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TSI Writing: Using the Future Perfect Tense of a Verb 2 Views
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Description:
Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.
Is it certain that the opening of the new skate park, scheduled for next Sunday,
would be
delayed at least two weeks?
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- 00:03
Okay see writing some for the last sentence in this
- 00:05
editing for a here is it certain that the opening
- 00:09
of the new skate park scheduled for next sunday would
- 00:12
be delayed at least two weeks Is it certain it
- 00:16
would be delayed Two weeks would be well that's a
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- 00:20
bummer The show must go on though so let's get
- 00:23
back to fixing agreement problems and not illegally skating on
- 00:26
various outdoor fixtures As fun as that may be alright
- 00:30
to fix this problem the verb needs that change to
- 00:32
the future perfect tense to show that the skate park
- 00:35
opening is gonna be delayed it will be delayed not
- 00:39
would be will be got it using would be creates
- 00:42
a shift from the present to future conditional like on
- 00:46
what conditions would the future happen which doesn't make sense
- 00:49
so get rid of a they're inserting having been turns
- 00:52
a sentence into a fragment because well then we're using
- 00:54
a gerund phrase and seven actual verb and we're waiting
- 00:57
for the gasoline in the engine there show up and
- 01:00
changing would be too had been chips the verb from
- 01:03
present to past perfect which just makes no sense so
- 01:06
that's it it's D will be And we will be
- 01:09
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