Verb Tenses Simple Past FORM [VERB + ed] USE 1 Completed Action in the Past Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes‚ the speaker may not actually mention the specific time‚ but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: I saw a movie yesterday. USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st‚ 2nd‚ 3rd‚
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A Put in the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses. Example: The sun ______________ now. (to shine) Answer: The sun is shining now. 1) We TV when it started to rain. (to watch) 2) I to visit you yesterday‚ but you not at home. (to want) (to be) 3) Look! It ‚ so we can’t to the beach. (to rain) (to go) 4) There are a lot of clouds! It soon. (to rain) 5) The sun in the East. (to rise) 6) Since 2003 they their son every year. (to visit) 7) While the doctor Mr Jones‚ his son outside this
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ASSELIT Grammar Test on Tenses Direction: Encircle the best answer in each question. 1. Marie started to cook for her visitors’ meal an hour ago. She is still cooking. a. Marie is cooking for an hour already. b. Marie was cooking for an hour already. c. Marie has been cooking for an hour already. d. Marie will be cooking for an hour already. 2. Yesterday‚ the computer crashed while he _________ the document. a. had saved b. saved c. was saving d. saves 3. Magdalene and her family went to
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Statistics in India Today-Past Perfect‚ Future Tense! A P Gore Professor‚ Department of Statistics‚ University of Pune President‚ Indian Society for Probability and Statistics Today we are all used to the idea of young Indian techies traveling all across the world providing IT solutions and services. But hardly anyone knows that a similar trend started 50 years ago. What? You ask incredulously. But there were no computers then‚ let alone PCs. Very true. Those techies were statisticians
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SETA survey of representatives in Tribunal cases 2008 Research Paper The use of social media in the recruitment process Ref: 03/13 2013 Andrea Broughton‚ Beth Foley‚ Stefanie Ledermaier and Annette Cox (IES) For any further information on this study‚ or other aspects of the Acas Research and Evaluation programme‚ please telephone 020 7210 3673 or email research@acas.org.uk Acas research publications can be found at www.acas.org.uk/researchpapers ISBN 978-1-908370-32-7
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The formation and evolution of Sony Ericsson alliance Creativity and flexibility is required in order to succeed in the mobile-phone industry. No other industry changes faster‚ or experiences more sudden and rapid changes to fortunes (Bowman 2006‚ pg 1). The industry was shaken by the alliance of two consumer electronic giants in October 2001‚ Sony Corporations and Ericsson AB. Sony Ericsson mobile communications is a fifty-fifty joint venture between Japan’s Sony Corp. and Sweden’s Ericsson AB
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Corporate Strategy Meeting Sony Corporation April 12‚ 2012 “ Sony will change.” Sony Corporation 1 Kazuo Hirai‚ President & CEO Entertainment Electronics Financial Services Sony Corporation 2 Electronics Corporate Strategy 1. Current Issues 2. Key Initiatives to Transform Electronics Business 3. Management Structure to Execute Key Initiatives Sony Corporation 3 Electronics Corporate Strategy 1. Current Issues 2. Key Initiatives to Transform Electronics
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businesses. (Japanese‚ 2011) Sony is a market leader in the consumer electronics industry. It’s major competitive advantage is quality and innovation‚ and senior management always keeps these in mind while formulating long-term strategies. In this research‚ we will explain the current situation of the Sony Company by using many strategic tools which leads us to some recommendations to help the corporation face the future strategies and challenges. INTRODUCTION Sony‚ originally known as Tokyo
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Suddenly they _________(hear) a strange noise and ___________(look) at each other in terror. All evening they _________(play) cards and ____________(watch) television without thinking of the ghost. Fill in the following gaps with the appropriate tenses of the verbs in brackets. Last Friday I arranged (arrange) to meet my boyfriend at a restaurant. I (1) __________(arrive) first and because it (2) ____________(pour) with rain‚ I went inside. After an hour my boyfriend (3) ______________(arrive)
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Verb Tense Exercise 1 Simple Present / Present Continuous 1. Every Monday‚ Sally (drive) her kids to football practice. 2. Usually‚ I (work) as a secretary at ABT‚ but this summer I (study) French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris. 3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) . 4. Don ’t forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) . 5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain‚ always) . 6. I ’m sorry I can ’t hear what you (say) because everybody (talk) so loudly.
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