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EXERCISE-2
Rewrite the following sentences changing the Verbs into Past Tenses:
(1) The
officer orders all
those who feel afraid of death to return to the trenches.
(2) I wonder what he has done with the money I
lent him. (3) He does everything
he can to show us that he is a true patriot. (4) She cannot
cook unless she has
a good fire. (5) Whatever the boy has done
, he does not deserve so heavy a
punishment. (6) He runs so fast that he
is soon out of breath. (7) I infer from what
he says that he is not in a mood to listen to
sound reasoning. (8) It is evident that
he is a lunatic. (9) They take him
for a swindler, though in fact he is quite honest.
(10) I feel surprised at what
I see. (11) I do not see how you will be able to do this.
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12) One day a wolf
really comes and then the boy begins to cry. (13) He eats a
good breakfast and
then rings the bell for his horse. (14) A horseman rides past,
and sees what they are
doing. (15) He behaves nicely at the table, talks gently,
remains cheerful,
thinks of others first, keeps an eye on all the company, and tries
to be pleasant
and polite in every way.



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To change the verbs in the sentences into past tenses, you need to adjust them accordingly. Here are the revised sentences: (1) The officer ordered all those who felt afraid of death to return to the trenches. (2) I wondered what he had done with the money I lent him. (3) He did everything he could to show us that he was a true patriot. (4) She could not cook unless she had a good fire. (5) Whatever the boy had done, he did not deserve so heavy a punishment. (6) He ran so fast that he was soon out of breath. (7) I inferred from what he said that he was not in a mood to listen to sound reasoning. (8) It was evident that he was a lunatic. (9) They took him for a swindler, though in fact he was quite honest. (10) I felt surprised at what I saw. (11) I did not see how you would be able to do this. (12) One day a wolf really came and then the boy began to cry. (13) He ate a good breakfast and then rang the bell for his horse. (14) A horseman rode past, and saw what they were doing. (15) He behaved nicely at the table, talked gently, remained cheerful, thought of others first, kept an eye on all the company, and tried to be pleasant and polite in every way.

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