Writing Better English for ESL Learners

(Nora) #1
Exercise 1.4Note that these are example answers. Your pronouns may differ.


  1. Was he on time? Have I been on time? Had she been on time? Will they
    be on time?

  2. Doesn’t he like the book? Hadn’t you liked the book? Won’t they like the
    book?

  3. We are driving very slowly. You were driving very slowly. They had been
    driving very slowly. She will be driving very slowly.

  4. I find him just in time. You found him just in time. She has found him just
    in time. They will find him just in time. He will have found him just in
    time.

  5. I arrange a party for her. You arranged a party for her. He has arranged a
    party for her. She had arranged a party for her. We will have arranged a
    party for her.

  6. She brings it home by noon. I brought it home by noon. You have
    brought it home by noon. They had brought it home by noon. We will
    bring it home by noon.

  7. I ate too much. He has eaten too much. She had eaten too much. We will
    eat too much.

  8. You put the tools back before lunch. He has put the tools back before
    lunch. She had put the tools back before lunch. We will put the tools back
    before lunch. They will have put the tools back before lunch.

  9. I cut out the dress before bedtime. You have cut out the dress before
    bedtime. He had cut out the dress before bedtime. We will cut out the
    dress before bedtime. They will have cut out the dress before bedtime.

  10. I steal the money by midnight. You stole the money by midnight. They
    had stolen the money by midnight. She will steal the money by midnight.

  11. We gain nothing by doing this. We gained nothing by doing this. We
    have gained nothing by doing this. We had gained nothing by doing this.
    We will have gained nothing by doing this.

  12. They got up by seven A.M. They have gotten up by seven A.M. They had
    gotten up by seven A.M.They will get up by seven A.M. They will have
    gotten up by seven A.M.

  13. Who wins the contest? Who won the contest? Who had won the contest?
    Who will win the contest? Who will have won the contest?

  14. You don’t understand a thing he said. You haven’t understood a thing he
    said. You hadn’t understood a thing he said. You won’t understand a
    thing he said. You won’t have understood a thing he said.

  15. I depart before dawn. I departed before dawn. I have departed before
    dawn. I had departed before dawn. I will have departed before dawn.


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