Tenses / Structures

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1. Jane is impolite.
2. Kate is being impolite.

Question 1: Who is an impolite person?

Jane
Kate

Question 2: Who is having a bad day?

Jane
Kate

1. "When you come I will be baking a cake", Janis said.
2. "When you come I will bake a cake", Laurie said.

Question 3: Who will start baking after I come?

Janis
Laurie

1. Kathy was walking to work when it stopped raining.
2. Tom walked to work when it stopped raining.

Question 4: Who got wet on the way to work?

Kathy
Tom

1. Jack: "I am going with you tomorrow."
2. David: "I will go with you tomorrow."

Question 5: Who made the decision at the moment of speaking?

Jack
David

1. Mr. Johnson has worked at this school for five years.
2. Mr. Wingfield worked at this school for five years.

Question 6: Who still works at this school?

Mr. Johnson
Mr. Wingeield

1. Becky :"By the time you come I will have put the kids to bed."
2. Kate: "When you come I will be putting the kids to bed."

Question 7: Whose kids will be in bed when I come?

Becky's
Kate's

1. Susan: "I am going to have my house painted next week."
2. Margaret: "I am going to paint my house next week."

Question 8: Who is going to hire a painter to paint her house?

Susan
Margaret

1. Tim: "I wish I hadn't had to go to school."
2. Tom: "I wish I didn't have to go to school."

Question 9: Who is still a student?

Tim
Tom

1. When we came to the party Steve had left.
2. When we came to the party Jim left.

Question 10: Who was still at the party when we came?

Steve
Jim

1. Do you mind if I sit here? Karen: Yes, I do.
2. Do you mind if I sit here? Jean: No, I don't.

Question 11: Who doesn't want me to sit there?

Karen
Jean

1. Shakespeare has written a lot of plays.
2. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays.

Question 12: Which sentence was said when Shakespeare was still alive?

a
b

1. You don't have to wear glasses.
2. You mustn't wear glasses.

Question 13: In which case wearing glasses is forbidden?

a
b

1. It must have been Dave.
2. It might have been Dave.

Question 14: Who is more certain that it was Dave?

a
b

1. I didn't need to go there.
2. I needn't have gone there.

Question 15: In which case did I do something that was not necessary?

a
b

1. It can't be ready yet.
2. It may not be ready yet.

Question 16: In which case is it more probable that it is ready?

a
b

1. Karen: "I have been taking photos."
2. Sue: "I have taken photos."

Question 17: Who is more likely to still be carrying her camera?

Karen
Sue

1. David: "I had tried to get her on the phone before I left."
2. Cathy: "I had been trying to get her on the phone before I left."

Question 18: Who had tried more than once?

David
Cathy

1. I am seeing Tom tomorrow.
2. I will be seeing Tom tomorrow.

Question: Which sentence implies that:

19. Tom and the speaker will meet in the ordinary course of events?

a
b

20. They have arranged a meeting?

a
b

1. I will write to Mr. Jones.
2. I will be writing to Mr. Jones.

Question 21: In which sentence is the speaker's intention expressed?

a
b

1. I have been living in New York for ten years.
2. I have lived in you York for ten years.

Question 22: Are the two speakers expressing a different meaning?

Yes
No