Looking Back and Planning Ahead
Practice set 2 · Mixed questions
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She ___ six pages so far. (completed total)
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: has written
She has written six pages so far. (completed total) Present perfect simple focuses on completion, quantity or a stable state; continuous focuses on duration or visible evidence of activity. Some verbs allow both with a change in emphasis. State verbs such as own normally stay simple.
I've been ___ all morning.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: cleaning
I've been cleaning all morning. Present perfect simple focuses on completion, quantity or a stable state; continuous focuses on duration or visible evidence of activity. Some verbs allow both with a change in emphasis. State verbs such as own normally stay simple.
Choose the word or expression: The place someone is travelling to.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: destination
destination: The place someone is travelling to. Example: Our final destination is a village near the coast.
She was exhausted because she had been ___ all day.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: travelling
She was exhausted because she had been travelling all day. Narratives use past simple for events, past continuous for background, past perfect simple for earlier completion and past perfect continuous for earlier ongoing activity. Establish the reference time before choosing a perfect tense; avoid shifting every verb unnecessarily.
When I arrived, they ___ already left.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: had
When I arrived, they had already left. Narratives use past simple for events, past continuous for background, past perfect simple for earlier completion and past perfect continuous for earlier ongoing activity. Establish the reference time before choosing a perfect tense; avoid shifting every verb unnecessarily.
Choose the word or expression: A plan showing the places and dates of a journey.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: itinerary
itinerary: A plan showing the places and dates of a journey. Example: The tour company emailed us a detailed itinerary.
At this time tomorrow, I will be ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: flying
At this time tomorrow, I will be flying. Future continuous uses will be + -ing for activity in progress at a future time. Future perfect uses will have + past participle for completion by a future point. By marks a deadline; at often locates an activity in progress.
By Friday, she will have ___ the report.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: finished
By Friday, she will have finished the report. Future continuous uses will be + -ing for activity in progress at a future time. Future perfect uses will have + past participle for completion by a future point. By marks a deadline; at often locates an activity in progress.
Choose the word or expression: A planned break in a journey before continuing.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: stopover
stopover: A planned break in a journey before continuing. Example: We enjoyed a two-day stopover in Singapore.
By the time you arrive, we will have ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: eaten
By the time you arrive, we will have eaten. Review tense choices through reference points: a perfect form looks back, a continuous form presents an activity in progress and a simple form presents a fact or event. Future arrangements, intentions and predictions can use different forms. Time clauses normally use present forms for future reference.
I ___ her since we were children.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: have known
I have known her since we were children. Review tense choices through reference points: a perfect form looks back, a continuous form presents an activity in progress and a simple form presents a fact or event. Future arrangements, intentions and predictions can use different forms. Time clauses normally use present forms for future reference.
Choose the word or expression: Travelling with belongings in a backpack, often on a small budget.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: backpacking
backpacking: Travelling with belongings in a backpack, often on a small budget. Example: They went backpacking around Europe after university.
I ___ own a motorbike, but I sold it.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: used to
I used to own a motorbike, but I sold it. Used to describes past habits and states no longer true. Would can describe repeated past actions once a past setting is established, but not normally a past state such as owning or believing. Neither is a normal choice for a single completed event.
Every summer as children, we would ___ by the river.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: camp
Every summer as children, we would camp by the river. Used to describes past habits and states no longer true. Would can describe repeated past actions once a past setting is established, but not normally a past state such as owning or believing. Neither is a normal choice for a single completed event.
Choose the word or expression: The period when fewer people visit a place.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: off-season
off-season: The period when fewer people visit a place. Example: Hotel rooms are cheaper in the off-season.
She ___ six pages so far. (completed total)
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: has written
She has written six pages so far. (completed total) Present perfect simple focuses on completion, quantity or a stable state; continuous focuses on duration or visible evidence of activity. Some verbs allow both with a change in emphasis. State verbs such as own normally stay simple.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: cleaning
I've been cleaning all morning. Present perfect simple focuses on completion, quantity or a stable state; continuous focuses on duration or visible evidence of activity. Some verbs allow both with a change in emphasis. State verbs such as own normally stay simple.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: destination
destination: The place someone is travelling to. Example: Our final destination is a village near the coast.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: travelling
She was exhausted because she had been travelling all day. Narratives use past simple for events, past continuous for background, past perfect simple for earlier completion and past perfect continuous for earlier ongoing activity. Establish the reference time before choosing a perfect tense; avoid shifting every verb unnecessarily.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: had
When I arrived, they had already left. Narratives use past simple for events, past continuous for background, past perfect simple for earlier completion and past perfect continuous for earlier ongoing activity. Establish the reference time before choosing a perfect tense; avoid shifting every verb unnecessarily.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: itinerary
itinerary: A plan showing the places and dates of a journey. Example: The tour company emailed us a detailed itinerary.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: flying
At this time tomorrow, I will be flying. Future continuous uses will be + -ing for activity in progress at a future time. Future perfect uses will have + past participle for completion by a future point. By marks a deadline; at often locates an activity in progress.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: finished
By Friday, she will have finished the report. Future continuous uses will be + -ing for activity in progress at a future time. Future perfect uses will have + past participle for completion by a future point. By marks a deadline; at often locates an activity in progress.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: stopover
stopover: A planned break in a journey before continuing. Example: We enjoyed a two-day stopover in Singapore.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: eaten
By the time you arrive, we will have eaten. Review tense choices through reference points: a perfect form looks back, a continuous form presents an activity in progress and a simple form presents a fact or event. Future arrangements, intentions and predictions can use different forms. Time clauses normally use present forms for future reference.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: have known
I have known her since we were children. Review tense choices through reference points: a perfect form looks back, a continuous form presents an activity in progress and a simple form presents a fact or event. Future arrangements, intentions and predictions can use different forms. Time clauses normally use present forms for future reference.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: backpacking
backpacking: Travelling with belongings in a backpack, often on a small budget. Example: They went backpacking around Europe after university.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: used to
I used to own a motorbike, but I sold it. Used to describes past habits and states no longer true. Would can describe repeated past actions once a past setting is established, but not normally a past state such as owning or believing. Neither is a normal choice for a single completed event.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: camp
Every summer as children, we would camp by the river. Used to describes past habits and states no longer true. Would can describe repeated past actions once a past setting is established, but not normally a past state such as owning or believing. Neither is a normal choice for a single completed event.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: off-season
off-season: The period when fewer people visit a place. Example: Hotel rooms are cheaper in the off-season.
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