Oct. 3, 2021
Perfect tenses
Are perfect tenses corrdctly used in here:
1.X: You've been on holiday - your face is tanned!
2.Y: You're right. I've been skiing in Switzerland with my friends. We got back yesterday evening.
3.X: Have you seen Mark yet?
4.Y: No, he's been busy training for the seimming competigion next werkend.
5.X: I saw him yesterday morning. He looked terrible as he hed been training for 2 hours before school.
6.Y: When I left for Switzerland last week, they hadn't chosen the team for the competition but Mark texted me during the week to tell me the news.
7.X: Yes - he's been looking forward to it.
Let's go and watch him together.
Could I use I'D BEEN SKIING IN SWITZERLAND (if they already got back?)
Perfect tenses
Are perfect tenses corrdectly used in here:?
Not sure why, but "in here" sounds weird. You could say "in these sentences". And this is explicitly a question so it needs a question mark.
1.X: You've been on holiday - your face is tanned! 2.Y: You're right. I've been skiing in Switzerland with my friends.
We got back yesterday evening.
3.X: Have you seen Mark yet?
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4.Y: No, he's been busy training for the sewimming competigtion next werekend.
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5.X: I saw him yesterday morning. He looked terrible as he head been training for 2 hours before school.
6.Y: When I left for Switzerland last week, they hadn't chosen the team for the competition, but Mark texted me during the week to tell me the news.
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7.X: Yes - he's been looking forward to it.
Let's go and watch him together.
Could I use I'D BEEN SKIING IN SWITZERLAND (if they already got back?)
Feedback
All these tenses make perfect sense, yes!
You would say "I'd been skiing" if you were talking about a past event where you *would* have said "I've been skiing".
So: You come back, Bob asks you about your tanned face, you say "I've been skiing".
Next week, Bob's friend says Bob told him he saw you and you looked very tan. You say "Yes, I'd been skiing" - because you're explaining that *at the time you talked to Bob*, you said "I've been skiing".
Or at a shop: "I need some lotion, I've been skiing and now I'm sunburnt". Next week, someone is in your bathroom and says "Oh, you bought some new lotion?" "Yes, I'd been skiing and I was sunburnt" - when you bought it, you said "I've been skiing".
Does that make sense?
Oct. 3, 2021
Yes SecretPostman. Thanks to you that makes perfect sense.
Thank you🙂
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Are perfect tenses corrdctly used in here: Are perfect tenses corr Not sure why, but "in here" sounds weird. You could say "in these sentences". And this is explicitly a question so it needs a question mark. |
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1.X: You've been on holiday - your face is tanned! 2.Y: You're right. I've been skiing in Switzerland with my friends. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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We got back yesterday evening. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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3.X: Have you seen Mark yet? 4.Y: No, he's been busy training for the seimming competigion next werkend. 5.X: I saw him yesterday morning. He looked terrible as he hed been training for 2 hours before school. 3.X: Have you seen Mark yet? |
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6.Y: When I left for Switzerland last week, they hadn't chosen the team for the competition but Mark texted me during the week to tell me the news. 7.X: Yes - he's been looking forward to it. 6.Y: When I left for Switzerland last week, they hadn't chosen the team for the competition, but Mark texted me during the week to tell me the news. |
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Let's go and watch him together. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Could I use I'D BEEN SKIING IN SWITZERLAND (if they already got back?) This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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