have worked on this painting for exactly one month.
Explanation : Future perfect tense. We use Future perfect tense to describe an event that is expected to happen at a particular time in future. Future perfect tense is formed by using will + have + past participle of the verb.
3. By year 2030, the population of Delhi will have grown substantially.
Explanation : Future perfect tense. We use Future perfect tense to describe an event that is expected to happen at a particular time in future. Future perfect tense is formed by using will+ have + past participle of the verb.
Regards
Here are the answers:
1. We had visited the seashore many times before but last summer we enjoyed ourselves more than ever.
Explanation: Past perfect tense is used in this sentence. It refers to time earlier than now. It shows that one event happened before another in the past. The tense makes it clear which event happened first. To form past perfect tense we use had + (past participle of the verb).
2. By Saturday next week, I will have worked on this painting for exactly one month.
Explanation : Future perfect tense. We use Future perfect tense to describe an event that is expected to happen at a particular time in future. Future perfect tense is formed by using will + have + past participle of the verb.
3. By year 2030, the population of Delhi will have grown substantially.
Explanation : Future perfect tense. We use Future perfect tense to describe an event that is expected to happen at a particular time in future. Future perfect tense is formed by using will+ have + past participle of the verb.
Regards