- •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
Ex.16 Be creative! Write four sentences about your life at the moment using the Present Simple.
1 _______________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________
3 _______________________________________________
4 _______________________________________________
Now write four sentences about your life at the moment using the present continuous.
5 _______________________________________________
6 _______________________________________________
7 _______________________________________________
8 _______________________________________________
What is the difference between when we use the Present Simple and when we use the Present Continuous?
Ex.17 Communicative activity: Answer the following in complete sentences using the present continuous tense.
1. What are three things that you are doing right now?
2. What are two things that you are not doing now?
3. What are two things that you are doing this quarter (semester)?
4. What are three things that you are not doing this quarter (semester)?
5. What are the three things your parents, relatives or friends are doing at the moment?
Ex.18 Translate the following sentences into English using the verbs Present Continuous.
1. Твої батьки сплять? — Ні, вони дивляться телевізор.
2. Що вона робить? — Вона спить.
3. Він обідає? — Ні, він розмовляє по телефону.
4. Подивись у вікно! Дощ іде.
5. Моя сестра приміряє нову сукню.
6. Що ви читаєте?
7. Він працює над своєю доповіддю.
8. Дідусь сидить у кріслі і слухає новини.
9. Послухай! Як гарно вона грає на роялі!
10. Куди вони ідуть? — Вони ідуть до школи.
11. Що вона вчить? — Вона вчить вірш.
12. В яку гру грають діти? — Вони грають у футбол.
13. Чому ти не несеш його сумку?
14. Моя сім'я сидить за столом.
15. Якою мовою вони зараз говорять? — Німецькою.
16. Зараз вони їдуть в поїзді.
17. Куди ви поспішаєте? — Я поспішаю на роботу.
18. Моя мама не готує обід зараз.
19. Що ти робиш? — Я ріжу овочі.
20. З ким ти розмовляєш? — Зі своїм братом.
Ex. 19 Comment on the use of the Present Continuous and the Simple Present in the following sentences.
1. “Normally you are very sensible, so why are you being so silly about this matter?”
2. Son, I am not going to send you any more money this month. You are spending far too much. You need to learn to be more careful.
3. We got an invitation in the mail from Ron and Maureen. They are having dinner party next Saturday evening.
4. You two are always assuming people are unhappy so that you can pity them.
5. Thanks for your invitation, but I am going to have dinner with my sister and her husband.
6. Opinion is changing in favour of stronger penalties for armed robbery.
7. The shops are getting ready for Christmas already. They are beginning to put up the decorations in Regent Street.
8. They haven’t got anywhere to live at the moment. They are living with friends until they find somewhere. 9. The world is changing. Things never stay the same.
10 I want to lose weight, so this week I am not eating lunch.
11. My grandmother is never satisfied. She is always complaining.
12. That car is useless! It’s always breaking down.
13. I apologize for what I said about you.
14. The new restaurant in Hill Street is very good. I recommend it.
Ex.20 1) Before reading the text answer the following questions:
What is your family like? Is it a typical family in your culture? Is the "typical" family changing? Do many people live alone? Do young couples live by themselves or with either person's parents? What about grandparents, aunts, uncles?