English Grammar and Usage

In reported speech about future in the past, 'will' changes to 'would.' The original thought was 'it will rain,' which becomes 'it would rain' when reported. 'Would' is the past form of 'will' in reported speech.

The sentence uses 'for five years' indicating a duration continuing to the present. Present perfect tense 'has been' is used for actions that started in the past and continue to the present. 'Had been' would require a past time reference, and 'would have' is conditional.

Sentence is declaring something, so it's a declarative sentence.

Object is changed into subject (Admission in this college) + had + been + verb's 3^rd form (taken) + by + object (I).

Provision means something provided, prepared, or supplied for the future. Provisions mean stock of food.

'Premises' refers to land and the building on it, whereas 'premise' is a statement assumed to be true from which a conclusion is drawn. 

'Shade' means  protection from the sun. 'Shadow' means the dark area caused by light being blocked by something.

'Putting on airs' means to become proud.

When referring to a completed action at a specific time in the past ('two weeks ago'), we use the simple past tense. 'Visited' correctly indicates this completed action, while 'had visited' (past perfect) would require another past event to provide context.

The past continuous tense ('was shining') describes an action that was in progress at a specific moment in the past. When 'we went out' (simple past), the sun was already in the process of shining, making 'was shining' the correct choice.

The past tense of the verb 'saw' is already given. We are now talking of the action....so 'steal' will be the correct option.

 Whenever we talk about two past events. he one happened first takes past perfect tense.

 This is the case of present perfect continous tense.

 Whenever we talk of two events in the past the event held first takes past perfect tense

 This is the case of simple past tense.