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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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for 2 years, tense and aspect

0The TV show 01i00____02i00 by Tom for 2 years. (A) was made (B) is made (C) will be made (D) has been made02br
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0 I think you're right. 02br 02br 00 They missed a "now" or a "last" in order to clarify the choices:02br 02br 00 The TV show 01i 00____02i 00 by Tom for 2 years 01b 00now02b 00. 02br 00 (A) was made (B) is made (C) will be made (D) has been made.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 I think you're right.
  • 02br 02br 00 They missed a "now" or a "last" in order to clarify the choices:02br 02br 00 The TV show 01i 00____02i 00 by Tom for 2 years 01b 00now02b 00.
  • 02br 00 (A) was made (B) is made (C) will be made (D) has been made.
  • 02br 02br 00 or: 02br 02br 00 The TV show 01i 00____02i 00 by Tom for 01b 00the last02b 00 2 years.
  • 02br 00 (A) was made (B) is made (C) will be made (D) has been made.
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0 I think you're right. 02br
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00 They missed a "now" or a "last" in order to clarify the choices:02br
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00 (A) was made (B) is made (C) will be made (D) has been made. 02br
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01cite10Teo12cite10The TV show 11i10____12i10 by Tom for 2 years. (A) was made (B) is made (C) will be made (D) has been made12br
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10Choice D is the answer. However, aren't choices A and C also possible? 12br
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10noi you cannot choose A and
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01cite10Ruthless-turkey12cite10noi you cannot choose A and C. recognize !! : 11font11b10"for 2 years"... 11font10s12font12b12font12br
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11b10if there's "for or since" words,you should use perfect tense..if C i
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11blockquote
11cite20Ruthless-turkey22cite22br
20noi you cannot choose A and C. recognize !! : 21font21b20"for 2 years"... 21font20s22font22b22font22br
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0 01b00For 02b00is a bridge from the past to the present (now) only if the context is appropriate.02br
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00 If the context indicates that the end of the period is now, you should of course use present perfect. 02br
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00 Otherwise it may well indicate a period in the past or in the future. Read all my postings in the above (i
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0ok.thanks for your help.i'm a student in turkey and teachers in here teaches perfect tenses in that way..thanx again and good days.. 050010id1
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