A. IDENTIFYING TENSES Match the tense name with the number of the sentence in which that verb tense is used in ALL CAPS. Your Tenses Sent. No. Sentences Answers Television HAS BEEN such an important part of our family's life for so many years that we can't imagine being without it. past perfect 1 As of this fall, Meet The Press WILL HAVE BEEN ENTERING our living room on Sunday mornings for fifty years! simple future My folks BOUGHT their first TV in the early future progressive 3. 50s. past progressive The appliance store WAS SELLING 13-inch black-and-white TV sets for fifty dollars. 4. present perfect The saleswoman HAD CONVINCED my father that a TV would make a great Mother's Day gift. present progressive In fact, my father HAS BEEN KEEPING that old TV in our attic all these years. He says he WILL SELL it someday as an antique simple present for hundreds of dollars. future perfect progressive 8. I think he IS HOPING that it still actually works. present perfect progressive He WILL BE TAKING it to an antique store soon 9. to see what it's worth. simple past It still SURPRISES me that he's been able to hold on to that old TV set. 10