Each sentence or groups of sentences given below contain one mistake. Find the mistake and correct it.<\/p>\n
1. He has been born in 1985.<\/p>\n
2. Did you read \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019?<\/p>\n
3. Have you seen \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 on TV last night?<\/p>\n
4. I already spoke to the boss about my holiday.<\/p>\n
5. I have an important test tomorrow. I think I prepared enough for the test.<\/p>\n
6. Once upon a time there has been a beautiful princess.<\/p>\n
7. I can\u2019t go on holiday because I broke my leg.<\/p>\n
8. We know each other since 1980.<\/p>\n
9. There has been an explosion at the castle last night.<\/p>\n
10. Tom has worked with us for ten years before he quit in 2010.<\/p>\n
1. He\u00a0was born<\/b>\u00a0in 1985. (We do not use the\u00a0present perfect tense<\/b>\u00a0with expressions that refer to a completely finished period of time.)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Have<\/b>\u00a0you\u00a0read<\/b>\u00a0\u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019? (When the exact time is not mentioned, we use the\u00a0present perfect tense<\/b>\u00a0to refer to actions or situations that happened during a period of time extending up to now.)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Did<\/b>\u00a0you see \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 on TV last night? (The\u00a0present perfect tense<\/b>\u00a0cannot be used with a definite point of time in the past.)<\/p>\n
4. I\u00a0have already spoken<\/b>\u00a0to the boss about my birthday. (In British English, indefinite time adverbs like already and yet are mostly used with the\u00a0present perfect tense<\/b>. In American English, the simple past is also possible in this case.)<\/p>\n
5. I have an important test tomorrow. I think I\u00a0have prepared<\/b>\u00a0enough for the test. (Simple past tense<\/b>\u00a0is not possible in this case because we are talking about a test that is still to come.)<\/p>\n
6. Once upon a time, there\u00a0was\u00a0<\/b>a beautiful princess. (We do not normally use the\u00a0present perfect tense<\/b>\u00a0in story-telling.)<\/p>\n
7. I can\u2019t go on holiday because I\u00a0have broken<\/b>\u00a0my leg. (We use the\u00a0present perfect tense<\/b>\u00a0to talk about past events that have a bearing on the present.)<\/p>\n
8. We\u00a0have known\u00a0<\/b>each other since 1980. (We use the\u00a0present perfect tense<\/b>\u00a0to refer to a period of time extending up to the present.)<\/p>\n
9. There\u00a0was<\/b>\u00a0an explosion at the castle last night. (The present perfect tense is not used with completely finished periods of time. Instead we use the\u00a0simple past tense.<\/b>)<\/p>\n
10. Tom\u00a0worked<\/b>\u00a0with us for ten years before he quit in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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