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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:50 pm-Present perfect
. With 8 percent of the Mexican economy based on tourism, the flu epidemic has been a disaster.
. Susan Boyle has become strangely ubiquitous, shooting to fame not just because of her talent, but because of the way she looks.
-Present perfect passive
. Sarah Ebner has been shortlisted four times at the British Press Awards, in 2008 for feature writer of the year.
. It is the radio station that none of us would want to hear. But its frank discussions about self-harm or receiving a life sentence are rated so highly that a prison radio station has been nominated for four national awards
-Past simple passive
. The lawyer for an Iranian-American reporter who was jailed on spying charges said she was released after a court reduced the sentence.
. A 10-month old girl was left an orphan today after her parents both drowned when they jumped into a fast-flowing river to rescue their pet dogs.
. With 8 percent of the Mexican economy based on tourism, the flu epidemic has been a disaster.
. Susan Boyle has become strangely ubiquitous, shooting to fame not just because of her talent, but because of the way she looks.
-Present perfect passive
. Sarah Ebner has been shortlisted four times at the British Press Awards, in 2008 for feature writer of the year.
. It is the radio station that none of us would want to hear. But its frank discussions about self-harm or receiving a life sentence are rated so highly that a prison radio station has been nominated for four national awards
-Past simple passive
. The lawyer for an Iranian-American reporter who was jailed on spying charges said she was released after a court reduced the sentence.
. A 10-month old girl was left an orphan today after her parents both drowned when they jumped into a fast-flowing river to rescue their pet dogs.