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A. Complete the dialogue with the correct tense of the verb in brackets. Sometimes more than one
tense is possible.

Customer Hello, I'm interested in buying some paints for a carnival float.
Assistant A carnival float?
Customer Yes, you know the town carnival? It 1 (be) in September. I'm a teacher, and
my class are designing and building a float for it. But I 2 (not make) one
before. This is all a bit of an experiment, and I'm not sure where to start.

Assistant You need to talk to our manager, John. He 3 (volunteer) for a local charity
and he 4 (build) floats for the town carnival every year for the last twenty
years! Last year, they 5 (build) a float based on the jungle. They
6 (decorate) a truck with trees and flowers which they 7
(make) out of wood, and everyone dressed in animal costumes. It was fantastic.
Customer It sounds great! Our attempt 8 (not be) as good as that, I’m sure!

Assistant Yes, I remember John coming to work tired one day last year, just before the carnival. He
and his friends 9 (work) on the float all night! They were exhausted!
Customer Oh dear. It 10 (sound) like a lot of hard work!

Assistant Well, let me get our manager. He 11 (tell) you everything you need to
know!
Customer Great, thanks!

B. Choose two different tenses with a simple or C. In pairs, compare your pairs of sentences in B.
perfect aspect to complete these sentences. Identify the difference in meaning between the
tenses used.
1. The flight (leave) at six
o’clock on Saturday afternoon.
The flight (leave) at six D. Discuss with a partner.
o’clock on Saturday afternoon.
1. Does your language have simple and perfect
2. Joe and Alice (live) in that tenses?
house for thirteen years.
2. Do you think it is useful to group tenses in this way?
Joe and Alice (live) in that 3. Which English tenses have an equivalent tense in
house for thirteen years.
your language, and which do not?
3. We (have) dinner when Dad 4. Which tense(s) do you find most confusing in
got back from work.
terms of when it/they are used?
We (have) dinner when Dad
got back from work.
4. The children (swim) in the
sea every day.

The children (swim) in the
sea every day.
5. Jess (study) for tomorrow’s
biology test.
Jess (study) for tomorrow’s
biology test.

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