Author Question: Tamayo has written the following sentence: Every week my employees are asking for more vacation ... (Read 56 times)

tichca · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

Tamayo has written the following sentence: Every week my employees are asking for more
vacation time. What advice would you give him to revise this sentence?

a. Refer to the employees rather than my employees which might be considered offensive.
b. Add additional detail to make a complete thought.
c. Add additional detail to make the sentence more interesting.
d. Don't begin your sentence with the word every.
e. Don't use the progressive tense if the action happens on a regular basis.

Question 2

What is the difference between past and past progressive tenses?

a. There is no difference between the tenses.
b. The past tense indicates an action took place in the past; past progressive indicates
an action that took place at a specific time in the past.
c. The past tenseindicates an action that took place at a specific time in the past; past
progressive indicates an action took place in the past.
d. The past tense indicatesan action that took place at a specific time in the past; thepast progressive indicates an action is occurring progressively in the past.
e. The past tense indicates an action is occurring progressively in the past; the past progressive indicatesan action that took place at a specific time in the past.