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Tenses by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 06:40 AM
I just checked the date of the last article that I wrote; it was posted on 15th May, 2008. Frankly speaking, it was written some 20 days prior to that date and, after much procrastinating and rationalizing, we decided to post it on 15th Day of May. Now I have no choice but to write another article. Although TG and I don't suffer from writer's block, our eagerness to do something better with our every article causes us much delay. Another reason for delays that I can think of is that we are our own bosses so there is actually no one who can question us about the work being done on time or not. We do things because we like doing them. Some two years back, TG and I used to sit in IIT Delhi campus and talk about our dreams while sipping our coffee. I don't know what stuff dreams are made of but I know that if you dream and work towards them, they do come true. We also dreamt of going to IIMs but that didn't happen. The only thing we knew was that we were standing on a hill in our mountain of dreams, telling ourselves it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems. Taking that as a bitter medicine we kept moving. Today if you ask us whether we have an iota of regret about not going there, we'd say Nah!! Today, having two companies under our belt and meeting more than forty thousand students in one and a half years doesn't feel so bad at all. Does it? So dream and work towards your dreams. No matter what happens on the D Day, go face it and don't let the much-hyped exam deter you from making your dreams come true. So, here's presenting you my humble addition that may help you in a little way to face the monster on 16th November 2008. This tensed topic is about the tensions in Grammar Land. Oh yes! There is a Grammar Land where people like adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, nouns, verbs etc., dwell, and where there are people there is tension. The only whacky thing with these people is that they worry about their present as well. Dont ask me how because I am the Queen of Gadha Land, and not Grammar Land. So, I dont know. Well! When I have shared the best of my moments with the Gadha Gang, how could I not share this tension? But I digress. On my research I got to know that these tensions are close associates of verbs. They are commonly addressed as Verb Tenses in other lands. From here on, I'll present my research on the topic. All you have to do is fill your coffee mugs, make yourself comfortable in your chairs, and pick up a pen and a paper. And do what? Read on, what else? I won't go much on the definition about what Past, Present and Future tenses are but this table would help you understand the differences in the usage. We'll be talking more about the application part.
In normal speech, we generally take care of the usage but when it comes to sentence correction, we tend to deviate. The following points would help you overcome this problem: Use Simple Tenses Try to use Simple Tenses Simple Present, Simple Past, and Simple Future instead of progressive tenses until and unless the continuous aspect of an action is not defined. When a passage has more than one verb, the relation between the tenses of the verbs is called the sequence of tenses. Sentences with more than one action do not necessarily require multiple tenses. Unless, the action is not taking place at different times, use the same verb tenses in a given sentence. I swim, dance , and jog every day. (all present tense) I swam, danced, and jogged yesterday. (all paste tense)
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In the following sentence, the actions are happening at different times. Hence, different verb tenses are used. James had been working in the same company for almost three years before he found another job. (past perfect and past) Now let's have a look at a sentence correction question: Native American burial sites dating back 5 000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people. (A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people (B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking (C ) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking (D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking (E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture The correct option is A. A very simple reason being that it correctly uses simple past throughout. No big deal. Option B and D are unnecessarily using present perfect tense and in the process deviating from the original meaning of the sentence. Use of perfect tense suggests that the Native Americans had previously ceased to be part of the widespread culture. Wrong! Option E is has a problem of inconsistent tenses- were.had been. Option C is wordy. Another error is in the meaning that it implies. People should describe as large groups to which residents belong and not the residents. Don't use Perfect Tenses Imperfectly The present perfect tense is used to describe action that began in the past and continues into the present or has just been completed at the moment of utterance. The present perfect is often used to suggest that a past action still has an effect upon something happening in the present. The Thumb Rule for forming a sentence in Present Perfect is:
They have not submitted the assignments they ought to. The above sentence maintains that the assignments have not been submitted in the past, and they are still not submitted. The past perfect tense is used to refer to actions that took place, and were completed in the past. The past perfect is often used to emphasis that one action, event or condition ended before another past action, event, or condition began. The past participle of a verb ends with "ed", e.g. talked, walked, played. Verbs such as go, to be, etc. have different participles. Gone, been are the participle forms of go, and to be. If more than one action takes place at different times in past, past perfect for an earlier action and simple past for later action should be used. The Thumb Rule for forming a sentence in Past Perfect is:
Each of the italicized verbs in the following sentences is in the past perfect. Nirmesh thought that Rohit had copied the assignment. The presentation had ended but we stayed for the lunch. The future perfect is used to refer to an action that will be completed sometime in the future before another action takes place. The Thumb Rule for forming a sentence in Future Perfect is:
The italicized part in the following sentences is in the future perfect tense. I will have finished reading 5 books before the book fair starts. Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were constructed in violation of the city's building code. (A) Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were (B) Some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake last year had been (C ) Some buildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily damaged last year have been (D) Last year the earthquake destroyed or heavily damaged some buildings that have been (E) Last year some of the buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake had been If you read the main sentence carefully, the logic says that construction of the buildings was completed prior to the earthquake. Option A and C illogically state that some buildings were both destroyed and damaged. How is that possible? Also in option A fails to indicate that the buildings were constructed before the earthquake occurred. By using perfect tense in option C and D, the meaning incorrectly comes out that the buildings have been constructed after they were destroyed last year. Option E states that the construction of buildings occurred last year, and not the earthquake. Only option B maintains both the logic by using the correct tenses. A perfect example to show that improper use of tenses can lead you in creating illogical errors. Moody Infinitive Present Infinitive ( to eat): To show same-time action or action later than the verb. In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they do. In the above sentence, the price cut is done now and the reduction in inventories will happen later. Perfect Infinitive (to have eaten): To show action earlier than the verb. They consider the Gadha Gang to have been taught very well. The infinitive "to have been taught" indicates the time prior to the verb "consider". Have a look at the following example:A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
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(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess. (B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing (C ) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing (D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess (E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample, In the above sentence :1) 2) Logically the connection has to develop between claims and firm's assertion. To assess is idiomatic.
In option A with the placement of that after "sample", it produces an unintended statement that the claims were made on the basis of one page writing sample. Option B- "the ability of assessing" is unidiomatic. Option C - the ability.. of assessing is unidiomatic. Option D- correctly follows both logical and idiomatic path. Option E- "claims being able to assess" is ungrammatical. Past Participles of Irregular Verbs Remember the simple past and past participle of the irregular verbs.
Dr. Hakuta's research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that the more the children use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic. (A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic (B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability and nonverbal logic (C ) the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic (D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual advantage is the greater (E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater intellectual advantage is theirs The three things noteworthy about the above sentence are: 1) The sentence is the present form. 2) A present participle of "underlay" should be used as a modifier of "skills". The present participle is underlying. 3) The phrase "the more the X...the greater the Y" should be completed. We go by options again. Option B and D are ruled out because of second point stated above. Option A rules out because of point number 3. Option E is an awkward construction. Only Option C clearly fits into all the points stated for the sentence to be both logically and grammatically correct. If-then can be an inTense Construction- Be Cautious! Sentences that use the word "if" to describe hypothetical conditions require a conditional verb construction. These sentences have two parts: if clause, and the then clause. The word "if" does not always signal a conditional sentence. Only when the sentence has a "then" clause, then the sentence is considered a conditional sentence. Also note would/could never appears in the "if" clause.
