Answer: past simple a completed action in the past. The past perfect, – ‘had shows that something (i.e. the action of doing the task) happened before another event in the past. 5. Export c) Australia has exported goods to other countries since the nineteenth century. Answer: present perfect with indicating a period of time from the past ‘since’, to the present. This period of time is not yet complete and could continue in the future. 6. Formulate c) Now we have formulated our ideas it is easier to write about them. Answer: present perfect something which started in the past and has an – ongoing impact 7. Hate a) People nowadays often hate the effort required to write an essay. Answer: present simple a fact in the present. The present is shown by the – word ‘nowadays’. 8. Indicate a) Signposts are very helpful because they indicate the direction to take. Answer: present simple a fact in the present. The other verb in the sentence, – is also in the present simple, which is a clue that the whole sentence is ‘are’, probably in the present tense. 9. Involve a) Academic writing, even today, still involves hours of researching and reading before the actual writing. present simple a fact in the present. The present is indicated by the Answer: – words and ‘still’ ‘today’. 10. Like a) Research indicates that everyone likes to receive high marks when they submit an essay. Answer: present simple a fact in the present. is in the present – ‘indicates’ simple, so we know that is in the present simple too. 11. Realise b) The lecturer quickly realised her mistake and so she corrected it. Answer: past simple a completed action in the past. also puts the – ‘corrected’ sentence into the past simple. 12. Respond b) Yesterday, students responded unwillingly to questions in class. Answer: past simple a completed action in the past. us that – ‘yesterday’ the action was in the past. 13. Want c) Students have wanted better university transport since last year. Answer: present perfect with indicating a period of time from the past ‘since’, to the present. This period of time is not yet complete and could continue in the future.
Answer: past simple – a completed action in the past. The past perfect, ‘had shows that something (i.e. the action of doing the task) happened before another event in the past. 5. Export c) Australia has exported goods to other countries since the nineteenth century. Answer: present perfect with ‘since’, indicating a period of time from the past to the present. This period of time is not yet complete and could continue in the future. 6. Formulate c) Now we have formulated our ideas it is easier to write about them. Answer: present perfect – something which started in the past and has an ongoing impact 7. Hate a) People nowadays often hate the effort required to write an essay. Answer: present simple – a fact in the present. The present is shown by the word ‘nowadays’. 8. Indicate a) Signposts are very helpful because they indicate the direction to take. Answer: present simple – a fact in the present. The other verb in the sentence, ‘are’, is also in the present simple, which is a clue that the whole sentence is probably in the present tense. 9. Involve a) Academic writing, even today, still involves hours of researching and reading before the actual writing. Answer: present simple – a fact in the present. The present is indicated by the words ‘still’ and ‘today’. 10. Like a) Research indicates that everyone likes to receive high marks when they submit an essay. Answer: present simple – a fact in the present. ‘indicates’ is in the present simple, so we know that is in the present simple too. 11. Realise b) The lecturer quickly realised her mistake and so she corrected it. Answer: past simple – a completed action in the past. ‘corrected’ also puts the sentence into the past simple. 12. Respond b) Yesterday, students responded unwillingly to questions in class. Answer: past simple – a completed action in the past. ‘yesterday’ us that the action was in the past. 13. Want c) Students have wanted better university transport since last year. Answer: present perfect with ‘since’, indicating a period of time from the past to the present. This period of time is not yet complete and could continue in the future.
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