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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

tense

Today, people (1) ---- (not build) huge fires any more, but their activities (2) ---- (have) a big impact on the environment. Since modern times, fossil fuels, which make machines run, and produce heat, chemicals and fumes from factories and cars (3) ---- (pollute) the air we (4) ---- (breathe), the water we (5) ---- (drink), and the soil we (6) ---- (grow) vegetables and fruit in. The impact also (7) ---- (occur) in rivers, lakes, seas, and even in oceans. High frequency radio waves from the aerials of TV, radio and mobile phone stations, radiation from nuclear reaction in industry and from nuclear power plants are causing fatal changes on genes of men and all other living things every moment.

My answers:

1. don't build

2. have

3. have been polluting

4. breathe

5. drink

6. grow

7. occurs

What do you think, especially about 7?
  

Top answer

#1 and 2 are OK, but present continuous might be better. The rest are fine. (I don't think the text was written by a very good writer.

— Mister Micawber

  • #1 and 2 are OK, but present continuous might be better.
  • The rest are fine.
  • (I don't think the text was written by a very good writer.
  • )
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#1 and 2 are OK, but present continuous might be better.

The rest are fine. (I don't think the text was written by a very good writer. It is awkwardly composed.)
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Mister Micawber#1 and 2 are OK, but present continuous might be better.

The rest are fine. (I don't think the text was written by a very good writer. It is awkwardly composed.)

Yes, you are right. The writers are not native speakers. To add insult to injury, the book from which the text has been quoted is used at schools nationwide.
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