Clauses of time On tap TN THPT

Task : Find and correct one mistake in each sentence.. FURTHER PRACTICE.[r]

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es

V

s

Simple Present

Past

Continuous Simple Past

Simple Future Present Perfect Past Perfect Present Perfect Continuous Present Continuous

+

V

ed3

V

ed2

have has

+

V

had ed3

+ V

ing

am is are

was

were

+ V

ing

+ V

will

V

ing have has been

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F

2

3

4

7

8

6

5

A

B

C

D

G

H

E

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- S + have + Ved

3 + S + Ved2

- + S + Ved

2 / S+ had + Ved3

- S+ had + Ved

3 + + S + Ved2

- S + Ved

2 + S+ had + Ved3

- + had + S + Ved

3 +

- Don’t use future tenses in clauses of time.

SEQUENCE OF TENSES

since Before

by the time after

No sooner than

Question 1 GROUP B GROUP A

200

Question 2 Question 14 Question 16 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 13 Question 15 Question 11 Question 12 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20

200

190

180

170

160

150

140

130

120

110

Question

C

B is

1

Lan has learnt English since

she _a small girl.

D had been

A was

Question

C

B will come

Don’t go anywhere until I

_ back

D am coming

A came

Question

C

B discovering / had used

3 Before cars , people

horses and bicycles.

D were discovered / had used

A discovered / had used

Question

C

B is ending

4 I am going to speak with the

boss when the meeting .

D would end

A will end

Question

C

B see

When we _him tomorrow,

we will remind him of that.

D saw

A will see

Question

C

B tell

6 When he comes, I him

the news

D would have told

A will tell

Question

C

B fought

7 When the police came, they _.

D were fighting

A are fighting

Question

C

B had studied

8 Before she came to England, she

English.

D was studying A studied

Question

C

B as soon as

9 I have lost touch with him

he left for London.

D before

A since

Question 10

C

B When he returns

10 , I will give him

the report.

D No sooner he returns

Question 11

C

B when we are

fishing

11 We saw many beautiful birds in the lake

D fishing

A while fishing

Question 12

C

B While having dinner

12 , Peter came to see me.

D When I am having dinner A While I was

Question 13

C

B Finished

13 my homework, I went

to bed.

D After I had finished A After finishing

Question 14

C

B Before he leaves

14 _ the dance, Jerry said

good-bye to his girlfriend.

D Before he will leave A Before left

Question 15

C

B has spoken/ will have eaten

15 Jones _ after everyone

.

D will speak / has eaten A speaks /

will eat

Question 16

C

B Whenever it rains

16 _, Joe stays in bed and

reads magazines.

D As it will be raining A Whenever

raining

Question 17

C

B No sooner

had he arrived

17 in Rome than he was kidnapped

D No sooner he had arrived A No sooner he

arrived

Question 18

C

B would open

18.

Mrs Pike _ the door

before the customers arrived.

D had opened

A will open

Question 19

C

B was finishing / would take

19 After Mariana her exam, I

_ her out to eat.

D will finish / have taken A has finished /

Question 20

C

B until her boss will return

20 Mary will have finished all her work

D by the time

her boss returns A as soon as her

Task: Find and correct one mistake in each sentence

FURTHER PRACTICE

1 She learns German for two years.

A B C D

(for + duration of time  present perfect)

2. At o’clock yesterday evening, I am ironing my clothes

A B C D

(at + time + yesterday  past continuous)

 B has learned

3 No sooner she had entered the room than she left

A B C

the presence of somebody else

D

 A had she (No sooner + had + S + Ved3)

4 It’s obvious that neither the teacher nor the

A B C

students is responsible for it

D

D are

(neither + S1 + nor + S2 + V : V depends on S2)

5. The last time I see him was in 2006

A B C D

B saw

(Changing tense: The last time + S + Ved2 + was + )

6 After Mrs Wang had returned to her house

A B

from work, she was cooking dinner

C D

(S + Ved2 after + S+ had + Ved3)

7 Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once

A B C

since she buys it

D

(since + S + Ved2)

8 When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she

A

stopped moving and listens intently

B C D

( verbs are combined with conjunction “and”)

 D cooked

 D bought

9. The police arrested the man while he is having

A B C

dinner in a restaurant

D

 C was having

(Sequence of tense)

10 Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are

A B C

married for three years now

D

 C have been