If v/s Whether Use If- When you have a conditional sentence. Use whether When you have two alternatives possible. Do not use "whether or not" construction while solving sentence correction questions. Go through the following examples:I do not know if I will go for shopping today or tomorrow. I do not know whether I will go for shopping today or tomorrow. In both the sentences above there is one surety that I am confused about going for shopping.
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Let's see the difference in meaning of both the sentences. With the usage of if, the additional condition is that I may not go of shopping at all. It in whether this condition is not applicable. I will go shopping either today or tomorrow. GMAT considers "whether" as a correct usage. The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants. (A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign (B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing (C ) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign (D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign (E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign If I would have solved the questions I would have gone in the following wayBeing is generally not accepted in GMAT Land so, I eliminate option A, B and C right away. In option D if is used, not a very safe option. E uses whether, and correctly uses conversion, which grammatically uses the phrase begun by undergoing. Hence, E is the best choice. But let me elaborate more on this. In options A, B an C , the phrase being converted is redundant because the process indicated by being has already being conveyed by the usage of undergoing. D brings the possibility of not signing at all by the usage of if and the same goes for option A as well. Hence, eliminated. Option E uses "whether", and is grammatically and logically correct. A trip to fantasy Grammar Land is over. C ome back to reality. This is Gadha Land, and we are donkeys. Remember?
I shall have to end here and leave the rest of it for my CBT Club students. I shall cover some problems based on this in the CBT Club this week.
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Re: Tenses by R ishi Kapoor - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 09:36 AM Thank s for the article , m am . ...RK...
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Re: Tenses by priyank a tiwari - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 10:52 AM hi dt m am the article is ve ry use ful howe ve r i had a doubt whe the r "he has gone to the m ark e t" is past participle or pre se nt participle (se nte nce s in 2nd table 2nd colum n) thank s priyank a
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Re: Tenses by C hinm ay Korhalk ar - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:45 AM Thank you m am for such a wonde rful article . Since this is a gram m ar article I fe e l it's the right place to ask a que ry I had today m orning re garding infinitive s. It's from W re n and Martin. It says : The infinitive without 'to' is used after-had better,had rather,would rather,sooner than,rather than. (Point no 256 in W re n n Martin) a) You had be tte r ask pe rm ission. b) I had rathe r play than work . he re ,ask & play have be e n use d as infinitive s. but is the se nte nce - You had better asked (for) permission is gram m atically wrong? Is the 'for' re quire d in this se nte nce if I want to use 'ask e d' inste ad of 'ask '? Thank s in advance . C hinm ay.
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Tenses Exercise by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:33 PM
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Thomas Eakins powerful style and his choices of subjectthe advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the
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strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselveswas as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours. (A) was as disturbing to his own time as it is (B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are (C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are (D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was (E) have been as disturbing in his own time as 2. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year. (A) had expected it to and its business will improve (B) had expected and that its business would improve (C) expected it would and that it will improve its business (D) expected them to and its business would improve (E) expected and that it will have improved its business 3. The Coast guard is conducting tests to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find survivors of wrecks at sea. (A) to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find (B) to see whether pigeons can be trained as help to find (C) to see if pigeons can be trained for helping to find (D) that see if pigeons are able to be trained in helping to find (E) that see whether pigeons are able to be trained for help in finding 4. Parliament did not accord full refugee benefits to twelve of the recent immigrants because it believed that to do it rewards them for entering the country illegally. (A) to do it rewards (B) doing it rewards (C) to do this would reward (D) doing so would reward (E) to do it would reward 5. After the Civil War, contemporaries of Harriet Tubmans maintained that she has all of the qualities of a great leader, coolness in the face of danger, an excellent sense of strategy, and an ability to plan in minute detail. (A) Tubmans maintained that she has (B) Tubmans maintain that she had (C) Tubmans have maintained that she had (D) Tubman maintained that she had (E) Tubman had maintained that she has 6. It is possible that Native Americans originally have migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed between Siberia and Alaska. (A) have migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed (B) were migrating to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that existed once (C) migrated over a bridge of land to the Western Hemisphere that once existed (D) migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed (E) were migrating to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land existing once As measured by the Commerce Department, corporate profits peaked in the fourth quarter of 1988 and have slipped since then, as many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs. (A) and have slipped since then, as many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs (B) and have slipped since then, the reason being because many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs (C) and slipped since then, many companies being unable to pass on higher costs (D) but, many companies unable to pass on higher costs, they have slipped since then (E) yet are slipping since then, because many companies were unable to pass on higher costs 8. A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles. (A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than (B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than (C) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than (D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than (E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than 9. Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year. (A) mandate that the state budget be balanced (B) mandate the state budget to be balanced (C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced (D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget (E) have a mandate to balance the state budget 10. In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are. (A) have been priced to sell, and they are
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(B) are priced to sell, and they have (C) are priced to sell, and they do (D) are being priced to sell, and have (E) had been priced to sell, and they have
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Re: Tenses by Ask Je e ve s - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 01:14 PM Maam , am ong the following se nte nce s, 1. If you study hard, you will pass in e x am 2. If you studie d hard, you would pass the e x am 3. If you had studie d hard, you would have passe d the e x am C an the se nte nce s 2 and 3 be use d inte rchange ably? If no, ple ase give the situations whe re the y should be use d aptly. Thank s in advance , Prave e n.
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Re: Tenses by vam si k rishna - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 01:38 PM Mam , Gr8 work re garding C onditionals it se e m z u m isse dout the ze ro conditional of the following form .. If you study hard, you pass the e x am .
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Re: Tenses by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 01:45 PM Hi Priyank a, The usage is corre ct. The past participle form of 'go' is 'gone '. Past- I watche d the m ovie . Past Participle - I have watche d the m ovie . Dagny
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Re: Tenses by Dipanjan Biswas - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 01:47 PM Again a good article in GADHA LAND. Thank you m am for your constant e fforts. TG R ock zzz
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Re: Tenses by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 01:52 PM Vam si, I din't think of adding ze ro conditional but now that you have m e ntione d, I'll write a sm all post and add it he re . Thank you. Dagny
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Re: Tenses by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 03:53 PM Hi C hinm ay, Though 'had is a past form but in e x pre ssion 'had be tte r', the m e aning is in pre se nt or future . You had be tte r ask pe rm ission is the corre ct usage . The ne gative form is 'had be tte r not' I had be tte r not com e .
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Re: Tenses by Ask Je e ve s - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 04:01 PM
1. b 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. d 6. d 7. a 8. d 9. b 10.c thank s, Pravs.

