plans/has planned

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This summer vacation, Joan wants to go to the U.S.A to study English. She plans/has planned to go there for many years. She hopes she has/will have lots of fun when she's in the U.S.A.

The above is an exercise test for my daughter Penny, a junior high student, and she has some problems with the above two questions. But after checking the given answers, I found them (the given answers) wrong. Would you mind checking them out for me? Thanks.

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

She has planned to go there for many years and she hope she will have lots of fun.

What were the answers in the book?

Angliholic · Answer

Grammar GeekShe has planned to go there for many years and she hope she will have lots of fun.

What were the answers in the book?

Thanks, GG.

My choices are the same as yours, but the given answers are the other choices.

Yoong Liat · Answer

She plans to go there for many years. She hopes she has lots of fun when she's in the U.S.A.

I think the verbs are correctly used.

Angliholic · Answer

Yoong LiatShe plans to go there for many years. She hopes she has lots of fun when she's in the U.S.A.

I think the verbs are correctly used.

Thanks, Yoong Liat, for your consideration and time.

I assume that's a bad test question, and I'm not going to waste time on it.

Thank you, my friends.

Bokeh · Answer

All four combinations are grammatical. Only context will prove which ones are correct in this situation.

"She plans to go there for many years." -> deals with the length of the stay.
"She has planed to go there for many years." -> deals with the length of the plans.
"She hopes she has lots of fun" -> Present used to express future
"She hopes she will have lots of fun" -> Simple future

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