ASYNCHRONOUS: 40 MINUTES

GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
TASK 2: MIXED TENSES

For each of the following sentences, state the tense and function of the verbs in
bold. Write your answers in the columns provided. An example is given.
No Sentence Tense Function

0 Example: Simple
The people in our lives do a To explain factual
lot to keep our lives running present
smoothly. information

1 If you keep up with Present Perfect Tense

activities you have been To show an action that begin in the
mastering, it’ll put pressure past and continues in the present
on your attitude
toward yourself to adjust
to match.

2 A public announcement has Present Perfect Tense(Passive)

been made on vaccine To show an action that has just been
priorities at some point in the completed
next week.

3 Officials said seven workers Past Perfect Tense(Passive)

at a poultry plant in the To refer to a past action that
south of the country had happened earlier than another action
been infected following an in the past
outbreak there in December.

4 Other strains of flu Future Perfect Tense

occasionally infect To talk about actions that happened
humans and possibly will earlier than another action in the past
have led to deaths.

5 We have been Present Perfect Tense

continually facing great To show an action that begin in the
opportunities past and continues in the present
brilliantly disguised as
insoluble problems.