ESL 100- Ford
Read the following short story and identify the tenses used. Each tense is used at least once.
simple present
present
progressive
simple past
past progressive
present perfect
present perfect
progressive
past perfect
past perfect
progressive
future aspect
future
progressive
future perfect
future perfect
progressive
John has always traveled a lot. In fact, when he was only two years old when he first flew to the US. His mother is Italian and his father is American. John was born in France, but his parents had met in Cologne, Germany after they had
been living there for
five years. They met
one day while John's father was reading a book in the library and his mother sat down beside him.
John
travels a lot because
his parents also travel
a lot.
As a matter of fact, John is visiting his parents in France at the moment. He lives in New York now, but has been
visiting his parents for
the past few weeks. He really enjoys living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit his parents at least
once a year.
This
year he has flown
over 50,000 miles for his job. He has been working for Jackson & Co. for almost two
years now. HeÕs pretty sure that he'll be working for them next year as well. His job requires a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of
this year, he'll have traveled over 120,000 miles! His next journey will be to Australia. He really doesn't like going to Australia because it is
so far. This time he is going to fly from Paris after a meeting with the company's French
partner. He'll have been sitting for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!
John
was talking with his
parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend from New York telephoned to let him know that Jackson & Co. had
decided to merge with a company
in Australia. The two companies had been negotiating for the past month, so it really wasnÕt much of a surprise. Of course, this
means that John will have to catch the next plane back to New York. He'll be meeting with his boss at this time tomorrow.
Verb |
Tense |
has
traveled |
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was |
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flew |
|
is |
|
is |
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was born |
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had met |
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had been living |
|
met |
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was reading |
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sat |
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travels |
|
travel |
|
is visiting |
|
lives |
|
has been visiting |
|
enjoys |
|
loves |
|
has flown |
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has been working |
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Ôll be working |
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requires |
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Ôll have traveled |
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will be |
|
does |
|
is going |
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Ôll have been sitting |
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was talking |
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telephoned |
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had decided |
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had been negotiating |
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was |
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will have |
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Ôll be meeting |
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