little tribal girl to sell her honey. My mother who it for some time, at once called her and bought all the honey she had. i) a) had been touring b) will be touring c) toured ii) a) will meet b) has been meeting c) had been meeting iii) a) had wanted b) had been wanting c) been wanting iv) a) was trying b) had been trying c) is trying v) a) noticed b) was noticed c) had been noticing Task: Read the following report of a special camp conducted by NSS volunteers and fi ll in the blanks with the appropriate past form of verbs. Last year, we (conduct) a special camp at Pazhanchur village.
The team (consist) of the NSS Co-ordinator and volunteers, and three local youth. Our coordinator already (write) to the District Educational Officer of the village about the camp and (seek) permission. The DEO (issue) orders to the Headmistress of the Panchayat Union Middle School to provide accommodation to the NSS unit. Before we (reach) the village, people (gather) at the school.
A few volunteers (speak) to them freely explaining how we would help them during the camp. Th e villagers (say) that there (are) many illiterate people and that they (want) an “Adult Literacy Programme”. Th ey also (suggest) that our team should help them in creating awareness on Garbage segregation and Health and Hygiene. Our co-ordinator (note) down all the requirements and we successfully (complete) the camp fulfi lling their needs.
During the day-time, we (go) on a rally with charts on bio-degradable and non- bio-degradable wastes. We also (place) few dustbins in street corners. In the evenings, we (teach) the elders to identify letters of the alphabet and (help) them to sign. We (work) on all our projects for seven days.
We (spend) seven fruitful days of our life there. Th e villagers who (return) to their homes came back to bid farewell to us on the fi