Tales from Ellis Island

For the first time in its history this filter of immigrant humanity
has this week proved inadequate to the demand upon it.
-has proved-present perfect,active
It was choked with…
-was choked-past simple,passive
All day long,the long procession files,step by step,bearing
bundles and trunks and boxes,past the quick,alert medical
officers,and the clerks
-files,present simple,active-bearing,present continuous,active-
It is a daily procession that would stretch over three miles,that
in any week in the year,could put a cordon of close marching
people round London or New York,that could populate a new
Boston.
-would stretch,modal aux+infinitive,present simple,active-could
put,modal aux+infinitive,present simple-marching,present
continuous-could populate,modal aux+infinitive

Russian girl
A handsome,clear-eyed Russian girl of about twenty years,the
daughter of a farmer comes in and sits down before us.
-comes in,present simple,active form-sits,present simple,active
She nervously clasps and unclasps her hands and the tears are
welling in her eyes.
-clasps and unclasps,present simple,active-are welling,present
continuous,active
A young man with whom she grew up,the son of a
neighbor,,came here two years ago,and last year wrote to her
father that the girl could come over and he would marry her.
-grew up,past simple,passive-came,past simple,active-
wrote,past simple,active-could come,modal aux+simple
infinitive,present simple,active(future in the past)-would
marry,modal aux+simple infinitive,present simple,active(future
in the past)
I wrote to him-he lives somewhere in New Jersey-and last week
he appeared and looked her over.
-wrote,past simple,active-lives,present simple,active-
appeared,past simple,past participle ed,active-looked,past
simple,past participle,active
Finally,he said he had changed his mind
-said,past simple,active-had changed,past perfect simple,active
He was not sure whether he wanted to marry her or not.
-was not sure,past simple,active-wanted to marry,past
simple,active
She says she doesn’t want to go back to be laughed at by her
family,and I can’t let her land.
-says,present simple,active-doesn’t want to go,present
simple,active-to be laughed at,past simple,passive-can’t let her
land,present simple,active
She could work,look at her arms,a nice girl too,well,I don’t
know what to do.You don’t know any lady who wants a
servant,do you?
-could work,present simple,active-look,present simple,active-
don’t know what to do,present simple,active-don’t
know,present simple,active-wants,present simple,active-do
you,present simple,active
Are you willing to marry Peter if he comes again?
-willing to marry,future continuous,active-if he comes,present
simple,active
The girl nods and says,I am,the tears brimming over.
-nods,present simple,active-says,present simple,active-
am,present simple,to be,active-brimming,present
continuous,active.
Well,I’ll write to the fellow again and tell him he’s a fool.He’ll
never have such a chance again.
-I will write,future simple,active-tell him,present simple,active-
he is a fool,present simple,active-he will never have,future
simple,active.
German boy
He said,Your mother doesn’t know how to read.I said,That’s
alright
-he said,past simple,active-doesn’t know how to read,present
simple,active-said-past simple,active-that is,present
simple,active
For the reading you faced what they called the commssioners-
like judges on a bench.
-reading,present continuous,active-faced,past simple,active-
called,past simple,active.
I was surrounded by my aunt and uncle and this other uncle
who’s a pharmacist-my mother was in the center
-was surrounded,past simple,active-is,present simple,active-
was,past simple,active
They said she would have to take a test for reading.So one
uncle said,She can’t speak English
-said,past simple,active-would have to take-modal
aux+infinitive(stv nez koe vreme)-for reading,present
continuous,active-said,past simple,active-can’t speak,present
simple,active
The night they said this-I knew that she couldn’t do that and we
would be in trouble.
-said,past simple,active-knew,past simple,active-couldn’t do-
modal aux+infinitive,present simple,active-would be-modal
aux+infinitive,active,present simple.
There was a certain passage there they had you read.
-was,past simple,active-had you read,past perfect
simple,passive

Polish baby
She would be admitted at once,for little visits do not count
against quotas.
-would be admitted,past simple,modal aux+past
participle,active-do not count,present simple,active.
On the day the ship made port,out on the high seas,a baby had
been born to the returning mother.
-made,past simple,active-had been born,past perfect
simple,passive-returning,past continuous,passive.
But somebody had to act quickly,for the mother was not doing
well under the assumption that her baby would soon be taken
from her.
-had to act,past perfect simple,active-was not doing well,past
continuous,active-would soon be taken,modal aux+past
participle,passive
I have got it
-help pls
It is clear to me that the mother was hurrying back,so the baby
would be born here and be a native-born American citizen.
-is,present simple,active-was hurrying,active,past continuous-
would be born,active,modal aux+past participle,(dali treba da
se pishe tuka vreme I koe vreme bi bilo?)mislam deka e past
perfect simple
This baby had the intention to be born In America,only the ship
was a day late and that upset everything
-had the intention to be born,active,past perfect
tense(to+be=full infinitive)born=past participle-was,past
simple,active-upset,active,present simple.