BBC Compacta Class 6 Solutions - Classroom Assignment- 58

(A) Rewrite the following sentences in the negative form.

1. The gate-keeper had not locked all the rooms when we reached school. 
2. She had not painted her room red. 
3. Mihir Sen had not scored marks in the Pre-Board Examination. 

(B) Rewrite the following sentences in the interrogative (question) form.

1. Had the sun set when we reached home? 
2. Had the train already left when she reached the station? 
3. Had Mukul cleared P.M.T. in his very first attempt? 

(C) Rewrite the following sentences in Past Perfect.

1. He had come home by 4 o'clock. 
2. He hadn't brought my camera to school. 
3. By 3 p.m., the circus show had started. 

(D) Fill in the blanks correctly with the Past Perfect or Past Simple forms of the verbs in the bracket.

1. The headmaster had been very much disappointed. 
2. Twenty students had failed in the examination, you know! 
3. He had written only a couple of pages by the time the final bell rang. 
4. After the guests had left, I sat down and took some rest. 
5. I wondered why he had written to me after so many years. 
6. I had just gotten home when I received a call from Rani. 

(E) Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one using Past Perfect / Simple Past tense. You may have to make some other changes, too.

Ans:

1. They had finished their work before they went home. 
2. I had reached home after everybody went to bed. 
3. The electric current failed just after I had finished my homework.

(F) Fill in the blanks using Simple Past Tense or Past Perfect Tense of verb given in brackets.

Ans:
The heritage had been nearly demolished (nearly demolish) to create space for a shopping mall, when the High Court stayed (stay) the Municipal Corporation move. That was in 2000. It is believed that the building was built (build) in 1890 and between 1920 and 1930 Pt. Nehru had stayed (stay) in it at least on three occasions.