Questions about grammar
1. Since the last time we met, I _____ a chance to talk to him.
a) do not have(my answer) b) did not have c) have not had (correct answer)
-when to use 'do/have'?

2. School _____ after the long holiday break.
a) is resumed b) was resumed (my answer) c) has been resumed d) resumed (correct answer)
-The school is/was resumed by someone. Isn't this correct?

3. If we acted fast, we _____ a better chance to go to the final round.
a) would stand (correct answer) b) would have stand (my answer)
-Shouldn't I use 'would have' for past tense?

I do grammar exercises every day and these are the few questions that I got wrong today. Hope that you're willing to clear my doubt on grammar. Thanks in advance!

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Questions about grammar
1.  Since the last time we met, I _____ a chance to talk to him.
a) do not have(my answer) b) did not have c) have not had (correct answer)
-when to use 'do/have'?

2. School _____ after the long holiday break.
a) is resumed b) was resumed (my answer) c) has been resumed d) resumed (correct answer)
-The school is/was resumed by someone. Isn't this correct?

3. If we acted fast, we _____ a better chance to go to the final round.
a) would stand (correct answer) b) would have stand (my answer)
-Shouldn't I use 'would have' for past tense?

I do grammar exercises every day and these are the few questions that I got wrong today. Hope that you're willing to clear my doubt on grammar. Thanks in advance!

Answer

1) The word "since" tells you that you need present perfect: "haven't had".  This means from the past, up to the present.

If you use "do not have", you are talking in general: true for the past, present and future.

2) In some cases, objects can perform their own actions. School starts, commences, resumes, and finishes. We don't always need the passive voice, and you just need to memorise these examples.

3) "Would have stand" is impossible. The phrase is, "would have stood".  Beware of second conditionals, as they are not about the past! They're imagined present.

"If we acted..." = imagined present.
"If we had acted..." = imagined past.

Answer

1 "do" and "did" are not used with "since"
2 passive "is/was" and perfect won't be used with "school" as subject and "resume" as predicate
3 it's not past, it's conditional, indicated by "if"

Answer

I know the last one ,we use (would+inf) when the main sentence is  (past simple tense )and we use (would have +p.p)when the main sentence is past perfect

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