UNIT 02 TENSES STARTER TOEIC 3RD EDITION

STARTER TOEIC 3^RD EDITION

UNIT 02 TENSES

Present: Simple, Perfect, and Progressive
A	Use present simple for routines, habits, or things that are always true. ·         He takes the subway. (every day)
B	Use present progressive (is/are –ing) for a temporary routine or situation. ·         He is taking the subway. (now)
C	Use present perfect (have/has -ed) for a situation where things that happened in the past have a result in the present. ·         Present perfect often goes with just, yet, for, since, ever, never, first time, second time, this week. ·         He has just cut himself. (we can see the direct immediate result of this action – the blood.)

Past; Simple, Perfect, and Progressive
A	Use past simple for something that was finished in the past. ·         She travelled in Europe. (at some time in the past)
B	Use past progressive (was/were –ing) for a temporary routine or situation that happened in the past. ·         She was travelling in Europe. (last summer; for one month)
C	Use past perfect (had –ed) for something that happened before a certain point in time in the past. ·         She had travelled in Europe before she decided to study there.

Future: Use of Will and Other Words with Future Meaning
A	Use will for instant decisions. ·         OK. I will accept your offer.
B	Use be going to for established plans. ·         They are going to buy drinks for the party.
C	Use present simple instead of future tense in adverbial clauses led by if, the moment, when, etc. ·         We will start the moment he arrives.

A. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1	We’ll start when he _________ready.
	A	will	B	will is	C	will be	D	is
2	We _________ at a party two months ago.
	A	meet	B	met	C	have met	D	meeting
3	So far, there _________ no word from them.
	A	is	B	was	C	has	D	has been
4	When I called on her, Mary _________ her room.
	A	clean	B	cleans	C	cleaning	D	was cleaning

B. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

From: The Principal To:      All teachers II have recently received several 1. (A) complaints (B) complains (C) complain (D) complaining from parents about teachers being late for class. As you know, school policy is for all teachers to be in their classroom five minutes before the  2. (A) end (B) start (C) finish (D) introduction of a lesson. This sets good example for our students. We cannot expect our students to be punctual if we are late ourselves. All teachers must observe school policy.

C. Fill the blank with the appropriate word.

1	All things _________, Professor Kim is the best instructor I’ve ever had.
	A	considered	B	to consider	C	considering	D	considerable
2	I’m quite sure this business will _________.
	A	paying	B	pay for	C	pay off	D	paid
3	I’m sort of _________ with his flattery.
	A	disgust	B	to disgust	C	disgusting	D	disgusted
4	These pills will surely _________ your pain
	A	ease	B	easy	C	easily	D	easiness

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