Verb forms

Verb forms

Postby Jon Manterola » Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:23 am

Present perfect:
1. January could see snow as temperatures have already dipped to a bone chilling -9.1C in Braemar, Scotland, this morning on the coldest day of winter so far.
2. It had also fuelled speculation that Darrell had been the victim of foul play, potentially involving a disagreement over money.
3. IT'S the drug that costs less than a Big Mac, but which has caused an addict to eat a homeless mans' face,…
Present perfect passive:
1. TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of arranging the illegal movement of migrants across the English Channel into the UK.
2. Designer street drug flakka has been repeatedly linked to cannibalistic attacks and is known to cause extreme paranoia - with very harrowing results
Past simple passive:
1. FIFTEEN NHS trust chief execs were paid annual salaries of more than £250,000 last year, figures show.
2. A 33-year-old Iranian national and a 24-year-old British man were arrested in Manchester on Wednesday evening.
Jon Manterola
 

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