Present Perfect & Perfect Continuous
Complete the sentence:
"She ___ (study) English for five years."
has been studying
Identify the correct tense:
"When I arrived, they ___ (leave) the meeting."
had left
Is "data" typically countable or uncountable in academic writing?
uncountable
Is "advice" countable or uncountable?
uncountable
Choose the correct determiner: "I have ___ interest in that proposal." (a little/a few)
a little
Identify and correct the error in the following sentence:
"She has been living in Paris since three years ago."
Replace "since" with "for." Correct sentence: "She has been living in Paris for three years."
Why do we use the past perfect in this sentence:
"She had already eaten when we called her"?
To show the action occurred before another past action.
Transform this countable noun into its plural form: "criterion."
criteria
Correct the sentence:
"She gave me some good advices."
She gave me some good advice.
Identify the error: "She has too many money in her wallet."
Replace "many" with "much."
Rewrite the following using both past simple and past perfect:
"I ___ (finish) my homework before I ___ (watch) the movie."
had finished, watched
Rewrite the following using both past simple and past perfect:
"I ___ (finish) my homework before I ___ (watch) the movie."
had finished, watched
Choose the correct determiner:
"There are ___ chairs in the room, but we need more." (a few/a little)
a few
Correct the following sentence:
"There was many water on the floor after the rain."
Replace "many" with "much." Correct sentence: "There was much water on the floor after the rain."
Fill in the blanks with the correct determiner:
"___ of the students knew the answer, but ___ did not."
Some, others
Complete the sentence with the correct tense:
"He ___ (realize) he ___ (forget) his keys."
realized, had forgotten
Complete the sentence with the correct tense:
"He ___ (realize) he ___ (forget) his keys."
realized, had forgotten
Identify the error:
"There are less people in the room today."
Replace "less" with "fewer."
Choose the correct noun to complete the sentence:
"She gave me excellent ___ about my career options." (advices/advice)
advice
Explain the difference in meaning between "a few" and "few" with examples.
"A few" has a positive connotation, meaning some; "few" has a negative connotation, meaning not many.
Identify and correct all the errors in this sentence:
"He have been playing football since he has 10 years old."
Identify the error in this sentence and correct it:
"He didn’t knew that she had already left."
Replace "didn’t knew" with "didn’t know."
Correct sentence: "He didn’t know that she had already left."
dentify the plural form of the following countable noun:
"Analysis."
Analyses
Provide a synonym for "furniture" and explain why it is uncountable.
furnishings; it refers to a category rather than individual items.
Identify and correct the error in this sentence:
"Each student must submit their assignments before Friday."
Replace "their" with "his or her" for formal grammatical accuracy.
Correct sentence: "Each student must submit his or her assignments before Friday."