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Which sentence correctly uses the present simple tense to give step-by-step instructions?
AFirst, you are heating the oil, then you are adding the onions.
BFirst, you heated the oil, then you added the onions.
CFirst, you will heat the oil, then you will add the onions.
DFirst, you heat the oil, then you add the onions.
Which sentence correctly uses the present perfect tense with the adverb ‘already’ to describe a completed action?
AI already finished my homework.
BI already have finish my homework.
CI am already finishing my homework.
DI have already finished my homework.
Which sentence correctly follows the journalistic convention of using the present tense in a headline to describe a recently completed event?
APrime Minister Announces New Policy
BPrime Minister Has Announced New Policy
CPrime Minister Was Announcing New Policy
DPrime Minister Announced New Policy
Which sentence correctly uses ‘led’ as the past tense of the verb ‘lead’?
AShe lead the team to victory last year.
BShe led the team to victory last year.
CShe leaded the team to victory last year.
DShe leads the team to victory last year.
Which sentence correctly uses the present simple tense, rather than ‘will,’ within a time clause referring to the future?
AI will call you when I will arrive.
BI will call you when I arrive.
CI will call you when I arriving.
DI call you when I will arrive.
Which sentence correctly uses the present perfect tense with ‘recently’ to describe a recent past action?
AI recently moved to a new apartment, and I am.
BI recently move to a new apartment.
CI am recently moving to a new apartment.
DI have recently moved to a new apartment.
Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense to make a request sound especially polite and tentative?
AI wondered if you could help me.
BI was wondering if you could help me.
CI am wondering if you could help me.
DI wonder if you could help me.
Which sentence correctly uses the future continuous tense to politely ask about someone’s plans?
AAre you join us for dinner?
BWill you joining us for dinner?
CWill you be joining us for dinner?
DWill you join us for dinner?
Which sentence correctly uses the present continuous tense with ‘always’ to express annoyance at a repeated habit?
AHe is always losing his keys.
BHe always is losing his keys.
CHe was always losing his keys.
DHe always loses his keys.
Which sentence correctly uses the simple past tense in both clauses, since the connector ‘before’ already makes the sequence of events clear?
AShe left before he arrived.
BShe had left before he arrived.
CShe left before he had arrived.
DShe had left before he had arrived.