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ENGLISH Tenses & Adverbs of Time 03

TOPIC 1 Tenses & Adverbs of Time

Past Present Future

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Simple Past Simple Present Simple Future

I ate yesterday. I always eat breakfast. I will eat later.

Past Continuous Present Continuous Future Continuous

I was eating when he came. I am eating now. I will be eating when he
comes.

Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect

I had eaten by the time he I have just eaten. I will have eaten by the time
came. he comes.

Past Perfect Continuous Present Perfect Future Perfect

Continuous Continuous
I had been eating by the
time he came. I have been eating for one I will have been eating for
hour. one hour by the time he
comes.

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03 Tenses & Adverbs of Time ENGLISH

EX1 Fill in each blank with an appropriate form of the verb.

1. Mr. Wright ____________ (be) our CEO at the moment. He ____________ (be) here for four years.
2. The company ____________________ (manage) a few crises by the time the recession hit, so it
____________ (be) able to deal with the recession fairly well last year.
3. Rescuers _________________________________________ (search) for more survivors when they
_______________ (hear) a cry from beneath the wreckage.
4. We need to take this environmental issue seriously so that the Earth _________________ (still/be)
habitable by the time our children ________________________ (grow) up.
5. Although there ____________ (be) approximately one million words in English, most people
____________ (use) only about ten thousand of them.
6. Apple ________________________ (participate) in a number of legal proceedings and claims
since it __________________ (begin) operation.
8. No one ___________________ (leave) the room until everyone ________________________ (submit)
their exams.
9. The country’s economy ________________________ (expand) for over three years when the
pandemic _________________ (hit) in 2020.
10. By the time this war is over, you ___________________ (lose) so many lives, that your victory
___________________ (taste) as bitter as defeat.

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ENGLISH Exercise 03
Choose the underlined part(s) that is/are grammatically wrong.
1. Celebrations (1) begun in the office after it (2) was announced that they all would get a pay rise.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 1, 2 D) -

2. Very few politicians (1) want to make a promise to eradicate social inequality, which
(2) had afflicted Thailand for many decades.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 1, 2 D) -

3. Parents usually (1) name their children after their relatives, but uncommon names
(2) have become popular in recent years.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 1, 2 D) -

4. Last night, while the opposing army (1) had been sleeping, the general (2) had made a
surprise attack.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 1, 2 D) -

5. The number of cases of malaria (1) has doubled since 1986; however, there (2) had been
good progress in the search for a vaccine.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 1, 2 D) -

6. The university students (1) grew increasingly confused by the professor’s lecture, which
(2) covered materials that they (3) had been totally unfamiliar with.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1, 2 E) 1, 3

7. Experts generally (1) believe that crude oil reserves which (2) were located offshore (3) will
be depleting in our lifetime.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1, 3 E) 2, 3

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03 Exercise ENGLISH

Choose the underlined part(s) that is/are grammatically wrong.

8. Pete, who (1) purchased stocks 2 years ago when the recession (2) had hit, (3) is now enjoying
the benefits of his patience.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1, 2 E) 2, 3

9. Seventy percent of laptop computers that (1) were sold in Europe last month (2) have been
manufactured in China, a country that (3) had the largest population in the world.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1, 3 E) 2, 3

10. The injured employee, who (1) didn’t follow the owner’s manual instructions not to use the
drill in the presence of flammable atmospheres, (2) had not been adequately training in the
precautions in the power tool owner’s manual that (3) was given to every employee at the
beginning of the job last year.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1, 3 E) 2, 3

11. The recent discovery of this tomb by archeologists (1) had provided information which
(2) suggests that the wealth of Egyptian pharaohs (3) has been greater than (4) had been
believed.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1, 3 E) 2, 4

12. The victim of the accident (1) was grateful to the hospital that (2) had been saving his life,
but (3) had viewed his insurance company with suspicion out of fear that it (4) would refuse
to pay his expensive medical bills.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3, 4 D) 1, 4 E) 2, 3

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