Question

I. In the past, when groups of people LIVED in relative isolation, cultures VARIED widely from place to place.
II. Today, as a result of high-speed communication, trade, and travel, cultures all around the world ARE ENCOUNTERING and ADOPTING new ideas.
1. Complete the table.

verd tense: ( ) Past simple ( ) Past continuous (fragment I)
( ) Present simple ( ) Present continuous (fragment II)

Use : ( ) to talk about completed actions and states in the past.
( ) to talk about actions in progress in the past. (fragent I)

( ) to talk about facts and generalizations. ( ) to express changes happening around now (current tendencies). (fragment II)

Time expression In the past (fragment I) ___________________ (fragment II)

2. Mark two equivalent terms for "Today" in fragment II.
( ) nowadays
( ) Those days
( ) In a moment
( ) Now

3. Which fragment below describes a change happening around now?

( )... fast food chains once found only in the United States
( )...is the increasing contact between people and places around the world.
( )... are being introduced into cultures everywhere at almost the same time.

Answer 1

I - Simple past
II- Present Continuous
(x) To talk about completed actions and states in The past
(x) To express changes happening around now
(x) In a moment
(x) Now
(x) Is the Increasing....

Answer 2

SIMPLE PAST

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
TO EXPRESS CHANGS HAPPENING AROUND NOW
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2-IN A MOMENT
NOW

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3-ARE BEING INTRODUCED INTO CULTURES EVERYWHERE AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME