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Vocabulary: past, present, future... - English lesson

In order to help you speak about the past and the present...

  BEWARE: FALSE FRIENDS... (1) actual= real, existing in act, fact, or reality;

                                                  (2) presently= now, at the present time. 

... and about the future too...

Let's keep a  FEW EXPRESSIONS in mind: 

- He left a long time ago... 

- It's been a long time since (+ preterite)... 

- He left before I could tell him...

- Do it before going to bed...

- It has lost its former charm... 

- That was prior to her resignation... 

- ... a state-of-the-art car...

- it's the very latest thing...  

Those words and expressions will help you pass this test with flying colours... 

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1. 'I remember meeting your father in England a long time agofor a long timepresentlyI don't know, but I can’t remember whether it was in summer or not.'



2. 'My last visit to my cousin left long agogoes back toin impending ofI don't know January when we celebrated his 25th birthday.'



3. The future ownerpresent ownerprevious ownerI don't know of this car was a little lady who drove very carefully.



4. If I had known long agobeforehandin a whileI don't know what his reaction would be, I wouldn’t have acted in such a way.



5. He speaks French so well that in a whilebefore longin a former lifeI don't know, he must have taught it.



6. When I saw the black clouds and felt the raging wind, I knew that an impendingan earliera previousI don't know storm was going to destroy the area.



7. 'My Mum’s train arrived an hour ago. Mum should be home previouslybefore longin a former lifeI don't know. Wait for her. she’ll be glad to see you.'



8. He looks very tired beforehandfor a long timeat the momentI don't know. He’s had a sleepless night. I’m sure he’ll feel better in a few days.



9. She had sent two letters to give more information afterwardsprior tobeforehandI don't know her arrival in the area.



10. It may be difficult for him now, but in a former lifein the long runafter a whileI don't know his wages will increase and everything will be alright.