SKILL 30-40 STRUCTURE skills 30-40 | Page 7

SKILL 35 USE THE CORRECT TENSE WITH TIME EXPRESSIONS When reading a sentence, take care of the time expression used because this can indicate you what tense the verb needs. USING CORRECT TENSES WITH TIME EXPRESSIONS PAST PERFECT SIMPLE PAST PRESENT PERFECT -by (1980) -(two years) ago - last (year) - in (1990) -since (2001) Examples: I visited Guatemala last year. I have studied at UTEC since 2014. I had gone from the country by 2012. lately