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Message board > Past Simple or Present Perfect -active/passive
Past Simple or Present Perfect -active/passive
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eng789
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Past Simple or Present Perfect -active/passive
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I made up this exercise for my pupils as practise before their test and I would like to know if there is more than one possible answer.
I (1)_________(eat) here last year but this is the first time I (2)_______ (try) the steak. When we (3)__________(come) last time they only (4)__________ (serve) dairy. The chef (5)_____________ (replace). The food (6)____________ (not/be) that good before but I(7) ____________ hear that it (8) _______________ (improve). That is why I (9)____________ (decide) to try it again.
1. ate 2. have tried 3. came 4. served 5. has been replaced
6. wasn �t 7. heard /have heard
8. has been improved /has improved 9. have decided /decided
Thanking you in advance
Barbara |
19 Jan 2011
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Apodo
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I would say: I ate here a few times last year....... because �the first time I�ve tried the steak� sounds as if there has been more than one opportunity to try it.
Hear is sometimes used informally in the simple present eg: I hear that you�ve got a new job. I hear the restaurant�s improved since they got the new chef.
All your other answers are OK. The possibilities you gave are all correct. There isn �t just one possible answer. |
19 Jan 2011
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Zora
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Let �s see, some other options could be.
I (1) had eaten/ate (eat) here last year
but this is the first time I (2) have tried (try) the steak. When we
(3) came (come) last time they only (4) served / were only serving (serve) dairy.
The chef (5) has been/was replaced (replace). The food (6) wasn �t (not/be)
that good before but I(7) have heard/heard that it (8) has improved/has been improved. That is why I (9) have decided / decided(decide) to try it again.
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