Present perfect was/is
I’m having trouble phrasing this sentence, I’d be grateful if somebody could help me:
For the past ten days I’ve pretended to revise, appeared studious in front of my teacher, and slept on my books when the classroom was/is empty.
I’m trying to write it in present perfect. Is the beginning correct, particularly the word “past”, does this make the time duration too specific and not allow it to be correct form of present perfect.
And also, I know, or I think I know, I could write “and slept on my books when he has left the classroom.” But I’d still like to know if “was” or “is” should be used. Thank you! Sam.
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anonymous For the past ten days I’ve pretended to revise, appeared studious in front of my teacher, and slept on my books when the classroom was empty. I’m trying to write it in present perfect. As shown, but 'is' would not be so wrong either.
- anonymous For the past ten days I’ve pretended to revise, appeared studious in front of my teacher, and slept on my books when the classroom was empty.
- I’m trying to write it in present perfect.
- As shown, but 'is' would not be so wrong either.
- It's just that 'was' goes better with 'slept', the nearest verb.
- It's already in the present perfect.
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anonymousFor the past ten days I’ve pretended to revise, appeared studious in front of my teacher, and slept on my books when the classroom was empty.
I’m trying to write it in present perfect.
As shown, but 'is' would not be so wrong either. It's just that 'was' goes better with 'slept', the nearest verb.
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