2016-03-30 Pre TOEFL: tense practice exercises

Greg Malivuk
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Test Preparation Exercises handout p. 25-26 - Do exercises 1-10 individually.
(This specific type of question is not on the TOEFL, but is similar to questions on the GRE.)
1 c (present perfect or simple past, but it must be active)
2 d (perfect “for two months”, past “was filled”)
3 a (“currently” = right now)
4 c (future passive)
5 a/b
6 a (“last year” - simple past, “to minority students” - active)
7 b (“still” must go after auxiliary verbs and before the main verb)
8 d (“right now” - present continuous, “by the Minister” - passive)
9 a (It’s about his belief (active), and he’s dead (simple past).)
10 b/c (“today” - present, active because physicians research methods, not the other way around)
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p. 26 - with a partner, identify where the mistake is in each sentence (if you finish, then fix the mistakes)
11 c - “had not been studied”, it needs to be passive
12 b - “will spend”, it needs to be active
13 a - “announced”, it needs to be simple past because of “yesterday”
14 c - “will have typed”, “by the time” usually means perfect tense, and this is about the future
15 c - “had neglected” or possibly “has neglected”
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Homework: finish p. 26 and correct the errors, and do p. 78-79 exercises 1-10