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Re: Tenses Exercise by Jahnavi Kundu - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 04:12 PM Hello Ma'am It was a pleasant surprise to log onto TG and find not just today 's RC but also an eagerly awaited article hav e been look ing forward to it... My answers for the exercise are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Regards, Jahnav i
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Ev er since y ou mentioned it in a thread last week , I'm sure most of us
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Re: Tenses by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 04:31 PM
Hi Prav een, If y ou study hard, y ou will pass the ex am- There is a possibility that y ou will pass the ex am if y ou study hard. If y ou studied hard, y ou would pass the ex am.- Here y ou are imagining the situation but y ou do not ex pect the person to study hard. The meaning is not past. If y ou had studied hard, y ou would hav e passed the ex am- - Here the real situation is that the person has not studied hard. Y ou are basically talking about the past. @ J Lo, Y ou are welcome.
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Re: Tenses by Ask Je e ve s - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 04:54 PM
Lucid and unde rstandable e x planation!!! Thank u so m uch m aam , Pravs.

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Re: Tenses by vam si k rishna - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 05:06 PM Mam , THank s for conside ration.. I would lik e 2 bring out the usage of the se four conditionals e ve nthough itz a digre ssion from te nse s.. The ze ro conditional is use d whe n the re sult of the condition is always true (lik e a scie ntific fact) or habitual (ie ., use d to e x pre ss ce rtainity) ---> If you he at ice , it m e lts. (fact) ---> My pare nts ge t angry if I com e hom e late . (autom atic)
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The first conditional is use d whe n the re is a re al possibility that the condition will happe n in pre se nt /future . --->If it rains now/tom orrow ,what will you we ar? (R aining tom orrow is a re al possibility) The se cond conditional is use d to e x pre ss an unre al possibility/wish in Im aginary Pre se nt /unre al future --> If I had the tim e now/tom orrow,I would post ne w topic he re . ( The re r slim chance s for m e 2 be fre e ) The third conditional is use d to talk about things which DID NO T HAPPEN in the past. It is ofte n use d to e x pre ss criticism or re gre t --> If I had followe d DT's advice last ye ar, I would have crack e d C AT by now. In first,se cond, third conditionals som e of the ve rbs in both the clause s m ay be change d to continuous / pe rfe ct / pe rfe ct continuous form s also As in Sim ple pre se nt/past/future to pre se nt/past/future C ontinuous Sim ple pre se nt/past/future to pre se nt/past/future pe rfe ct Sim ple pre se nt to pre se nt pe rfe ct I conditional : If she has writte n the le tte r, I'll be posting it. If you are look ing for Sunil, you'll find him upstairs. II conditional : If I we re on holiday, I m ight be touring Italy too. III conditional : If she had acce pte d the offe r, she would be joining us tom orrow. In addition the re r W at r calle d Mix e d C onditionals.. Ex . If I we re n't going out tom orrow, I would have Studie d C onditionals. (O UT O F SYLLABUS) Pl. C orre ct m e if I am wrong. Folk s! Try the following e x e rcise .....awe som e http://we b2.uvcs.uvic.ca/e lc/studyzone /410/gram m ar/allcnd1.htm re gards, VaMsI
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Re: Tenses by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 05:16 PM Thank you for the he lping hand Vam si. Ve ry ne at e x planation. Ple ase do not add e x te rnal link s in your post; if at all you want to, add as te x t link s. Dagny
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Re: Tenses Exercise by vam si k rishna - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 05:44 PM
My answe rs 1. B 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 D 6 D 7 A 8 D 9 A 10 A re gards VaMsi

