1. I am picking up our business partners at the station at 7 o'clock tonight.
| a) Present Simple (timetables/programmes)
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2. People see, interpret and evaluate things in different ways.
| b) Present Continuous (actions which will take place in the near future due to one's previous decision; fixed arrangements in the near future)
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3. She has been a member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research for over 10 years.
| c) Present Simple (recurrent or permanent actions in the present)
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4. Сross-cultural training is becoming more important as the business world takes on even more of a global focus.
| d) Present Perfect (personal experiences or changes which have happened; actions which happened within a specific time period which is not over at the time of speaking; recently completed actions with visible results in the present)
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5. The ferry arrivesat 10:00 am.
| e) Present Continuous (actions taking place at or around the moment of speaking; going on at the present period, in temporary situations, in changing or developing situations)
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6. Eilidh Hamilton, who has recently been living in Syria in the Middle East, speaks on two very different ways of business behaviour.
| f) Present Perfect Continuous (an action which began before the moment of speaking and continues into it or up to it; an action which was in progress quite recently and affects the present situation, explains or gives reasons for the state of things at the present moment)
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7. They were still discussing the plan at midnight.
| g) Past Continuous (a past action in progress interrupted by another past action)
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8. They were flying over the Andes when the storm began.
| h) Past Simple (a complete action or event which happened at a stated time in the past; a succession of actions in the past)
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9. They had been living in the same house for twelve years before they decided to move.
| i) Past Perfect (a past action which occurred before another past action or before a stated time in the past)
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10. Kate founded the website Culturosity.com to help build awareness of cultural differences.
| j) Past Continuous (an action in the middle of happening at a stated past time)
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11. She had finished most of the work by the time her boss arrived.
| k) Past Perfect Continuous (an action continuing over a period up to a specific time in the past)
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12. The ability to work across cultures will become a prerequisite for future generations working in our increasingly global world.
| l) Future Perfect (an action which will be finished before a stated future time)
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13. By May, he will have been living abroad for six years.
| m) Future Continuous (an action in progress at a stated future time; an action which the speaker expects to take place in the future in the natural course of events)
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14. If your meeting is face-to-face and you will be traveling abroad, go at least two days before your scheduled meeting.
| n) Future Perfect Continuous (duration of an action up to a certain time in the future)
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15. They will have made a decision by Friday.
| o) Future Simple (predictions for the future, hopes, fears, offers, promises, on-the-spot decisions)
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