TENSES

Identify tenses of the following passage:

Paijo always travels a lot. When he was only two years old, he first flew to the
US. His mother is Italian and his father is American. Paijo’s parents met in Tumpang,
but they got married in France. They met one day while Paijo's father was reading a
book in the library and his mother sat down beside him.
Paijo travels a lot because his parents also travel a lot. As a matter of fact,
Paijo is visiting his parents in France at the moment. He lives in New York now, but
has been visiting his parents for the past few weeks. He really enjoys living in New
York, but he also loves coming to visit his parents at least once a year.
This year he has flown over 50,000 miles for his job. He has been working for
Jackson & Co. for almost two years now. He’s pretty sure that he'll be working for
them next year as well. His job requires a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year,
he'll have traveled over 120,000 miles! His next journey will be to Australia. He really
doesn't like going to Australia because it is so far. This time he is going to fly from
Paris after a meeting with the company's French partner. He'll have been sitting for
over 18 hours by the time he arrives!
Paijo was talking with his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend from
New York telephoned to let him know that Jackson & Co. had decided to merge with a
company in Australia. The two companies had been negotiating for the past month, so
it really wasn’t much of a surprise. Of course, this means that Paijo will have to catch
the next plane back to New York. He'll be meeting with his boss at this time tomorrow.

Answer the following questions!

1. Identify the tenses in each sentence above

2. Write other sentences using at least 5 different verbs from the text
Identify the tenses from the passage below :

For decades, no new nuclear reactors have been built in the United States. But
given the sudden surge in new license applications, construction could start within the
decade. Electric utility companies project an increased demand for electric power over
the next few decades. Those concerned with the operation of coal-fi red power plants
point out that nuclear reactors emit neither greenhouse gases nor air pollutants such
as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen monoxide. And citizens recognize that nuclear power
plants, unlike solar and wind installations, may offer a practical solution because they
run in the dark and in the absence of wind.
People across the globe share the dream of clean and sustainable sources of
energy for the future. Should we build more nuclear power plants as we move to
achieve this? The answer depends on both whom you ask and when you ask them.
Some long-time opponents of nuclear energy are now in favor of it. Similarly, some
who once supported it are now questioning its societal costs, both to our current
generation and those to come.
In part, the opposition to nuclear power is a result of the tremendous baggage
that the word nuclear carries. The associations are disturbing: the bombing of
Hiroshima, the radioactive fallout from atmospheric weapons testing, the tragedies of
Chernobyl, the hazards of high-level radioactive waste, and the ultimate threat of
nuclear annihilation. Probably no other topic in the physical sciences is more likely to
provoke such an emotional response.
At the same time, people recognize the benefi ts of nuclear medicine. These
days, you probably know someone who has undergone radiation therapy for cancer
or who has had a diagnostic test with radioisotopes that bypassed both anesthesia
and surgery. Perhaps even a classmate has had a thyroid scan using radioactive
iodine.
Those who support or oppose nuclear power today have excellent tools with
which to make compelling arguments. For example, a “cradle-to-cradle” analysis
 offers a more- inclusive picture of the economic, environmental, and societal costs
of running a nuclear reactor, by taking into account what happens from the moment
the uraniumore is mined to the ultimate fate of the spent nuclear fuel. A cradle-to-
cradle analysis not only includes the high economic costs of construction but also
the eventual decommissioning of the nuclear reactor.
Whether citizens (and politicians) support or oppose nuclear power, they still
must deal with some real and pressing questions. If not nuclear, how are we going to
produce electricity in the years to come? Do the benefits of nuclear power plants
outweigh the costs and risks? How should we deal with the wastes that nuclear
reactors produce? Can we prevent the diversion of nuclear materials to nuclear
weapons? Is nuclear power sustainable? As was the case in earlier chapters, science
and societal issues are tightly connected. In a moment, we will launch this chapter
with an overview of nuclear power. But before we start, we ask you to consider your
own position.

Answer the following questions

1. Identify the tenses in each sentence above

2. Write other sentences using at least 5 different verbs from the text

EXERCISE

Identify the tenses in each sentence

1. I finished the project yesterday.

2. The boys were severely reprimanded by their teacher.
3. She will come with us.
4. I climbed out of the car, walked through the door, and prepared to meet “the parents,”
but instead a large, honey-colored dog runs to meet me at the door.

Use past tense :

1. We our dog. (to call)
2. Emma in the lessons. (to dream)
3. They at birds. (to look)
4. Paijo home from school. (to come)
5. I my friens. (to meet)
 Use present tense :
1. Emily delicious cakes. (make)
2. Rohan at a supermarket. (work)
3. Indians homes on many festivals. (decorate)
4. My little daughter her dolls. (adore) 5.He the laptop. (to repair)

Use future tense :

1. I build a hospital to the poor when I grow up.(build)
2. The cook all the sandwiches in foil and pack them.(wrap)
3. We a good salary and some previliges. (demand)
4. The police the thief sooner or later. (catch)
5. The cat under the tree. (to sit)

Change Tense Form

1. He was distributing newspapers to the entire neighbourhood. (change to simple
present)
2 . We will visit our cousins during holidays.(change to simple past)
3. I am going to the gym on Saturday. (change to simple future)

Fill the gaps with the correct verb form!

1. You had better not go out: it .................... (rain) cats and dogs.
2. .............................. (ever - you - see) such a beautiful place?
3. When I ................. (be) young, I never ................... (go) to a music concert.
4. What's the matter with him? He ..................... (always - complain) and
I ..................... (like not) it.
5. By the time she .......................... (arrive) he ......................... (already - go).
6. What ............................. (you - do) tonight? .............................. (you - want - go out)
with me?
I am sorry, I .................... (can - not), I ............................. (go) to the cinema with
Patrick.
7. Where the hell have you been? I ................................ (wait) for you all night long.
8. If you had paid attention a bit more, you ...................... (know) the answer to that
question.
9. We .................... (sign) a contract with a new company yesterday
10. When ........................... (Columbus - discover) America?
11. Don't worry: I ...................... (call) you when I ....................... (get) there.
12. I see she can't walk because she ....................... (break) her leg.
13. She .......................... (live) in Manhattan before she ........................ (move) to
London.
14. I am 50 years old and I ...................... (always - live) in England. I .......................
(never - want - move) to another country.
Fill the gaps with the correct verb form!

1. I (learn) English for seven years now.

2. But last year I (not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my

marks (not / be) really that good then.

3. As I (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study)

harder this term.

4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language

course to London.

5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.

6. Before I (go) to London, I (not / enjoy) learning English.

7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young

people from all over the world.

8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign

languages nowadays.

9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have)

before the course.

10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.

11. And I (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.

13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not / be) any time to be

lost.
14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an
apprenticeship in September.

15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work

there for a while.