Simple Past/Present Perfect
I (know) _______ John for many years. (I still know him today)
have known
I _____ school on weekdays.
go to/attend/ study at/ etc.
A number of students (fail - use present perfect) ______ the grammar test.
have failed
What can we call a building with offices in it? (make a compound noun)
office building
I know the answer to this question, it's pretty easy.
CS
Canada (be) _______ a country since 1867.
has been
He _________ when his friend came in.
was ______ing
Every man and woman (have) _____ to take the exam later.
has
What's the plural of "life"?
lives
There are very few health people left in that town.
wf
I (meet) ________ James in 1991.
met
We will arrive in Singapore in one hour. It's 9:15 now, and we ________ for almost six hours.
have been flying
The Japanese (make) ______ good cars.
make
The teachers' office is over there. (one or more than one teacher?)
more than one
By the time I arrived, he already ate all of it.
vt
James ______ many trips to Vietnam since 1994. Most recently, he ______ there last year.
has taken, went/traveled/etc.
By the time Han arrived to help, his group (finish) _______ working on the assignment already.
had finished
One-third of the pizzas (be) _____ mine.
are
What's the difference between "There are a few apples left" and "There are few apples left"
few apples is more negative, implies there aren't enough
According to the story, "Brothers" which was written by an indigenous author.
fragment
I _____ up in Poland but when I was 13, I _____ to Canada. I _______ in Canada for 27 years.
grew, moved/went/immigrated, have lived
By the time you graduate from Trent ESL, you (study) _______ at Trent for 2 years.
will have been studying/will have studied
Physics (be) _____ difficult.
is
List two quantifiers that can be used only with NC nouns and two that can be used only with C nouns.
NC - much, little, etc C - several , a few, etc.
Every one of the students were unhappy because of the difficulty test in the end, many of them failed. (3 errors)
agr, wf, ro