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    The document provides a series of sentences that are changed from present to past tense. There are 14 sentences that are originally in the present tense and the task is to change each verb to the past tense. The answers are then provided.

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    The document provides a series of sentences that are changed from present to past tense. There are 14 sentences that are originally in the present tense and the task is to change each verb to the past tense. The answers are then provided.

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    The document provides a series of sentences that are changed from present to past tense. There are 14 sentences that are originally in the present tense and the task is to change each verb to the past tense. The answers are then provided.

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    Change Into Past Tense

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    Adam Ismail
    The document provides a series of sentences that are changed from present to past tense. There are 14 sentences that are originally in the present tense and the task is to change each verb to the past tense. The answers are then provided.

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    Change into past tense

    In the following sentences change the verbs to the past tense.

    1. He writes to his mother every week. / He


    ................... to his mother every week.
    wrote
    was writing
    had written

    2. He walks fast. / He ..................... fast.


    walked
    walking
    was walking

    3. The castle stands on the hill. / The castle


    .................. on the hill.
    had stood
    stood
    was standing

    4. He gets up at six o’clock. / He .................. up at


    six o'clock.
    was getting

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    would get
    got

    5. He spends his time in idle pursuits. / He


    .................. his time in idle pursuits.
    spending
    spent
    had spent

    6. Mark studies very well. / Mark ................. very


    well.
    was studying
    had studied
    would study
    studied

    7. He earns 200 dollars a week. / He .................


    200 dollars a week.
    was earning
    earned
    had earned

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    8. What strikes me is the generosity of the offer. /


    What .................... me was the generosity of the
    offer.
    struck
    had struck
    striked

    9. He sows the seeds of dissension. / He


    ..................... the seeds of dissension.
    sowed
    sown
    had sown

    10. She leaves her things on the table. / She


    ....................... her things on the table.
    leaved
    left
    had left

    11. They all tell the same story. / They all


    ..................... the same story.
    telled

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    told
    telling

    12. People mistake him for an American. / People


    ................ him for an American.
    mistaked
    mistaken
    mistook

    13. He throws cold water on my plans. / He


    ...................... cold water on my plans.
    throwed
    threw
    thrown

    14. Trees shed their leaves in the autumn. / Trees


    ....................... their leaves in the autumn.
    shed
    sheded
    shedding

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    Answers
    1. He wrote to his mother every week.

    2. He walked fast.

    3. The castle stood on the hill.

    4. He got up at six o’clock.

    5. He spent his time in idle pursuits.

    6. Mark studied very well.

    7. He earned 200 dollars a week.

    8. What struck me was the generosity of the offer.

    9. He sowed the seeds of dissension.

    10. She left her things on the table.

    11. They all told the same story.

    12. People mistook him for an American.

    13. He threw cold water on my plans.

    14. Trees shed their leaves in the autumn.

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