- •Simple present
- •Use 4 Scheduled events in the near future
- •Use 5 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
- •Present continuous
- •1) Verbs expressing mental activity:
- •E.G. Do you believe in God?
- •Continuous and non – continuous uses
- •List of verbs that can be used in the continuous form with examples and definitions:
- •Some verbs can be especially confusing:
- •Use 4 Fixed arrangements in the near future
- •Use 5 Repetition and irritation with "Always"
- •The Present Simple versus the Present Continuous
- •Simple past
- •[Id] after t and d: wanted, landed.
- •Use 2 a series of completed actions
- •We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past.
- •Use 4 Habits in the Past
- •Use 5 Past facts or generalizations
- •Used To
- •Would/ would always
- •There are some verbs in English which are considered to be troublesome.
- •Past continuous form
- •Use 1 Specific time
- •Use 2 Interrupted action in the past
- •Use 3 Two or more simultaneous past actions
- •Use 4 Repetition and irritation with "always"
- •Time relation and conjunctions as, when and while
- •The Past Simple versus the Past Continuous
- •Present perfect form
- •Use 2. Personal experience, achievements, changes over time,
- •Use 3 Multiple actions at different times
- •Use 4 Duration from the past until now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
- •The Present Perfect versus the Past Simple
- •Time Expressions with Present Perfect
- •Present perfect continuous form
- •Important
- •The Present Perfect versus the Present Perfect Continuous
- •Past perfect form
- •Past perfect continuous form
- •Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect Continuous
- •Simple future form Shall/Will
- •The Future Simple versus “Be going to”
- •Intention
- •Important
- •Future continuous
- •Future perfect
- •Future perfect continuous
- •Future Continuous vs. Future Perfect Continuous
- •Future in the past
- •Exercises
- •Ex.10 Linda Magee, a television news reporter, was interviewed about her day. Use the underlined sections of the article to write the interviewer’s questions.
- •Ex.16 Be creative! Write four sentences about your life at the moment using the Present Simple.
- •Now write four sentences about your life at the moment using the present continuous.
- •What is the difference between when we use the Present Simple and when we use the Present Continuous?
- •2) Read the text: Facts and Figures About the American Family
- •3) Looking at structures:
- •Housing in America
- •A u.S. Commuter
- •Ex.34. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Simple Present or Present Continuous.
- •The First tv Soap Opera
- •The Old Days
- •A Day in the Life of a Traditional Housewife
- •Ex. 69. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the Simple Past or Past Continuous tenses.
- •Ex. 70. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Simple Past / Past Continuous.
- •Ex.99. Simple Past / Present Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 100. Simple Past / Present Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Growing Old in America
- •Ex. 113. Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 114. Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 121. Present Continuous / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 121. Present Continuous / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 137. Simple Past / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 140. Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •An unusual order
- •The New Fatherhood
- •Leonardo da Vinci
- •Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
- •Sor Juana Ines de Ia Cruz
- •Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- •John Stuart Mill
- •Margaret Mead
- •Ex. 149. Present Perfect / Past Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •1. It is already 9:30 pm and I (wait) _______________ here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.
- •Ex. 151. Present Continuous / Simple Past /Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 152. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Present and Past Tenses and Non-Continuous Verbs
- •Ex. 153. Present and Past Tense Review. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •New Directions in Family Life
- •The High Cost of Children
- •Ex. 163. Will / Be Going To. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 164. Will / Be Going To. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 165. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with Will or Be Going To.
- •Ex. 167. Simple Present / Simple Future. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 168. Simple Present / Simple Future. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •I will probably be studying for a test.
- •Ex. 172. Simple Future / Future Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 173. Simple Present / Simple Future, Present Continuous / Future Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Ex. 182. Simple Future / Future Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Ex. 185. Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Future Continuous / Future Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Verb Tense Review. Ex. 190 Complete sentences below with the appropriate tenses.
