Grammar Reading and Writing Skills
Perfect Tenses
Perfect tenses are of the following types,
Future Perfect Tense
It indicates an action which will be6
completed before a certain time in the
Example: He will have finished
Present Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense
It expresses an action completed It describes an action that
in the past but linked with the was completed before
present.
another action took place. future,
Example: They have declared Example:She had reached
Monday as a holiday.
the station before time, his work by morning
Complete the sentences by using verbs given in the brackets as directed.
1.
The schoolsemobby the end of this month. (reopen, future perfect)
2.
the book you gave me last week. (read, present perfect)
3.
He me Rahul's address before you called. (give, past perfect)
Motherboad them at the party, (invite, present perfect)
5. The bell
whilang... before I reached the school.(ring past perfect)
6. Sonia
Sunil at the station in the morning (meet, present perfect)
4.

Lesson 10: crossing borders: unit test “borders” 1.what does the mother’s refusal to state her nationality as canadian or american signify? a)that she resents governmental interference with her life b)that she identifies with neither country c)that she comes from somewhere else d)that she is stubborn and proud 4.the author’s chosen visual images,sensory details, and dialogue all convey a particular feeling in “delfino ii: diez in the desert.” thus feeling is known as: a)tone b)mood c)pathos 5.compare and contrast the poem “mexicans begin jogging” and the story “delfino ii: diez in the desert.” a)both are written about similar themes (immigration), but the story has a more serious mood than the poem b)both focus on mexican immigrants, but the story has a lighter tone than the poem. c)both main characters are afraid: diez is afraid of being caught smuggling people over the border, and soto is afraid of being caught working illegally. d)the tone in both selections is similar, but the subject matter differs slightly. 15. the tone of the poem “ka’ba” versus the tone of the poem “harlem ii” might be described as a)grateful vs ungrateful b)certain vs doubtful c) hurtful vs defeated d)safe vs dangerous