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Osamaelias Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
exam mark mistaken
Hello i had the following question in my exam and i think i was mismarked for it , can anyone help because my teacher says it wrong and my father says it isnt so here you go
d) Circle the most appropriate forms
1) According to the schedule, the conference (starts,will start) at 10 am.
2) Which movie (are they showing,will they show)?
ps: the underlined word means my answer which was wrong , so please see if that is right or wrong with a brief note on why.
THANK YOU
d) Circle the most appropriate forms
1) According to the schedule, the conference (starts,will start) at 10 am.
2) Which movie (are they showing,will they show)?
ps: the underlined word means my answer which was wrong , so please see if that is right or wrong with a brief note on why.
THANK YOU
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1) According to the schedule, the conference starts at 10 am. Yes,this must have been the correct answer. 00.
- 1) According to the schedule, the conference starts at 10 am.
- Yes,this must have been the correct answer.
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- In exclamatory sentences There goes the bus!
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1) According to the schedule, the conference starts at 10 am. Yes,this must have been the correct answer.
Timetables/ programmes (future reference) --->> we use simple present tense
Timetables/ programmes (future reference) --->> we use simple present tense
- The train leaves at 8.00.
- The lesson begins
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thank you , and yes i did post this twice one here and another one there but the problem is that some people say it right other say it wrong anyways thank you for your time
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Hi Osamaelias,
In your sentences, both present and future form of the verb gramatically work well, and there is no grammatical error;however, the usage might change according to the context.
In your sentences, both present and future form of the verb gramatically work well, and there is no grammatical error;however, the usage might change according to the context.
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Osamaelias2) Which movie (are they showing,will they show)?"They" here mean cinemas?! The answer must be "are they showing". If you want to talk about the future, you have to use "are they going to show" because cinemas have plans to show movies. You can't use "will they show" in both present and future situation, it's inco
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