PRESENT TENSE

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1 Orange penetrates the waxy covering of leaves and Simple Present Tense
is absorbed into the plant system.
2 It affects the growing points of the plant, resulting in Simple Present Tense
its death.
3 Orange is relatively non toxic to man or animals. Simple Present Tense
4 They claim the companies, in making the chemical Simple Present Tense
Agent Orange, …
5 He claims Agent Orange is responsible for his Simple Present Tense
daughter being born with no anus, two vaginas and
hands that do not work
6 He can have the leg amputated, but he knows that Simple Present Tense
won’t save his life.
7 The veterans say they are unable to do so because Simple Present Tense
different products containing varying dioxin levels …
8 The images are distressing and poignant … Simple Present Progressive
9 That image is of a group of three fixed-wing Simple Present Progressive
transport aircraft flying low in formation over
tropical rainforest and laying a heavy mist of
chemical spray.
10 It also threatens the alliance with the United States. Simple Present Tense
11 The reason has little to do with the faults or failings Simple Present Tense
of the young men who returned from Da Nang and
Vung Tau.
12 The veterans also want a multi-billion-dollar trust Simple Present Tense
fund set up for them and their families …
13 He is seeking $20 million in damages. Simple Present Progressive

FUTURE TENSE

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1 The Vietnam War will begin again in a Brooklyn Future tense – express
courtroom on Monday. future of prediction
2 Final jury selesction will begin on Monday for the Future tense – express
trial in Brooklyn Federal District Court. future of prediction
3 The jury will be asked to decide whether dioxin in Future tense
Agent Orange caused damage and whether the
companies …
PAST TENSE

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1 No injuries have been reported to personel The Present Perfect Tense
exposed to aircraft spray.
2 Lawyers say that so far about 50 000 veterans have The Present Perfect Tense
claimed damages, which could run into billions of
dollars if they win their court battle.
3 Instead of the nearly impossible job of trying each of The Present Perfect Tense
the cases, presiding Judge Jack Weinstein has
taken the unusual course of having the veterans
choose nine of their best cases.
4 Under a long-standing, legal principles, which has The Present Perfect Tense
survived many supreme court tests, service men
are barred from suing the military for service-
related injuries.
5 Australian soldiers have always fought in other The Present Perfect Tense
people’s war.
6 … military service in defence of Australia has The Present Perfect Tense
meant fighting in battles thousands of miles from
home.
7 The Agent orange has attracted such controversy The Present Perfect Tense
because of the range of casualties it threatens to
produce.
8 Agent orange was named for the color-coded Simple Past Tense
orange band around the drums of defoliant the US
military used to spray millions of nectars of land in
Vietnam.
9 Orange was a brown, oily mixture of esters of 2,4-D Simple Past Tense
and 2,4,5-T soluble in certain oils like diesel fuel…
10 It noted orange took the paint off airplanes and Simple Past Tense
rotted rubber.
11 Some of the veterans represented in the test cases Simple Past Tense
have died since the first law suits were filed in The Present Perfect Tense
1978.
12 …has ordered the government to remain in the The Present Perfect Tense
case as a thrd-party defendant, …
13 The Vietnam commitment was consistent with Simple Past Tense
Australia’s military history.
14 Vietnam was the first war to be televised. Simple Past Tense
15 It progress is recorded in many memorable images The Present Perfect Tense
…
16 There was no evidence to support either of these Simple Past Tense
conclusions until Sepember …
17 The report presented a highly favorable case for Simple Past Tense
both facets of the program.
18 Herbicides had greatly improved surveillance from The Past Perfect Tense
aircraft.
19 They had done considerable damage to the food- The Past Perfect Tense
producing capacity …
20 The one note of caution in the report was a Simple Past Tense
reference to the inadequate compensation.
21 This is reality which over the past five years, has The Past Perfect Tense
been carefully avoided by Government in the US
and Australia