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Re: Tenses Exercise by avijit m ohapatra - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 09:00 PM Thanx m am for this re ally he lpful article My answe rs:1 b 2 b 3 a 4 d 5 d 6 d 7 a 8 d 9 b 10 c
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Re: Tenses by Md Shajji R azzaq - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 09:13 PM Hi Dagny, am azing article ! Thank you so m uch. Thank s,
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Re: Tenses Exercise by Tuhin Bane rje e - Friday, 8 August 2008, 05:42 PM
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. A
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Re: Tenses by Ak shay Malhotra - Saturday, 9 August 2008, 08:51 PM
Hi!
A ve ry good article inde e d. The proble m with gram m ar is that the R ule s slip by with tim e . I have a doubt in the Last e x am ple , the options give n are
(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign (E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign If we use (If) this implies that there is a possibility that the tenants do not sign the no-buy pledge. The above sounds more logical to me. But on using weather this means its just a confusion and any how they have to sign the no-buy pledge. Then what is the decision here to be made? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks, Akshay
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Re: Tenses Exercise by Se rial Sinne r - Monday, 11 August 2008, 02:31 PM Hi, My answe rs: 1. B 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. C
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Re: Tenses Exercise by C ATe ndra 2008 - Monday, 11 August 2008, 03:37 PM B B C D E D A D D E
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Re: Tenses by ak ank sha panwar - Monday, 11 August 2008, 04:23 PM
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U're gr8.
A ve ry use ful article ...m ust say...plz k e e p posting such he lpful article s !!!
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Re: Tenses Exercise by Anam ica Sinha - Tue sday, 12 August 2008, 03:13 PM He llo..... My answe rs are : 1- B 2- B 3- C 4- D 5- D 6- D 7- A 8- D 9- A 10- C I would lik e to k now whe the r the ans give n by m e are corre ct or not... !!! If its wrong, pls e x plain it... W aiting for a re ply.. thank s !!!
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Re: Tenses Exercise by love k um ar - W e dne sday, 13 August 2008, 10:27 AM Hi Dangy ..how r u doing? m y re sponse s are
D, B, B, D,E,C,A,D,D,C... r dey right?? hay if i want to write a mail to u..where can i write?? tk cr
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Re: Tenses Exercise by Mohit Khatri - W e dne sday, 13 August 2008, 02:43 PM My answe rs: - 1.E 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.D 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C
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Re: Tenses by R icha Sinha - Friday, 15 August 2008, 04:07 PM Thank s DT for the gre at article . My answe r for the que stions are : 1c 2d 3a 4d 5e 6d 7c 8d 9e 10e
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Re: Tenses by Soum ya De - Saturday, 16 August 2008, 01:07 PM My answe rs: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. B A C D E D
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7. 8. 9. 10. A D B C
Most of the pre vious post indicate B as the answe r for 2...could som e one clarify why? Dagny m a'am it would be gre at if you could provide the actual k e y
As always a gre at ove rall article

