SAS Preparation for Grade 6

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the Present Perfect Tense with "for"?

• He has been at the park for yesterday.

• They have worked here together for five years.

• She has completed her homework for two hours ago.

• We have played basketball for last week.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'They have worked here together for five years.' It properly uses the Present Perfect Tense with 'for' to indicate a duration of time up to the present.

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the Present Perfect Tense with "since"?

• She has lived in Paris since three years.

• We have visited that museum since a long time.

• He has worked at the company since a month.

• I have been an English since 2012.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'I have been an English since 2012.' because it properly uses the Present Perfect Tense with 'since' to indicate a starting point in time. The other options misuse 'since' with incorrect time expressions.

Which of the following sentences is incorrect sentence that uses the Present Perfect Tense with "since"?

• She has joined the other club since she got a better offer there.

• We have been popular since our last sport event.

• He was completely skillful skater since he was in his second skater championship.

• They have been famous athletes since they started a Youtube channel.

Answer explanation

The incorrect sentence is 'He was completely skillful skater since he was in his second skater championship.' It uses 'was' instead of 'has been,' which is required for Present Perfect Tense.

Which of the following sentences incorrectly uses the Present Perfect Tense with "for" to indicate the duration of time?

• Bianca has trained for this competition for five months.

• They have been good at skiing for a decade.

• He has worked at the company for he graduated.

• We have been friends for a long time.

Answer explanation

The sentence 'He has worked at the company for he graduated.' incorrectly uses 'for' because it should use 'since' to indicate the starting point of time. The correct form is 'He has worked at the company since he graduated.'

Complete the following sentence using the correct form of the Present Perfect Tense.  
    Choose the best option from the choices provided.

"She _____ her wallet _____ yesterday."

• have lost/since

• has lost/since

• lost/for

• loses/for

Answer explanation

Regular verbs:

infinitive verb + -ed = cooked, walked, stayed, etc.

Irregular verb:

see page 168: seen, slept, set, etc.

Complete the sentence below using past progressive tense.

___________ down the famous Dubai Chocolate recipe yesterday morning.

• We have written

• We write

• We are writing

• We were writing

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'We were writing' because it uses the past progressive tense, indicating an ongoing action that took place yesterday morning.

Choose one sentence below that is written in past progressive tense.

• I am eating some chocolate bars for breakfast.

• She was watching a soccer match when the rain came down.

• He will sleep soon since he is tired now.

• My mom buys a new dress once a year.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, 'She was watching a soccer match when the rain came down,' is in Past Progressive tense, indicating an ongoing action in the past. The other options are in present or future tense.

Complete the question below using past progressive tense:

What movie _________?

• was she watching

• were she watching

• is she watching

• was she watched

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'was she watching' because it uses the past progressive tense, indicating an action that was ongoing in the past. The other options either use incorrect forms or tenses.

Answer the question below to show past progressive tense.

"What were they looking for last night?"

• They are looking for their card last night.

• They looked for their card last night.

• They were looking for their card last night.

• They have looked for their card last night.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'They were looking for their card last night.' because it uses the past progressive tense, indicating an ongoing action in the past, which fits the context of the question.

Complete the sentence below to show cause and effect in simple past.

I put the pudding in the fridge so that the pudding ______ be served cold later.

• would

• will

• can

• may

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'would' because it indicates a future action in the past context. The sentence implies that the intention was to serve the pudding cold later, which aligns with the use of 'would' to express that outcome.