(EEAR - 2019/1)Chennai floods: Know which flights
(EEAR - 2019/1)
Chennai floods: Know which flights are cancelled!
[1] New Delhi: In the wake of incessant rain and heavy downpour in Chennai leading to floods that have affected normal lives, various domestic flights have cancelled their services to and from the city.
[5] Leading domestic carrier IndiGo airlines announced on its official Facebook page that few flights connecting to Chennai for Thursday have been cancelled.
“Flight operations to and from Chennai have been affected due to heavy rains. Few flights connecting following [10] cities to Chennai are cancelled for tomorrow - Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkota, Pune, Coimbatore, Delhi & Vizag”, the company said on its official FB page.
The company, however, assured that all passengers would be refunded 100 percent.
Adapted from: http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/companies/chennaifloods-know-which-flights-are-cancelled_1829506.html
*os números entre colchetes indicam os números das linhas do texto original.
Considering the underlined expression in the sentence “Flight operations to and from Chennai have been affected due to heavy rains” (lines 8 and 9), it is correct to say that
the present perfect tense was used to refer to a temporary continuing action.
the present perfect tense was used to announce news of a recent event.
the past perfect tense was used to say that something was in progress.
the simple past tense was used to announce an earlier past.