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Re: Tenses by Alan Kum ar - Saturday, 16 August 2008, 08:05 PM Hi Mam , As pe r ur article for Pre se nt Pe rfe ct Progre ssive its :He /she have be e n e ating. for Future Pe rfe ct Progre ssive its : He /she have be e n e ating. I have a doubt in it whe the r it tak e s sam e form for both Pre se nt/Future Pe rfe ct Progre ssive . I think for Pre se nt Pe rfe ct Progre ssive it should be :He /she have be e n e ating. for Future Pe rfe ct Progre ssive it should be : He /she will have be e n e ating. Kindly, C larify the sam e .... Thanx In advance ... R e gards, Alan
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Re: Tenses by Dagny Taggart - Sunday, 17 August 2008, 07:22 AM C orre cte d.
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Re: Tenses Exercise by Dagny Taggart - Sunday, 17 August 2008, 08:47 AM Hi All, Answe rs:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Dagny
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B B A D D D A D A C
Re: Tenses by Alan Kum ar - Sunday, 17 August 2008, 08:24 PM Thanx .... Dagny Article is too good .... My answe rs are :1. B 2. A 3.B 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C R e gards, Alan ... waiting for som e m ore article on gram m e r in TG.
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Re: Tenses by ank ur rustagi - Saturday, 13 Se pte m be r 2008, 03:46 AM Thank s for the article m am , its be e n ve ry he lpful.
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Re: Tenses by harpre e t singh - Sunday, 14 Se pte m be r 2008, 06:09 PM
Hi First of all i wud like to thank u for this article. I hv sm doubts in Past Participles of Irregular Verbs : Correct me if i m wrong In the example of lay, u hv used lain as past particle of lay but i think it should be laid. There is a lot of confusion among the usage of lie and lay and their past particles. I am trying to discuss this a bit and hope it wud be useful for all Verb lie lay Infinitive lie lay Past Tense lay laid Past Participle lain laid
The reason these verbs present a problem for anyone is that the past tense of the verb "lie" is identical in appearance to the present tense of the verb "lay."
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Re: Tenses by divya chaudhary - Saturday, 18 April 2009, 11:33 AM hi m am .. m am can u plz e x plain answe rs for 1,2 and 4th que stions.. n ple ase do te ll..whe n to use will and whe n would??
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Re: Tenses Exercise by priyank a rao - Saturday, 9 May 2009, 11:29 PM 1-a 2-c 3-a 4-d 56-d 7-a 8-d 9-e 10-a
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Re: Tenses Exercise by Nitin Srivastava - Sunday, 1 Nove m be r 2009, 01:50 PM I am not ge tting why C cant be the answe r for 3 ... can som e one he lp ?
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Re: Tenses Exercise by am it am it - Sunday, 8 Nove m be r 2009, 07:26 PM kindly explain the answers of 7th, 10th questions.
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Re: Tenses by Partha Sarthi Burm an - Sunday, 13 June 2010, 05:37 PM He llo dagny, I re ad the article , its too good. I have som e doubt, ne e d your he lp. 1) In the first table of this article , table - Pre se nt te nse , colum npre se nt pe rfe ct progre ssive . First se nte nce goe s this way..." He /She have be e n e ating".. I have a doubt whe the r it should be "have " or "has". As he /she is a third pe rson, singular pronoun he nce the ve rb should be "has".
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2) Unde r the he ading " Use sim ple pre se nt", you have m e ntione d an e x am ple "Jam e s had be e n work ing in the sam e com pany for alm ost thre e ye ars be fore he found anothe r job". I think the first te nse is Past pe rfe ct progre ssive as it follows Had + be e n + pre se nt participle . I m ay be wrong at m y e nd but ple ase clarify the se doubts Thank s.. Parth
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Re: Tenses by abhishe k Gupta - Tue sday, 31 August 2010, 11:46 AM Hi Parth, I think you are right in your obse rvations. BTW i starte d pre paring for GMAT this we e k and i have som e doubts. The O G m e ntions the following for a corre ct usage of te nse : "He has gone to school since he was five ye ars old". I fe e l this is wrong and should be "He has be e n going to school since he was five ye ars old".
Ple ase clarify

