Cover of the textbook Focus 5 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.3 - Grammar for the textbook Focus 5 - Student's Book with authors Vaughan Jones and Sue Kay from Pearson Education

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