Change the time in the following sentence by the word replacing
yesterday with another time clue in front of the sentence. Each
student should choose a different verb tense.
I see out of the window that the trees are blowing in the
wind; I notice garbage and dead leaves are being tossed around by the wind, and
even the birds seem to be in hiding as not even one flies about outside.
Each student should use a different time frame (verb tense).
17 comments:
Tomorrow I will see out of the window that the trees will be blowing in the wind; I will notice garbage, and dead leaves will be being tossed around by the wind, and even the birds will seem to be in hiding as not even one will fly about outside.
When I saw out of the window that the trees were blowing in the wind; I noticed garbage and dead leaves were being tossed around by the wind; and even the birds seemed to be in hiding as not even one flew about outside.
EDUARDO: Good, but there are ways you could avoid the awkward "be being."
SARA:Good verb tense changes, but you need to fix the punctuation;-)
When I saw out of the window that the trees were blowing in the wind; I noticed garbage and dead leaves were being tossed around by the wind, and even the birds seemed to be in hiding as not even one flew about outside.
Yosua ENGL140
Since the last two hours, I have seen out of the window that the trees have been blowing in the wind; I have noticed garbage and dead leaves have been tossed around by the wind, and even the birds have seemed to be in hiding as not even one have flown about outside.
SARA:You should not use a semicolon after a dependent clause;-)
YOSUA: A good start--now think about your use of "since"--it's used with a specific time in the past and not duration. Also check a subject-verb agreement issue;-)
Since the last two hours, I saw out of the window that the trees have been blowing in the wind; I have noticed garbage and dead leaves have been tossed around by the wind, and even the birds have seemed to be in hiding as not even one has flown about outside.
When I saw out of the window that the trees were blowing in the wind, I noticed garbage and dead leaves were being tossed around by the wind, and even the birds seemed to be in hiding as not even one flew about outside.
YOSUA:You've corrected the verb problem, but I was telling you not to use "since" with duration of time;-)
SARA: Thank you!
For the last two hours, I have seen out of the window that the trees have been blowing in the wind; I have noticed garbage and dead leaves have been tossed around by the wind, and even the birds have seemed to be in hiding as not even one has flown about outside.
YOSUA: That's it:-)
Alexey ENGL140
Every single year on Christmas Eve during the last ten minutes of the day, I have been seeing out of the window that the trees have been blowing in the wind; I have been noticing garbage and dead leaves have being tossed around by the wind, and even the birds have seemed to be in hiding as not even one flies about outside.
ALEXEY: That's close--think about "have being tossed";-)
Alexey ENGL140
Every single year on Christmas Eve during the last ten minutes of the day, I have been seeing out of the window that the trees have been blowing in the wind; I have been noticing garbage and dead leaves have been (being) tossed around by the wind, and even the birds have seemed to be in hiding as not even one flies about outside.
ALEXEY: That's it--good!
Last week, I looked out of the window to see trees that were blowing in the wind; I noticed garbage and dead leaves were being tossed around by the wind, and even the birds seemed to be in hiding as not even one flew about outside.
KENNETH: yes, but you needed to choose a different time frame and verb tenses from those of another student;-)
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