A Tense Time
Verbs are used in this form when an action starts and ends in the past.
What is the simple past tense?
As soon as it stopped snowing, the children ran out to go play in the fresh snow.
What is first, it stopped snowing, and then second, the children ran out to go play?
Talking while your mouth is full of food.
What are bad table manners?
I am studying here since last January.
What is "I have been studying here since last January."?
I'm
I've
I'd
What are the contracted or short forms?
This is a verb tense usually used by police and parents when they want to know what you were doing at a specific point in the past.
What is the past progressive tense?
I'll call you as soon as we arrive at the hotel.
What is one event happened soon after another?
In Japan, and other Asian countries, it is _______ to eat with chopsticks.
What is customary?
After I will graduate, I will return to my hometown.
What is "After I graduate, I will return to my hometown."?
How are you? You do? How much?
What is a rising tone?
I've been studying all day in the library.
What is duration?
When I have some news, I'll call you.
What is first, I have some news, and then second, I'll tell you?
In most cultures, murder, shoplifting, stealing, lying, bribing, and cheating are all thought of as the same.
What is unethical?
Many scientists believe there is a major earthquake in California in the near future.
What is "Many scientists believe there will be a major earthquake in California in the near future."?
Last night, I went to bed after I finished grading papers.
What is a pause before "after" to breathe?
When did this action take place? I've been to America.
What is unknown time in the past?
By the time Marc graduated from medical school, he had been studying for 20 years.
What is first, had been studying, and then second, Marc graduated from medical school?
It is important for all people traveling in the world to develop this quality so that they do not do something offensive in another country.
What is cultural literacy?
We washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen after our dinner guests were leaving.
What is "We washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen after our dinner guests left."?
How smoothly and quickly you can say a sentence like, "While I was on the subway to work yesterday, I listened to my favorite music."
What is fluency?
In what order did these actions occur? I was eating a sandwich and listening to music while I was studying in my room
What is at the same time, or simultaneously?
By the time Sharon gets home from Africa, she will have been away for two years.
What is first, Sharon gets home, and then second, she will have been away?
The government prevents a news station from broadcasting a news program about bribery within the government.
What is censorship?
By the end of the 21st century, humans will had discovered the cure for all types of colds.
What is "By the end of the 21st century, humans will have discovered the cure for all types of colds."?
Make a statement that would get this response: We completely agree on that point. Everyone will be much safer.
They should prohibit smoking indoors.