7. Sriram continued his batting carefully ________________ his team though he washungry. a) for the sake of b) in addition to c) in front of
8. You should complete your B.Ed. _________________ your B.Sc to get a teacher job. a) in addition to b) according to c) in spite of
9. The physical director of our school selected me ____________________ my friend,Ganesh for tomorrow's match.a) in spite of b) in place of c) ahead of
10. ________________ his poverty, he completed his Ph.D. in English.a) In place of b) For the sake of c) In spite of IV. The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Look at the following sentence from the lesson, ‘The Dear Departed.
’They have stolen your clock and bureau. Now compare this sentence with the following sentence. They sneaked into your room like thieves in the night and stole them after you weredead. Both the sentences express a past action. The first sentence is in the present perfecttense and the second sentence is in the simple past tense. In the first sentence the time orthe place of action is not mentioned or specified. But in the second sentence the time orthe place of action is mentioned.
You should use the present perfect tense when the time of action is not important or notspecified and it shows the effect of the past action on the present. We should use the simplepast tense when details about the time or place that an action occurred are given or specified. Uses of the simple past tense: 1) The simple past is used to refer to past actions or events. Examples:a) He passed his examination in 2013. b) I visited Delhi last month. c) Raju met his friend yesterday.