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Re: Tenses by Vive k Srivastava - Tue sday, 10 May 2011, 01:27 AM Q uite a use ful article m am , 1 corre ction : " If I would have solved the questions I would have gone in the following way-...."
should be-If I had solved the questions I would have gone in the following way... PS: thanx tons
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Re: Tenses by ashish m ishra - Sunday, 31 July 2011, 05:57 PM DT m am , ve ry inform ative article . i think the re is a m istak e in pre se nt pe rfe ct progre ssive te nse e x am ple give n in the table ,it m ust be "he /she has be e n e ating." ple ase clarify .
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Tenses Exercise by Dagny Taggart - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:33 PM

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1. b 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. d 6. d 7. a 8. d 9. b 10.c thank s, Pravs.

Ev er since y ou mentioned it in a thread last week , I'm sure most of us

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Re: Tenses by Ask Je e ve s - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 04:54 PM

Lucid and unde rstandable e x planation!!! Thank u so m uch m aam , Pravs.

Re: Tenses Exercise by vam si k rishna - Thursday, 7 August 2008, 05:44 PM

My answe rs 1. B 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 D 6 D 7 A 8 D 9 A 10 A re gards VaMsi

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Re: Tenses by Soum ya De - Saturday, 16 August 2008, 01:07 PM My answe rs: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. B A C D E D

As always a gre at ove rall article

Re: Tenses by harpre e t singh - Sunday, 14 Se pte m be r 2008, 06:09 PM

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Ple ase clarify

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