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Gordo604 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Advanced verb tenses

Hi I need some help with advanced verb phrases - whether these sentences are Future continuous, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, present simple, or future perfect. I put my answers in (brackets)

1.We had finished eating before they arrived. (past perfect continuous)
2. I met Mark as I was walking to the shops. (present perfect continuous)
3. I had been working all night and was exhausted. (past perfect)
4. She had had that dog since she was ten. (paspt perfect continuous)
5. He cycled to work every day. (past simple)
6. I have been waiting for you over an hour. (present perfect)
7. He became a recluse in later life. (future continuous)
8. They will have finished their work before dinner time. (future continuous)
9. I'll be waiting by the clock tower. (future continuous)

Thanks a lot, hope everyone is doing great
  

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Hi, I need some help with advanced verb phrases - whether these sentences are Future continuous, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, present simple, or future perfect. We had finished eating before they arrived. I met Mark as I was walking to the shops.

  • Hi, I need some help with advanced verb phrases - whether these sentences are Future continuous, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, present simple, or future perfect.
  • We had finished eating before they arrived.
  • I met Mark as I was walking to the shops.
  • (present perfect past continuous) 3.
  • I had been working all night and was exhausted.
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Hi,

I need some help with advanced verb phrases - whether these sentences are Future continuous, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, present simple, or future perfect. I put my answers in (brackets)

1.We had finished eating before they arrived. (past perfect continuous)
2.I met Mar

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