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Test incompl/inter-255, Question 4 #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 16, 2010 23:06 pm   Test incompl/inter-255, Question 4		  

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English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #255 "Irregular Verbs Test (3)", question 4

I just ......... about the business venture. Give me some time to think about it and I'll get back to you with a decision this week.

(a) heard
(b) hear
(c) hears

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #255 "Irregular Verbs Test (3)", answer 4

I just heard about the business venture. Give me some time to think about it and I'll get back to you with a decision this week.

Correct answer: (a) heard
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I've just heard about the business venture. Give me some time to think about it and I'll get back to you with a decision this week.

Here isn't there a typo and we can use present perfect because the "just"
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Test incompl/inter-255, Question 4 #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:43 am   Test incompl/inter-255, Question 4		  
There is no typo. Present perfect is also possible.
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Mr. Micawber #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:51 am   Mr. Micawber		  

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Thanks for your comment. Now I try to solve my problem what is the difference in this case - when I translate it- between present perfect and past simple. If I use past simple the action is an accomplished fact but if I use present perfect I leave the action opened. Do I argufy well?In Hungarian doesn't exist present perfect but I have to do how translate. There is soéution for it.

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Test incompl/inter-255, Question 4 #4 (permalink) Fri Sep 17, 2010 14:13 pm   Test incompl/inter-255, Question 4		  
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If I use past simple the action is an accomplished fact but if I use present perfect I leave the action open.


That is not a bad way to phrase it, I think. Consider that present perfect in some way always connects to the present, so much so that some linguists consider it a present form, not a past form.
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Thank you your coaching!

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