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THE SILK ROAD CLASS-XI (SNAPSHOTS) IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ----------------------------------------------------- Q. The narrator, while travelling to Mount Kailash, observed many changes in the landscape. Discuss. Answer: The narrator and his companions took a short-cut to leave the Changtang region. Tsetan knew a route that would lead them southwest, almost straight towards Mount Kailash. This path required them to cross several fairly high mountain passes. Starting from the gently rising and falling hills of Ravu, the short-cut led them across wide open plains, empty except for a few gazelles grazing in the dry grasslands. As they moved ahead, the plains became more rocky than grassy, and soon they saw a large herd of wild asses.                Further on, the hills grew steeper, and they saw a few drokbas living alone and taking care of their flocks. This route eventually brought them to snow-covered mountains and then...

TENSE - PRESENT, PAST & FUTURE

 

What is Tense?

Ans: Tense is the Time of Action.

How many kinds of Tenses are there?

Ans: There are 3 main kinds of Tenses.

  PRESENT, PAST & FUTURE TENSE

Definitions of Sub-Kinds:

a)Indefinite means time is not exact or definite.
b)Continuous means Action that goes on without stopping.
c)Perfect means Action which is perfectly completed or done but has its effect in present.
d)Perfect Continuous means Action which started in the past and is continuing.

THE PRESENT TENSE
a)Simple Present = Action done in the present time but exact time is not mentioned. Simple Present tense also expresses a habit, universal truth (maxims) or a geographical fact.

  E.G. – Mother cooks food. (Habit)

b) Present Continuous = Action that is happening or going on now or in the present time.

  E.G. = Mother is cooking food.

q Formula = am /is / are + verb + ing
c) Present Perfect = Action that completed in the past and still has its effect in the present.

  E.G. Mother has cooked food.

q Formula = Has / Have + Verb 3rd Form  

d) Present Perfect Continuous = Action which started in the past and is going on in the present.

  E.G. = Mother has been cooking food.

q Formula: Has / Have + been + verb + ing

  


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