Narrative, Prediction and Perspective
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She was exhausted because she had been ___ all night.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: working
She was exhausted because she had been working all night. Narrative tenses establish event order and background; used to describes former habits or states, while would can describe repeated past actions after a past setting is established. A single completed event normally uses past simple. Past perfect continuous can explain a later past result.
We ___ own a cottage before moving abroad.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: used to
We used to own a cottage before moving abroad. Narrative tenses establish event order and background; used to describes former habits or states, while would can describe repeated past actions after a past setting is established. A single completed event normally uses past simple. Past perfect continuous can explain a later past result.
Choose the word or expression: The reporting of an event by the media.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: coverage
coverage: The reporting of an event by the media. Example: The election received extensive television coverage.
By Friday, we will have ___ the project.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: completed
By Friday, we will have completed the project. English future reference includes will for predictions or instant decisions, going to for intentions/evidence, present continuous for arrangements, present simple for timetables, future continuous for ongoing activity and future perfect for completion by a point.
At noon tomorrow, I will be ___ to Paris.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: flying
At noon tomorrow, I will be flying to Paris. English future reference includes will for predictions or instant decisions, going to for intentions/evidence, present continuous for arrangements, present simple for timetables, future continuous for ongoing activity and future perfect for completion by a point.
Choose the word or expression: A person or document providing information to a journalist.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: source
source: A person or document providing information to a journalist. Example: The reporter checked the claim with an independent source.
The train is due ___ arrive at six.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to
The train is due to arrive at six. Be about to indicates an imminent action; be due to refers to an expected or scheduled event; be on the point/verge of takes -ing or a noun. Be to + infinitive expresses a formal arrangement or instruction. These expressions are not interchangeable in every context.
She was on the point of ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: leaving
She was on the point of leaving. Be about to indicates an imminent action; be due to refers to an expected or scheduled event; be on the point/verge of takes -ing or a noun. Be to + infinitive expresses a formal arrangement or instruction. These expressions are not interchangeable in every context.
Choose the word or expression: An unfair preference that affects judgement or reporting.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: bias
bias: An unfair preference that affects judgement or reporting. Example: The article showed clear bias in favour of one candidate.
He said he ___ call the next day.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: would
He said he would call the next day. Future in the past reports a future viewed from a past reference point. Will often becomes would; an earlier intention uses was/were going to, and an earlier arrangement can use past continuous. These forms do not by themselves guarantee that the future event happened.
I was going to ___, but I changed my mind.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: resign
I was going to resign, but I changed my mind. Future in the past reports a future viewed from a past reference point. Will often becomes would; an earlier intention uses was/were going to, and an earlier arrangement can use past continuous. These forms do not by themselves guarantee that the future event happened.
Choose the word or expression: The title of a news report.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: headline
headline: The title of a news report. Example: The dramatic headline caught my attention.
He must have ___ the message; he replied.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: received
He must have received the message; he replied. Modal deductions use must, may/might/could and can't according to certainty. Add be + -ing for present ongoing activity and have + participle for past deduction. Mustn't is normally prohibition. A past modal does not simply mean a less certain present modal.
She might be ___ from home today.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: working
She might be working from home today. Modal deductions use must, may/might/could and can't according to certainty. Add be + -ing for present ongoing activity and have + participle for past deduction. Mustn't is normally prohibition. A past modal does not simply mean a less certain present modal.
Choose the word or expression: To check whether information is true or accurate.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: verify
verify: To check whether information is true or accurate. Example: Journalists should verify a story before publishing it.
She was exhausted because she had been ___ all night.
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Correct answer: working
She was exhausted because she had been working all night. Narrative tenses establish event order and background; used to describes former habits or states, while would can describe repeated past actions after a past setting is established. A single completed event normally uses past simple. Past perfect continuous can explain a later past result.
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Correct answer: used to
We used to own a cottage before moving abroad. Narrative tenses establish event order and background; used to describes former habits or states, while would can describe repeated past actions after a past setting is established. A single completed event normally uses past simple. Past perfect continuous can explain a later past result.
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Correct answer: coverage
coverage: The reporting of an event by the media. Example: The election received extensive television coverage.
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Correct answer: completed
By Friday, we will have completed the project. English future reference includes will for predictions or instant decisions, going to for intentions/evidence, present continuous for arrangements, present simple for timetables, future continuous for ongoing activity and future perfect for completion by a point.
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Correct answer: flying
At noon tomorrow, I will be flying to Paris. English future reference includes will for predictions or instant decisions, going to for intentions/evidence, present continuous for arrangements, present simple for timetables, future continuous for ongoing activity and future perfect for completion by a point.
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Correct answer: source
source: A person or document providing information to a journalist. Example: The reporter checked the claim with an independent source.
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Correct answer: to
The train is due to arrive at six. Be about to indicates an imminent action; be due to refers to an expected or scheduled event; be on the point/verge of takes -ing or a noun. Be to + infinitive expresses a formal arrangement or instruction. These expressions are not interchangeable in every context.
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Correct answer: leaving
She was on the point of leaving. Be about to indicates an imminent action; be due to refers to an expected or scheduled event; be on the point/verge of takes -ing or a noun. Be to + infinitive expresses a formal arrangement or instruction. These expressions are not interchangeable in every context.
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Correct answer: bias
bias: An unfair preference that affects judgement or reporting. Example: The article showed clear bias in favour of one candidate.
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Correct answer: would
He said he would call the next day. Future in the past reports a future viewed from a past reference point. Will often becomes would; an earlier intention uses was/were going to, and an earlier arrangement can use past continuous. These forms do not by themselves guarantee that the future event happened.
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Correct answer: resign
I was going to resign, but I changed my mind. Future in the past reports a future viewed from a past reference point. Will often becomes would; an earlier intention uses was/were going to, and an earlier arrangement can use past continuous. These forms do not by themselves guarantee that the future event happened.
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Correct answer: headline
headline: The title of a news report. Example: The dramatic headline caught my attention.
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Correct answer: received
He must have received the message; he replied. Modal deductions use must, may/might/could and can't according to certainty. Add be + -ing for present ongoing activity and have + participle for past deduction. Mustn't is normally prohibition. A past modal does not simply mean a less certain present modal.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: working
She might be working from home today. Modal deductions use must, may/might/could and can't according to certainty. Add be + -ing for present ongoing activity and have + participle for past deduction. Mustn't is normally prohibition. A past modal does not simply mean a less certain present modal.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: verify
verify: To check whether information is true or accurate. Example: Journalists should verify a story before publishing it.
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