tailieunhanh - Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 33

Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 33. This course gives students the skills, strategies, practice and confidence they need to increase their scores on all sections of the TOEFL Test, including the Test of Written English. This edition reflects the revised TOEFL, first administered in July 1995, and skill coverage has been expanded for all sections. Volume A explains and practices key language points so that students improve their language proficiency as well as their test-taking skills. Clearly defined steps, pre- and post-tests and TOEFL exercises guide students in improving TOEFL strategies and. | 276 STRUCTURE This sentence indicates that Tom finished the exam in the past and that action ended when th teacher collects the papers in the present . This is not logical so the sentence is not correct. Tom finished the exam in the past and the action of finishing the exam ended when the teacher collected the papers. Therefore the second verb in this example should be in the past tense collected. The following chart outlines the uses of the present perfect and the past perfect USING HAVE PAST PARTICIPLE AND HAD PAST PARTICIPLE TENSE FORM MEANING USE present perfect have past participle past up to now not with a past tense past perfect had past participle before past up to past not with a present tense Except when the time expression since is part of the sentence see Skill 35 . EXERCISE 34 Each of the following sentences contains had or have. Underline the verbs twice and decide if the meanings are logical. Then indicate if the sentences are correct C or incorrect I . C 1. I have always liked the designs that are on the cover. I 2. Because her proposal had been rejected she is depressed. 3. The students have registered for classes before the semester started. 4. When she had purchased the car she contacted the insurance agent. 5. He said that he had finished the typing when you finish the reports. 6. She has enjoyed herself every time that she has gone to the zoo. 7. He drove to the post office after he had finished preparing the package. 8. After the votes were counted it had been determined that Steve was the winner. 9. Last night all the waiters and waitresses have worked overtime. 10. He had fastened his seat belt before the airplane took off. Skill 35 USETHE CORRECTTENSE WITH TIME EXPRESSIONS Often in written expression questions on the TOEFL test there is a time expression that clearly indicates what verb tense is needed in the sentence. We moved to New York in 1980. We had left there by 1990. We have lived in San Francisco since 1999. WRITTEN EXPRESSION .