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Grammar and Linguistics > help with tenses
help with tenses
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tommy1996
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help with tenses
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please help me with the tense of the sentences :1.She ������......by her
cousin and a couple of her friends.(meet)
2.Helen can�t take a
photo because she ������..her camera.(not get) 3.He says she�s 17 but
I ���������..it.(not believe) thanks |
29 May 2014
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nasreddine Sarsar
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1. Has been met (we don �t know when she was met. The focus is on the action of meeting and not the time when she was met, the the present perfect passive is the safest tense to use in this example. 2. Doesn �t get ( I think this sentence has a problem). If get means take, the tense would be the present perfect: because she hasn �t taken her camera. 3. Don �t believe (still does not believe him).
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29 May 2014
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cunliffe
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nasreddine Sarsar is right. Also, for 1. was met 2. I wonder whether in brackets it should read (not got), in which case it would be �hasn �t got � or else it is �didn �t get �. In which case, �in time � would follow naturally. |
29 May 2014
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yanogator
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For #1, there is no indication of the tense at all, just that it is Passive Voice.
"will be met" works just as well as "was met", and "is being met" also works. To me, "has been met" is much less likely.
I totally agree with Lynne on #2 that "hasn �t got" is the answer, and I think the poser of the question was just using the fact that "got" is a form of "get".
For #3, yes, it �s Simple Present (don �t believe).
Bruce |
29 May 2014
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FrauSue
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#3 could also be "will not believe" if you are emphasising your incredulity. He says she �s 17 but I WILL NOT believe it = I refuse to believe it. However I agree that simple present makes the most sense in the context of a grammar exercise. |
30 May 2014
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