Our family ........... on a vacation every year.
✅ SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (S+V1/V5+O) is used with the adverbs always, seldom, daily, usually, occasionally, hardly, now-a-days, rarely, sometimes, never, generally, frequently, often, every day, every week, every month, every year, once a week, twice......, three times......, whenever, after, every time, etc. '
Look! The kids ........... soccer in the park.
✅ PRESENT CONTINUOUS (S+is/am/are+V4+O) is used after short expressions that draw attention like: Stop! Listen! Look! Don’t disturb! Don’t cross the road! After ‘but today, but now’, etc'
In the near future, we ........ to a new house.
✅ PRESENT CONTINUOUS (S+is/am/are+V4+O) is used with the adverbs: now, still, at present, at the moment, at this time, this morning, afternoon, evening, nextday, week, month, year, soon, in the near future, tomorrow morning, etc.'
Oliver .......... all the cookies, and there are none left for us.
✅ PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (S+has/have+V3+O) is used to denote recent past actions which have results in the present. '
Emma ........... a teacher since 2010.
✅ PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (S+has/have+V3+O) is used with ‘SINCE + POINT OF TIME or FOR + PERIOD OF TIME’ to denote an action beginning at sometime in the past and continuing up to the present moment.'
For two hours now, John and Sarah ........... his guitar skills.
✅ Present perfect continuous (Sub+has/have+been+V4+Obj) tense is used with ‘Since +point of time’, ‘for +period of time + now’, ‘all +present time: all this morning, afternoon, evening, all this week, month, years etc'
Abraham Lincoln ............ the Gettysburg Address.
✅ SIMPLE PAST TENSE (S+V2+O) is used to express the historic events.'
She felt relieved because she ............ all her chores before the guests arrived.
✅ PAST PERFECT TENSE (S+had+V3+O) is used to denote actions completed before a certain moment in the past'
By tomorrow morning, he .......... reading the entire novel.
✅ FUTURE PERFECT TENSE (S+will have+V3+O) is used to express 'particular time in the future''
By the time the concert starts, the band ............ for several hours.
✅ FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS (S+will be+V4+O) is used with ‘By, before + future time’ and ‘for+ period of time’.'
All that glitters .......... not gold.
✅ The sentences is proverbs/quotations. So, SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (S+V1/V5+O)/ or 'is' is used'
By next Friday, he .......... in this city for five years.
✅ FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS (S+will be+V4+O) is used with ‘By, before + future time’ and ‘for+ period of time’.'
She ................ a glass of milk every morning.
✅ The sentence expresses habitual actions, regular actions. So, SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (S+V1/V5+O) is used '
They .......... all the cookies, and there are none left for us.
✅ PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (S+has/have+V3+O) is used to denote recent past actions which have results in the present. '
It is the first time Maria .......... by plane.
✅ PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (S+has/have+V3+O) is used with the expression 'This is the first time, it is the first time''
Amelia Earhart ........... significant contributions to aviation history.
✅ SIMPLE PAST TENSE (S+V2+O) is used to express the historic events.'
Honesty ........... the best policy.
✅ The sentences is proverbs/quotations. So, SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (S+V1/V5+O)/ or 'is' is used '
The migrants ............. my new job next year.
✅ PRESENT CONTINUOUS (S+is/am/are+V4+O) is used with the adverbs: now, still, at present, at the moment, at this time, this morning, afternoon, evening, nextday, week, month, year, soon, in the near future, tomorrow morning, etc.'
Olivia and Amelia ......already ........the project.
✅ PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (S+has/have+V3+O) is used with the adverbs 'ALREADY', 'RECENTLY', 'JUST', 'NOT+YET''
By the time she ARRIVED at the party, everyone .....already .....the cake.
✅ PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE (S+was/were+V4+O) is used with 'all day yesterday', 'all last night' , 'all Sunday', 'at this time yesterday', 'at this moment yesterday', etc.'
I seldom ........... ice cream because it's not very healthy.
✅ SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (S+V1/V5+O) is used with the adverbs always, seldom, daily, usually, occasionally, hardly, now-a-days, rarely, sometimes, never, generally, frequently, often, every day, every week, every month, every year, once a week, twice......, three times......, whenever, after, every time, etc. '
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