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Answer — Exercise 3

1.3 - Grammar·Focus 5 (2nd edition) - Student's Book

Question

Read the GRAMMAR FOCUS and find an example of each tense in the text in Exercise 2. Explain why each aspect is used.

Answer

  1. were taking part – in progress in the past
  2. had been wandering – in progress before a moment in the past
  3. had come – happened before a moment in the past
  4. has become – happened before the present moment
  5. is growing – in progress now
  6. has been working – in progress before the current moment (and continuing into the present)
  7. won’t have forgotten – won’t have happened before a moment in the future
  8. will have been waiting – in progress before a moment in the future
  9. will be looking forward – will be in progress in the future

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