Read the text above and answer the following questions.
1a. Identify six different informal forms in Paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
Informal forms:
"we've" (Paragraph 1)
"you're" (Paragraph 2)
"pick up" (Paragraph 4)
"how you’ve been" (Paragraph 4)
"talk them through" (Paragraph 4)
"you could" (Paragraph 6)
1b. Write the six identified forms out in their formal structure.
Formal forms:
"we have"
"you are"
"collect"
"how you have been"
"explain to them"
"you may be able to"
2a. In what tense is the first sentence of Paragraph 3 written?
The first sentence of Paragraph 3 is written in the present perfect tense.
2b. What does the phrase “This simplest of tasks” in Paragraph 3 refer back
to?
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