Ex. A - p. 12 - Mixed tenses - signal words for tense underlined1. Have you ever landed (experience)
2. She was chopping liver when St. N. banged on the door
(longer action (= past continuous) going on when shorter action interrupted.
3. After she had been laying bricks all morning, she started
(past perfect continuous = had been laying -> earlier action in the past, emphasis on duration -> all morning)
4. They have been snoring in these chairs since
(present perfect continuous -> to emphasize the duration of sleeping)
5. I have eaten 7 ham rolls up till now
6. Are you coming (= ga je mee) with me? No, I am seeing my sollicitor at three (future tense, appointment in agenda)
7. I have lived here for years (still going on) , but I am going to move (future tense: intention = going to +verb) to Surhuisterveen soon
8.
This time tomorrow,
we will be playing against the kids next door (
future continuous - will be + verb + ing -> zijn we aan het spelen)
9. She has been drinking all night and now she can hardly stand (present perfect continuous, emphasizes duration -> started at some point last night and still going on/or just finished)
10. Petronella broke down yesterday, because it became almost impossible to get it open (continue in the past simple, not an earlier action because the not getting the door open happens practically at the same time)
11. She has been drilling holes in the wall all day. She must be exhausted!(present perfect continuous, emphasizes duration -> started at some point today and still going on/or just finished.)
12. What are your plans? I am going to build...(intention/plans)
13. Before he went to Italy, he had spent a lot of time in Greece.(had spent = Past Perfect = earlier action in the past; the more recent action in the Past = Past Simple)