- •A Little Gossip
- •The Appointment
- •Agatha Christie
- •Ex. 194. The Restaurant
- •90.The bomb experts ________ the people shopping to come out until they found out that the parcel at the market entrance wasn't a bomb
- •Affirmative Simple tenses
- •Progressive tenses
- •Perfect tenses
- •Perfect progressive tenses
- •Negative Simple tenses
- •Progressive tenses
- •Perfect tenses
- •Perfect progressive tenses
Exercises
Ex.1 Give the third person forms of the verbs in these sentences. Show whether you would pronounce the third person form as /S/, /Z/ or /IZ/
Example: We often see them. She often sees them. /z/
1. They work hard. He…………………………………..……… / /
2. I often forget things. Mother………………………………… / /
3. They drink a lot of coffee. He ……………………….……… / /
4. We pay $ 50 a week rent. She ……………………….……… / /
5. My children cry at sad films. Granny …………….………… / /
6. I rush around a lot. My brother …………………..………… / /
7. They often lose things. Sally …………………….…………. / /
8. We go to the dentist every six months. He ………………… / /
9. We usually catch the 6 o’clock train. ……………….……… / /
10. I often use his car. She …………………………….………./ /
Ex. 2. Complete the following sentences with the form of the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. …………. thirsty? (you, be).
2. Jerry (live) …………. in Boston but he ……………. (not like) that city.
3. She …………… (not study) German on Mondays.
4. We sometimes …………. (read) books.
6. Janet ……………….( wear, never) jeans.
7.I …………. (not, can, find) for my pen. I ………….. (know, not) where it ………. (be).
8. It………. (be) cold today.
Ex. 3 Use do, does, don’t or doesn’t to complete the jokes:
1. - What type of car ................... your dad drive?
- I ................... know the name, but it starts with a “P”.
- That’s strange, our car starts with a key.
2. ............... you ever have problems making up your mind?
- Well, yes and no.
3. - Dad, ................ a dishwasher wash dishes?
- Yes, Billy. That’s right.
- And ............. a bus driver drive buses?
- Yes.
- And ............ a weightlifter lift weights?
- Yes, why all the questions?
- Well, ............... a shoplifter lift shops?
4. - What ............. ants take when they are ill?
- I ............ know.
- ANTibiotics!
5. - What .............. your father do for a living?
- As little as possible!
6. - What ........... you clean your top teeth with?
- A toothbrush, of course.
- And what ............. you clean your bottom with?
- The same.
- Really? I use paper!
7. - ............. you love me?
- Of course, darling.
- But .......... you love me with all your heart?
- With all my heart, with all my liver, all my kidneys...
8. - ......... this train go to New York?
- That’s right, sir. Change at Leeds.
- What! I want my change here. I’m not waiting until Leeds.
9. – Mum, ............ God go to the bathroom?
- No, son, why ........ you ask?
- Well, every morning dad goes to the bathroom, knocks on the door and shouts, “Oh God! Are you still in there?”
Ex.4 A young man is being interviewed outside a supermarket. Write the questions to his answers.
1. …………… you married? Yes, I am.
2. How often ……………………..? I go shopping about twice a week.
3. When ……………………….? I usually go in the evening, after work.
4. How often ………………….? My wife goes shopping about once a week.
5. How much …………………..? I spend about £20.
6. ………………………… about the same? No, she usually spends more.
7. How ……………………….? I pay by credit card.
8. ………………………… different supermarkets? No, I don’t. I always go to this one.
9. ………………………… to this supermarket? No, she doesn’t. She goes to one near her office.
Ex.5 Form the sentences using the verbs in the box in the Present Simple.
brush not read drink have (x2) not wash go (x2) get up live watch weigh |
1. 22% of British families …………………. to Spain on their holiday.
2. The average British woman ………………… 62 kilos.
3. British teenagers ……………… much, but they ……………… television for over 19 hours a week.
4. The average British teenager ………………… at 7.20.
5. A typical British man …………………. a bath twice a week, but he ……………….. his hair each time.
6. British people ………………, on average, six cups of tea a day.
7. The average British person ………………… his or her teeth for only 20 seconds.
8. Over 6 million British families ………………. a dog.
9. The average British person ………………… to the dentist twice a year.
10. British women …………………. , on average, 76 years.
Ex.6 Communicative activity: Answer the following in complete sentences using the simple present tense.
