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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Exercises on tenses

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00Would please tell me if my choice of tenses is correct ? 02br
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00Bill : I 01u00used to be02u00 [0100if there were a blank here what would the teacher write as an indication to find00 "used to be"?] proud of my work; but how 01b001.02b00 can you take a pride in what you 01b002. a)02b00 are doing / 01b00b)02b00 do (?) when every two or three years they put a new manager with new-01u00fangled02u00 (or 01u00tangled02u00 ? 0100what's the meaning of that word00 ?) ideas in charge of the factory – and he tells you what you 01b003.02b00 have been doing is all wrong ? 02br
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00Ted : Why 01b004.02b00 have you stayed on all these years then, Bill ? 02br
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00Bill : Well, it’s the same thing wherever you go. However well you 5. do your job, you 01b006.02b00 don’t get on in any firm unless you 01b007.02b00 are a friend of the manager’s – and the present manager 01b008. a)02b00 has certainly been / 01b00b)02b00 is (?) certainly no friend of mine. 02br
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00Thank you in advance. 02br
00Hela 0-
  

Top answer

0All verb tenses which you suggest work here, Hela. 1470, "addicted to novelty," lit. "ready to grasp at all new things," from adj.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0All verb tenses which you suggest work here, Hela.
  • 1470, "addicted to novelty," lit.
  • "ready to grasp at all new things," from adj.
  • E.
  • fon "to capture" (see fang).
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0All verb tenses which you suggest work here, Hela. 02br
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00 c.1470, "addicted to novelty," lit. "ready to grasp at all new things," from adj. newefangel "inclined to take" (c.1386), from new + -fangel, from root of O.E. fon "to capture" (see fang). Sense of "lately come into fashion" first recorded 1533. 02br
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0 Hello, MM! 02br
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00Long time no see. Where have you been? 02br
00I was worried about you. You haven't showed up since the earthquake, I think. 02br
00It's good to see you again. 02br
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00Enjoy the cool evening. 0-
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0 I share Jandi's feelings and join in his/her greetings. 02br
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00Do you need a clue for the testee?12blockquote
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00Yes indeed! 02br
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00Thank you MrM, I look forward to hearing from you again. 02br
00Hela 02br
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0Thanks for the welcome-- it's good to see you all again, too. But I'm not really back yet: I'm still waiting for ADSL installation. Until then I have to severely curtail my online time. 02br
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00I still don't have a feeling for the idea of a clue, Hela. Something like 'former practice'? 0-
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0 'Habitual past'? 02br
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0 Thank you all very much. 02br
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00All the best! 0-
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I was proud of my work; but now can you take a pride in what you do when every two or three years they put a new manager with new fangled[wierd] ideas in charge of the factory- and he tells you what you have been doing is all wrong? why did you stay on all these years then, bill? Well., it's the same thing wherever you go. However well you did your job, you dont get on in any firm unless you are a
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