T7 Mid Course Exam Practice

Passive future will + be + past participle

Remember - verbs like "think" can be used for two different meanings. "I think it is cold today" is an opinion (a state) so we use simple tenses. "I'm thinking about my dinner tonight" is something you are doing (an action) so we can use the continuous. You should read the context carefully to decide if it is a "state" or an "action".

Passive modal verb + be + past participle.

We can use "used to" or past simple to talk about states and actions that occurred more than once in the past.

Present Perfect Passive in negative hasn't + been + past participle.

Past Simple Passive was + past participle

(1) We use past tenses in hypothetical or imaginary situations.
(2) We use past continuous in this sentence because we are talking about this moment.

(1) We use past continuous to describe an action in progress in the past.
(2) We use the past simple to describe an action that interrupts another action in the past.
(3) Short actions (start) are always in the simple tense

(1) We use the simple tenses when asking for an opinion.
(2) "think about" or "think of"

(1) When we talk about how long we have known somebody, we use the present perfect. We do NOT use the present simple because we are talking about the past and the present at the same time.
(2) To know somebody is a state, so we do not use continuous tenses.
(3) The state started in the past and continues to now so it is linked to the present.

We use Past Perfect Continuous when we want to emphasise an action that causes a result in the past.
ACTION = had been doing exams
RESULT = was tired.

Present continuous for a fixed future event.
Passive future will + be + past participle

(1) The answer is B because the question is in present perfect.
(2) Have been and have gone:
Have been = I went then I returned
Have gone = I went (but I haven't returned)
(3) We would not usually say "I've gone to London" because that means "I'm in London".