Ingles

A. Directions: Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past or the Present Perfect of the verbs in parentheses.
1. I ____(know) Tim when he was a child, but I ____ (see) him for many years. I ____(know) Larry, my best friend, for more than 20 years.
2. The company and the union finally ____(agree) on salary raises two days ago. Since then, they ____ (agree) on everything, and the rest of the negotiations have gone smoothly.
3. Our university ____ (send) 120 students to study in other countries last year. In the total, we ____ (send) 850 students abroad over the last five years.
4. John ____(miss) his Math exam this evening because he ____(oversleep). He ____ (oversleep) a lot since the beginning of the semester. He’d better buy a new alarm clock.
5. Claire is a law student. Ever since she ____(enroll) in law school, she ____(miss) a class due to illness.
B. Directions: what’s the meaning of the verb forms? Answer the questions about the pair of sentences:
1. a. Ann was leaving the room when I walked in.
b. Sam had left the room when I walked in.
Question: Who did I run into when I walked into the room?
Answer:
2. a. When the rain stopped, Tom rode his bicycle to work.
b. When the rain stopped, June was riding her bicycle to work.
Question: Who got wet on the way to work?
Answer:
3. a. Mary went to the supermarket because she had run out of food.
b. Sarah went to the supermarket because she was running out of food.
Question: Who is better at planning ahead?
Answer:
4. a. Alice was walking to the door when the doorbell rang.
b. George walked to the door when the doorbell rang.
Question: Who had been expecting the doorbell to ring?
Answer: C. Directions: Write sentences in the Future Perfect/ Future Perfect Continuous using the information provided.
1. a. I will arrive home at 11:30 pm tonight.
b. My children will go to bed at 10 pm.
Sentence:
2. a. Peter will be watching the news from 7:00 to 7:30 am.
b. Jane, his wife, will get up at 7:20 am.