Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with the Past Form of the verbs given in the brackets:
1. In the olden days, children
(treat) their elders with great respect
2. In 1980, we
(leave) India to settle down in Canada.
3. American planes continually
(bomb) Taliban positions in Afghanistan
4. He
(take) early retirement from the army and
(start) a
publishing firm in Delhi
5. Kailash
(try) to persuade his brother to give up his bad habits
6. Why
(don') you stop the boy from throwing stones at people
on the road?
7. We
(look) everywhere but
(not) find
our little puppy
8.
(do) you go to the new showroom opened by Marks and Spencers yesterday?
9. Last night,
(has) a shock when I
car missing
10. The smoke
(sting) my eyes and I
(can't) see where 1
(find) my
(be) going

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Explanation:

1. In the olden days, children  treated their elders with great respect.

2. In 1980, we  left India to settle down in Canada.

3. American planes continually  bombed Taliban positions in Afghanistan

4. He  took early retirement from the army and  started a  publishing firm in Delhi.

5. Kailash  tried to persuade his brother to give up his bad habits.

6. Why  didn't you stop the boy from throwing stones at people  on the road?

7. We  looked everywhere but  couldn't find  our little puppy

8.  Did you go to the new showroom opened by Marks and Spencers yesterday?

9. Last night,  I had a shock when I  car missing

10. The smoke  stung my eyes and I  couldn't see where

the rocket launch by showing how the population around it changes its behavior as the earth's influence over the martian planet when he uses the term "green star".

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