Perfect Aspect Corrections and Gap Fill (C1) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

She __________ (wait) for her appeal to go to court for over a year.

has been waiting

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By 2050, he _________ (spend) 20 years in prison.

will have spent

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Which places had you visited by the time you were 20.

CORRECT -- "by the time" is often used with perfect aspect as it includes the time before you were 20

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I was exhausted. I was working since 7a.m.

X - "I had been working" -- the action "work" happened before being exhausted and explains why we are tired. Past simple keeps the events in order

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This time next year I will have worked here for 10 years.

CORRECT - will have been working - is also possible but focuses on duration not completion

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Careful where you put your feet. I've broken a bowl and there is glass everywhere.

CORRECT - a recent action

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He ________ (be) in prison for six years before evidence was found that proved his innocence.

had been

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What have you eaten today?

CORRECT - unfinished time -- I may even eat more, who knows.

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Mark and Tina have dated for six months. They are still going strong.

X - "Mark and Tina have been dating for six months" - focus is on the duration/repetition - not the completed action

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Before my son was born, I'd never been thinking I'd enjoy being a mother

X - I'd never thought I'd enjoy. -- think is a state verb

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You look tired. What did you do?

X - What have you been doing? -- We are interested in the action that caused the result, not if it was completed.

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banana

Go to last place!

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How many hours had you worked last week?

X- "How many hours did you work last week" - 1. It's specific time - we don't like to use perfect with specific time 2. there is no past simple as an "anchor"

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Her eyes were red and it was clear she had cried.

X - ..."she had been crying" - Perfect Continuous focuses on the action not the completion

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