- The manager fires the entire staff. The manager fired the entire staff.
The manager has fired the entire staff. The manager will fire the entire
staff. - She teaches herself to play the guitar. She has taught herself to play the
guitar. She had taught herself to play the guitar. She will teach herself to
play the guitar.
Exercise 1.2- Her brother was very rich. Her brother had been very rich. Her brother
will be very rich. - Are the children good? Have the children been good? Had the children
been good? Will the children be good? - Is she ill? Was she ill? Has she been ill? Had she been ill?
- I am not angry at all. I was not angry at all. I had not been angry at all. I
will not be angry at all. - Did you go there often? Have you gone there often? Had you gone there
often? Will you go there often? - What do you do? What did you do? What have you done? What had you
done? - The girls have a bad day. The girls had a bad day. The girls have had a bad
day. The girls will have a bad day. The girls will have had a bad day. - Maria has ten dollars. Maria has had ten dollars. Maria had had ten
dollars. Maria will have ten dollars. - My brother did nothing all day. My brother has done nothing all day. My
brother had done nothing all day. My brother will do nothing all day. - They don’t go to the movies. They didn’t go to the movies. They hadn’t
gone to the movies. They won’t go to the movies. - We get a letter from a distant relative. We have gotten a letter from a
distant relative. We had gotten a letter from a distant relative. We will
get a letter from a distant relative. - Don’t you expect that? Didn’t you expect that? Haven’t you expected
that? Won’t you expect that? - Mr. Phillips was writing a novel. Mr. Phillips has been writing a novel. Mr.
Phillips had been writing a novel. Mr. Phillips will be writing a novel. - Carmen doesn’t believe you. Carmen didn’t believe you. Carmen hasn’t
believed you. Carmen hadn’t believed you. - Do you stop for gas there? Did you stop for gas there? Had you stopped
for gas there? Will you stop for gas there?
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