Volgende Vorige

Chapter 3

For each of the following, choose the option that is grammatically correct.

1. I can see there is something on your mind. What are you thinking about?
2. I can see there is something on your mind. What do you think about?
3. I can see there is something on your mind. What will you be thinking about?
1. I really need to sit down. I have been standing here all day long waiting for tickets.
2. I really need to sit down. I was standing here all day long waiting for tickets.
3. I really need to sit down. I stood here all day long waiting for tickets.
1. The body had been lying there for 11 days when the police eventually found it.
2. The body had lain there for 11 days when the police were eventually finding it.
3. The body laid there for 11 days when the police were eventually finding it.
1. Every day our office is opening at 8.30 a.m. sharp.
2. Every day our office opens at 8.30 a.m. sharp.
3. Every day our office was opening at 8.30 a.m. sharp.
1. It is snowing now for more than six days.
2. It snows now for more than six days.
3. It has been snowing now for more than six days.
1. The moon waxes and wanes each lunar month.
2. The moon is waxing and waning each lunar month.
3. The moon is waxing and wanes each lunar month.
1. Where did you put those letters that lay on the table?
2. Where did you put those letters that were lying on the table?
3. Where did you put those letters that had lain on the table?
1. The sun set as the ship pulled into the harbour.
2. The sun had been setting as the ship pulled into the harbour.
3. The sun was setting as the ship pulled into the harbour.
1. I am a footballer but I do not play at the moment because of an injury.
2. I am a footballer but I’m not playing at the moment because of an injury.
3. I am being a footballer but I’m not playing at the moment because of an injury.
1. Please be keeping quiet now, since the kids are trying to sleep!
2. Please keep quiet now, since the kids are trying to sleep!
3. Please keep quiet now, since the kids try to sleep!