puzzle
Joined: 17 Oct 2005
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 Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:40 pm Post subject: tense |
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Dear teachers,
Can you tell me which is the right answer of the following exercise? And how to judge if it's an object clauise or an adverbial clause? Thank you in advance.
Tell me when you ___ at the station, Alice . I'll go there to meet you!
A. arrive B. have arrived C. are arriving |
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IanT
Joined: 13 Sep 2012
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Location: Spain
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Goodness!
All three are possible, sort of.
If the sentence means " tell me now when you have already arranged to arrive" then use "are arriving"
If the sentence means, basically, "call me when you get there", you can use either of the other two.
Present tense is used after when to refer to the future, and both are present: present simple and present perfect. Same meaning. (here)
For the second question, I will need to check!
Hope helps,
Ian
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