Complete the short passages given below using appropriate verb forms.
Answers
1. While I was going home last evening, I met a friend of mine.
2.He was waiting for me at a bus station hoping that I would reach there before 6 pm.
3. My friend Mr. Gupta is a famous writer.
4. He writes short stories and plays.
5. He has published an anthology of poems too.
6. Now he says that he is working on a novel.
7. Raju came here yesterday.
8. He will leave for Chennai tomorrow. During his stay in Chennai he will meet his sister who works there.
9. I am learning computer programming now.
10. The course began last month. By the time I finish this course, I will have mastered the subject very well.
Hints
Use the simple present tense to talk about facts, habits and routines.
Use the present continuous tense to talk about actions and situations that are happening at the moment of speaking.
The present continuous can also be to talk about pre-planned future events.
