EXAMINATION

TENSES

Exercise 1. Letter
Directions : Use any appropriate tense

Dear Brian,

On Saturday I (go).... to mount Bromo. I (stay).... at Nisa and Ahmad’s house at Cemara
Lawang, Probolinggo. It (be)... a big garden with lots of colourful flowers and a fishpond.

On Sunday Nisa and I (see)... Batok mountain and went on the scenic ride on horseback. It (be)...
scary. Then we went to (get).... a closer look at the mountain. We (take).... pictures of the
beautiful sceneries there.
On Monday we went to the zoo at Wonokromo. We saw cockatoos having a shower. In the
afternoon I went home.

It (be).... fun.
Lovely,
Lina

Exercise 2. Invitation letter

Directions : Use any appropriate tense

Dear Anshul,

I (be)... very glad to inform you that my birthday falls on 26 December. I am (plan).... to
celebrate it with you. Our school will (be).... closed for winter break. There (be)... no
problem in visiting our place.

We have (arrange).... a small tea party in the evening. There will be some refreshments there.
There will be dance and music programmes. I have invited all my friends and relatives there. I
wish that you should (come)... on my birthday and grace the occasion with your presence.

I hope you will come here to (attend).... the party and add to my pleasure. Eagerly waiting for
a confirmed reply from you.

Sincerely yours, Nishant

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Exercise 3. Complaint letter

Directions : Use any appropriate tense

To the Manager of Pet World:

I am writing to (express).... my frustrations with a recent experience I had at your store. One
week ago, I (purchase).... Paws dog food for my pet at this location. I (be).. (surprise)... at what
happened when I got home and used this bag of dog food.

Despite being on the shelf to be sold that day, this dog food had long ago expired. To be exact, it
had expired six and a half months prior to the date it was purchased. Since the bag (be).... been on
the shelf, I had assumed the food was good and acceptable to feed to my pet. I soon realized this
was not the case.

After (feed).... my dog this food, she (become).... violently ill, vomiting for hours on end. I was
forced to (take).... her to the vet, as she was dehydrated and required medicine. Thousands of
dollars later, I realized that her sickness could most definitely be attributed to the expired dog food
I had unknowingly fed her.

I have been a loyal customer of Pet World’s since it opened six years ago and have never
(experience).... any issues with your store. I am both bothered and concerned by the fact that
expired food was on the shelves of the store, and I (be)... now hesitant to trust the quality of other
products at your store. This issue could have affected a number of other pets as well, and I just
hope that none of them became as ill as mine did.

I hope to hear back from you about this unfortunate incident. Please contact me as soon as
possible at (998) 867-0987 or via email at jjay@email.com.

Sincerely,

John Jay

Exercise 4. Write a paragraph about your plan next month.

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