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f. When did the lust of battle die in the sniper?
g. Who was the person the sniper killed in the end?

h. How would the sniper have felt after he identified the dead
body as his brother?

3 Grammar Time

3.1. You must have learned the form and use of tense in your previous
grades. Let’s revise it. Read the following sentences and write

which tense each sentence is. If there is a sequence, write the
name of both tenses.

a. Light travels in a straight line.
b. She travels a distance of thirty kilometers to her office.

c. We are thinking of a new idea right at the moment.
d. As soon as I see him, I remember his childhood.

e. I have already undergone five surgeries.
f. We’ve been learning English for the last nine years.

g. We felt the tremor an hour ago.
h. She was stretching her legs when the coach asked her to stand up.

i. He hadn’t lost the keys till he was in the car.
j. She will send you the parcel tomorrow.

k. Naren will have got the driving license by next month.
l. I had checked all the lights before I left for jogging.

m. She is still weeping in the drawing room.
n. He has done a hard physical labour. He still looks tired.

o. I have worked there for six years.
p. Please keep quiet. The principal is coming.

3.2. Use the correct option and complete the sentences below.

a. The sun (rises/is rising/rose) in the east.

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