WHAT TENSES MEAN TO ME Today fluency in English is a very valuable asset. For second language speakers‚ English creates better job opportunities abroad‚ and it is essential for living and working in foreign countries. Although tenses are only one small part of English language‚ they are nonetheless important to have mastered. One cannot run away from having to use the language in one way or another. China has come to realize the importance of mastering English‚ and have begun to learn the
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When do Brian’s exams start‚ then? ANNA: Well‚ he is about to start them. The first one is tomorrow in fact. MARY: Do you expect him to do well? ANNA: We think he will. He’s taking nine subjects‚ and he’s quite optimistic. He is sure to past at least six of them – he’s very good at those six subjects. We think that he is likely to pass two of the others: French and art – he’s studied very hard‚ but he’s not naturally gifted in those subjects. We’ve got not hopes at all for music. He is
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Ariel O’Brien 10/23 Every once a year‚ someone always has that one tradition they like to do on a holiday. Well‚ mine so happens to be on Christmas. Every year on Christmas‚ my family and I like to play fun games after opening our presents and done having dinner. Some may have the same thing every year just like my family‚ but in my opinion‚ I don’t think it’s the actual same. My family and I like to be different every year. Even though we still buy each other gifts‚ there are
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Last summer‚ I and my group spent our holiday at Vung Tau Beach. This is one of beautiful beaches in Viet Nam. It took two hours to take there. We concentrated in bus station. At 5 A.M we started our trip by bus. Although I feel tired after two long hours but sea air made me re-excited. Gradually‚ Bien Dong was in font of us. Bien Dong length 750 m with beautiful sea and form of entertainment is multiform. We arrange our bags and after that we quickly swum in blue sea. The weather was very nice
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VERB TENSE CHART SIMPLE PAST Portrays an action or state of being that took place before the time when the sentence is written. I WAS I RAN I ATE HE SMILED PAST PERFECT Shows that the verb’s action was completed at some time before another past event. It consists of the word had plus the past participle of the verb. I HAD BEEN I HAD RUN I HAD EATEN HE HAD SMILED SIMPLE PAST PROGRESSIVE The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the
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Exercise Exercise 2 MIXED TENSES Motorcycle Accidents A spokesman for the Public Works Department says motorcycle lanes 1. _________ (be) no longer needed on the highway as the accident rate involving motorcycles 2. ______________ (be) negligible compared to trunk roads. The percentage of motorcycle accidents along the expressway 3. _________ (be) less than 0.01%‚ most of which are caused by reckless riding and speeding. According to international design requirements‚ a separate
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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE The simple present or present simple is one of the verb forms associated with the present tense in modern English. It is commonly referred to as a tense‚ although it also encodes certain information about aspect in addition to present time. It is called "simple" because its basic form consists of a single word (like write or writes)‚ in contrast with other present tense forms such as the present progressive (is writing) and present perfect (has written). For nearly all English
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English teaching‚ this could be‚ perhaps‚ rephrased as: when a tense is presented to be used only for the time its name represents‚ it is nothing more than a deception. Generally‚ it is taught that the tenses are only to express actions of the time they “represent”‚ allowing the student to gain the misconception that tenses are entirely connected with time‚ even though their uses are by no means limited to their names as such‚ i.e. “present tense” for “present time” only. This is "a truth presented as
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Case Study on Business Ethics: Holiday Cheer or Ethical Dilemma? Williams had joined Star Corporation‚ one of the leading consumer electronics company‚ only a few days back as the Purchase Manager and he was going through the employees conduct manual. He was attracted by the clause‚ prohibiting acceptance of gifts by the employees of the purchase department. It read as follows: “Purchase department employees shall not accept gifts from vendors. This is to ensure that no vendor is given any
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I. Future Perfect Continuous Exercise Make the future perfect continuous. Choose the positive‚ negative or question form: 1. I __________________________________ (work) all weekend so I won’t be energetic on Sunday night. 2. How long __________________________________ (you / wait) when you finally get your exam results? 3. Julie __________________________________ (not / eat) much‚ so we’ll need to make sure she has a good meal when she arrives. 4. How long __________________________________
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