1. What are three things that you do every morning?
2. What are two things that you do not do every day?
3. What are three facts about yourself?
4. What are three things that you like (to do)?
5. What are two things that you don't like (to do)?
Ex.7 Explain the use of the Simple Present in the following sentences.
1. “ Women always think men have secret sorrows. It’s a way of separating them from other women”. “And men like you, Hilary, always think women are against other women”, said Laura.
2. This newspaper provides more foreign news than domestic news.
3. Shakespeare says, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”.
4. May I put my car away in your garage in case anyone comes.
5. The pen is mightier than the sword.
6. When the curtain rises, Juliet is sitting at her desk. The phone rings. She picks it up and listens quietly. Meanwhile the window opens and a masked man enters the room.
7. “So do you want to get married?” I said. –“ All right. Yes, I do want to get married, I think perhaps I do want to get married to Arthur”.
8. We leave London at 10 a. m. next Tuesday and arrive in Paris at 1 o clock. We spend 2 hours in Paris and leave again at 3.30.
9. … Smith passes to Devaney, Devaney to Barns, Barns to Lucas and Harris intercepts…Harris to Simms, nice ball and Simms shoots!
10. Barbara held out a hand, “And say hello to Sandy for me if you see her”.
11. In Mexico people often take a siesta (nap) after they have lunch.
12. “I’ll resign before I let her insult me again”, she said angrily.
13. When he went into his study Helen said, “I’ll make sure that nobody disturbs you.”
14. “It’s too late to go anywhere. “What do we do then?”
15. Oh my God, how beautifully she sings!
16. Please see that the children don’t get nervous.
17. This house is mine; I own it.
18. I hate to trouble you 25 but you are sitting on my hat.
19. However much you cry, I won’t change my mind.
20. She bit with her hand on the back of the sofa and cried to them: “You talk too much.”
21. “Why don’t you listen to me? Am I a boring speaker?” asked Mother.
22. “Why don’t you phone me tomorrow?” he said.
23. Air consists mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.
24. They are having some problems with their son.
25. Do you suppose she is telling the truth?
Ex. 8. Insert the appropriate adverbs of frequency:
1. Nancy and I (30%) ________ go out for coffee together.
2. Andrea (90%) __________ has ice-cream for dessert.
3. I (20%) _________ drive my car to work.
4. My sister (50%) _______ eats vegetables.
5. It (0%) _______ rains here in the summer.
6. (50%) _______ we take the dog off his lead at the beach.
7. My sister (60%) _______ misses two days of school in a row.
8. My boyfriend and I take vacations together quite (60%) _______ .
9. Andy (10%) _______ gets to visit with his cousins.
10. I (0%) _______ go to college.
Ex. 9 Translate the following sentences into English using the verbs in Present Simple.
1. Що ви робите ввечері?
2. Де живе ваш брат? — Він живе в Києві.
3. Чия сестра вчиться в університеті? — Моя сестра вчить-
ся там.
4. Твій брат ходить до школи? — Так, він школяр.
5. Вона любить грати в шахи? — Ні, не любить.
6. Його друг ходить в театр? — Так, він ходить в театр двічі на місяць.
7. її чоловік розмовляє англійською мовою? - Ні, не розмовляє.
8. Коли вона прибирає в кімнаті? — Вона робить це щодня.
9. Ця дівчинка любить казки? — Ні, вона їх не любить.
10. Як часто ви миєте машину? — Я мию її щотижня.
11. Коли твій батько повертається додому? — Він повертається о сьомій.
12. Якого кольору твоя ручка? — Вона червона.
13. Хто живе у цьому будинку? — Тут живе моя бабуся.
14. Він любить свою роботу? Так, він любить її.
15. Хто з вас краще плаває? - Мій брат.