Question

1. Match the sentences with the meaning of the tense used in each of them. (10x2p)

1. He drinks a litre of milk every day.
2. Milk contains a lot of vitamins.
3. He is getting stronger.
4. She has just passed her exams.
5. She is having a party at the moment.
6. He has been working all day.
7. She has phoned him three times this morning.
8. He is always borrowing money from me.
9. She has been walking all morning. (Her feet are aching.)
10. They are getting married next week. (They've already sent the invitations.)

a. emphasis on duration
b. temporary situation
c. repeated action expressing annoyance
d. emphasis on number
e. habitual action
f. recently completed action
g. permanent truth
h. changing or developing situation
i. fixed arrangements in the near future
j. past action of certain duration having visible results in the present

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1. e 2.g 3.h 4.f 5.b 6.a 7.d 8.c 9.j 10. i