Tutorial Task1 (Week4)

TOPIC: TENSES
TUTORIAL (2 hours)
Activity 1.0
Given below are sentences written in 12 different tenses.
(a) Using your understanding about tenses, categorize the sentences according to
their respective tenses.
1. By, 10 tomorrow, I shall have been travelling for 12 hours.

2. He likes black coffee.
3. These children were very naughty.
4. Someone has stolen my handphone.
5. I am leaving for Australia for my studies.
6. He took his breakfast at 7 o’clock.
7. The pupils are reading in the library.
8. I was working in the garden the whole morning.
9. We have all finished the coursework.
10. They were having their dinner at 8 p.m.
11. We shall be visiting the school.
12. The teachers had told us the news.
13. Siti had been in the class for ten minutes.
14. My mother has been to London before.
15. The students will be sitting for the exam in December.
16. I have been waiting for you since yesterday.
17. The lecturers have been working very hard.
18. The robbers had been hiding in the jungle.
19. I shall inform you of the results as soon as possible.
20. They appear very excited.
21. Peter is the candidate for the post.
22. My neighbour will help you with the cleaning.
23. He will have forgotten everything by Tuesday.
24. No one will be using the hall this week.
25. I am the teacher in the school.
Activity 1.1
Complete each text with the verb groups in their correct tenses using the verbs in the
brackets. For some verbs, more than one tense is possible.
1. Trishaw riders in big towns like in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya no longer
earn a good living nowadays. Public transport in these places (be) now very
efficient and commuters (find) it very convenient to use it instead of trishaws.
Only tourists (consider) the trishaws as a novelty. The future of the trishaw
riders (be) indeed bleak and uncertain.
2. When I (see) her yesterday, she (lie) on her bed. She (groan) in pain because
she (have) terrible toothache. She (go) to see the dentist earlier, her condition
(improve).
3. David and Henry were late for school this morning. The bell (ring) when they
(reach) the school. All their classmates (enter) the class. Worst still, their
English teacher (start) teaching already.
4. When we (come) home last night, we (know) at once that something

(happen). The house (be) in a mess. We (suspect) that someone (break) into
the house. We quickly (check) our valuables in the bedroom. To our dismay,
the bugler (steal) all of them.
5. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Bandung Tour. Before you (take) you rest,
allow me to tell you our programmes for tomorrow. Breakfast, as usual, (be) from
7.00 a.m. to 8.00 a.m. Then, at 8.30 a.m., the coach (drive) you to Lake Ansar.
You (visit) the place for about 2 hours. Then we (go) to the Cini waterfall. After
that, we (have) lunch at the Rasa Saya Restaurant. “
6. I (be) sorry I can’t help you. I (type) the invitation cards for the college annual
party. So far, I (type) 100 cards but there (be) still a lot more to be done. I
(think) I (finish) typing the cards tomorrow.
7. Beng, Muthu and Amran are good friends. They (know) each other since
childhood. They (go) to the same schools and (graduate) from the same
university in 1996. When they (start) working after graduation, they (get) the
same job in the same company. They (work) together in the company since
then. Beng (hope) that their friendship (last) forever.
8. I (start) my teaching career in 1990 and (retire) in 2024. By then, I (teach) for 34
years. After my retirement, I still (hope) to continue teaching because I (like) the
profession very much. Unfortunately, none of my children (be) keen to take up
teaching as a career.
9. As Hassan (walk) to town last Sunday, he (witness) a fatal hit-and-run accident.

A red car (knock) down an old man while he (cross) the road. The driver did not
stop his car but (speed) away. While the victim (lie) unconscious on the ground,
he (bleed) profusely. Hassan quickly (call) the hospital. Unfortunately, when the
ambulance (arrive), the man (pass) away.
10. When, Mak Minah came home, she (discover) that her Children did not study.
They (play) hide-and-seek in the house. She (know) that because they (break)
some cups and glasses. The broken pieces (be) still on the floor.
In the following, there is an error in tense.
(i) Identify the error
(ii) Explain why it is an error
(iii) Correct the error.
a. Jane can’t come to class because she is having a fever.
b. We have been trying to call him many times, but each time we called, there was
no reply from him.
c. I promise I don’t smoke anymore.
d. We have discussed the problem with manager yesterday and he agreed to look
into it immediately.
e. The stranger was loitering around here since 5.00 p.m. I suspect he is up to
something. Why don’t we inform the police?
f. Look, It rains again.

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TOPIC: TENSES

Given below are sentences written in 12 different tenses.

1. By, 10 tomorrow, I shall have been travelling for 12 hours.

4. When we (come) home last night, we (know) at once that something

9. As Hassan (walk) to town last Sunday, he (witness) a fatal hit-and-run accident.

a. Jane can’t come to class because she is having a fever.

c. I promise I don’t smoke anymore.

f. Look, It rains again.

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