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Our family ________(visit) my grandparents after church every Sunday.
visits
Anju (a)________(come) from Brazil and (b) ______ (be) a native speaker of Portuguese. Currently she (c) _______(study) English at the University of Colorado.
comes, is , is studying
We ___never ___(visit) another country before.
have visited
We ______________(visit) our grandparents since we were kids.
have been visiting (present perfect progressive)
In the evenings, I often play chess with my next door neighbor. I ---- chess with him ever since I ---- to live here ten years ago.
"have been playing" and "came"
The strong storm ________ (bend) the tree yesterday.
bent
I ……………….(visit) France this summer.
am visiting
When I ______(show)up to take a look around, there were at least 20 people who _______(arrive) before me.
"showed" and "had arrived"
Do you think we should give them a break? They ___________________(work) for hours.
have been working
Ann ----(fail) her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she ----(practice) reversing since last week and I think she has got a bit better at it.
"has failed" and "has been practicing"
By next month, Hannah _________(have) a new computer.
will have
Mani ……………….. (work)in his garage.
is working
They ______(want) me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I _______(have) some problems with him in the past.
"wanted" and "have had"
Alfredo _____(join) the Friends of the Theater in his community five years ago and ______(be) an active participant in this group ever since.
simple past (joined) and present perfect (has been)
I have been waiting for the prices of the houses to come down before buying one, but I think I ----(wait) too long and the prices ---- (begin) to go up again.
"have waited" and "are beginning"
What is one of the 5 uses for simple tenses?
Express general ideas, relationships, and truths Describe habitual actions Describe perceptions or emotions Express possession or personal relationships Establish the time frame and the moment of focus
What …………we………(have) for breakfast?
are...having
By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ______(drive) more than 400 miles. We will be exhausted.
will have driven
He ______(find) an antique desk to use for one of the sets, and he also ______(make) a fireplace façade.
found, made (simple past)
This bicycle ----(be) in our family for fourteen years. My father used it for the first five years, my brother rode it for the next five and I ----(have) it for the last four.
"has been" and "have had"
What is one sentence that uses a simple tense to describe habitual actions?
Various answers
Write one sentence that uses a progressive verb to describe actions already in progress at the moment of focus.
Various answers
I ___________(come) to England six months ago. I_____________( start) my economics course 3 months before coming to England.
came had started
We ___________________(live) in this house for 2 years.
have been living
Since I --- (negative see) it before, it ----( be) difficult for me to ____________(believe)
" haven't seen" is believe