(be) in London sometime ago on a short visit and ............ (happen) to witness an incident. A very trivial one, but it ............ (set) me thinking.
I ............ (take) a walk in one of the suburbs and there ............ (be) this teenage girl ahead of me ............ (take) her pup for a walk.
The pup ............ (decide) to use that moment to relieve itself. The girl ............ (take) a paper bag from her pocket, ............
(clean) up the mess and then ............ (walk) onto the nearest bin to dispose of it! What ............(impress) me ............ (be), this ............(be) a teenager.
This ............ (be) an age when there ............ (be) a natural Grammar tendency to rebel, but this civic sense ............ (be) so deeply ............
(ingrain) in her that she never ............ (give) a second thought to it. b. Complete the passage by choosing the correct form of the verb from the options given.
We Indians............(took/take/taken) pride in our rich civilisation, history and culture. But sad to say, we find that most people ............ (lack/lacking/ lacked) in civic sense when it comes to public cleanliness, ............ (form/ forming/ formed) queues or even when ............
(driven/drove/driving) vehicles. Cleanliness and discipline must be ............ (inculcate/inculcating/ inculcated) in children in their formative years. We ............
(were/ are/ have) used to throwing garbage in public places. We ............ (have encouraged/ are encouraged/ will encourage) to be more disciplined and ............ (followed/ follow/ following) rules but in trashy places we ............
(became/ become/ will become) trashy ourselves. No city in our country ............(had managed/ has managed/ is managing) to fight the garbage menace. Civic sense ............ (are/ is/ has) the need of the hour.
c. Hari is attending an interview. Given below is an excerpt of his interview. It is incomplete.
Complete it with verbs in the proper tense with the help of the words in brackets. Interviewer : Good Morning, Hari. Hari : Good Morning, Sir. Interviewer : I ............
(be) Ramamurthy, the General Manager. 12th Communicative English Book.indb Page Improve Your Connectivity launched a initiative ‘Tiaki-Care for New Zealand’, who invites visitors