- •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
The Old Days
My Pa used to play the violin. Us children5 would gather around the potbelly stove in the kitchen during those long, freezing-cold winter nights in Wisconsin, and we would be glued to the sounds of that old violin. My Pa made that violin sing.
That violin gave us our best entertainment because my Pa used to play for dances around the county. We would get so excited when he told us that we were going to go to a dance. About one Saturday night a month, he would hitch the horses, pack the entire family into the wagon, and take us off to the dance. Now that was real excitement!
I still have that violin. It has got to be at least a hundred and fifty years old now. I've played it on and off through the years, and others have picked it from time to time. But nobody has made it sing the way my Pa used to.
Looking at Structures
1. What is the verb in the first sentence? Is there any difference in meaning between that sentence and "My Pa played the violin"?
2. Notice the verb forms in the second sentence. Do these verbs indicate that the event happened only once, or more than once?
3. Look at the sentences in Lines 6 and 7. What is the time frame of "we were going"?
4. What verb tenses are used in the third paragraph? Is any specific time mentioned? When did these actions take place?
Ex.51 Some of the sentences below contain common verb form mistakes. Find the sentences with errors and correct them using either "Simple Past," "Used to" or "Would Always."
EXAMPLE:
used to
A) I would always be unhealthy as a child.
1. When I was a child, I rode my bike every day.
2. She would always be beautiful when she was young.
3. I used to go to the beach yesterday.
4. Margie loves horses because she used to have one as a child.
5. James would always have a very important test last week.
6. Jerry always used to cook dinner for himself, but now his wife prepares dinner.
7. Jamie would always have a dog when she was a child, but now she has a cat.
8. Laura would always bake cookies for us when we were kids.
9. I used to graduate from Georgetown University in 1992.
10. He would constantly embarrass himself by asking stupid questions in class.
11. They would spend Easter with us every year until we moved.
12. They used to spend Easter with us every year until we moved.
13. They spent Easter with us every year until we moved.
14. I used to be fat, but I lost a lot of weight in high school.
15. I would always be fat, but I lost a lot of weight in high school.
Ex.52 Using would or used to, change the following sentences from the simple past tense to the habitual past. Note any cases where would cannot be used.
Example: We lived in a small town.
We used to live in a small town. (Would is not possible.)
1. Our family had a television, but we seldom watched it.
2. We always found other ways to pass the time.
3. All of the children in the neighborhood were friends.
4. In the summer, we always played games, rode our bicycles, and went swimming.
5. All of us liked to swim.
6. In autumn, we always made big piles of leaves to jump in.
7. In winter, we skated and skied all the time.
8. We built snow slides through the back yards and sledded down them every day after school.
9. Finally springtime came after months of winter.
10. We waited for summer to arrive again.
COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY: What are some things that you used to do as a child? Give at least four sentences of your own about childhood pastimes.
Ex.53 Using used to and adding not anymore, show a change in habits from the past to the present.
Example: My cousin lived in Hawaii.
My cousin used to live in Hawaii, but he doesn't anymore.
1. He went to the university there.
2. He cut classes often.
3. He swam in the ocean every day.
4. He had fun all the time.
5. He always got a good suntan.
6. He also failed all of his exams.
COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY: Based on the preceding example, make at least four statements about yourself, your friends, or your family.
Ex.54 Translate the following sentences into English using the verb to be in Present or Past Simple.
1. Він водій.
2. Ми школярі.
3. Вони були в театрі.
4. Він був робітником. Зараз він інженер.
5. Мої батьки вдома.
6. Мій брат не був у школі вчора.
7. Його мати молода. Вона студентка.
8. Моя бабуся вчителька. Вона не на роботі. Вона зараз вдома.
9. Мій дядько був льотчиком.
10. Ви були у театрі вчора? — Ні, не були.
11. Його сестра була студенткою минулого року. Зараз вона лікар.
12. Він хворий? — Так, він зараз хворіє.
13. Погода сьогодні ясна, але вчора погода була поганою.
14. Де ти був? — Я був на роботі.
15. Вона в театрі? — Ні, в кіно.
16. Це парк. Парк дуже старий.
17. Минулого місяця ми були в театрі.
18. Де вони були? - На роботі.
19. Мій дідусь старий.
20. Його сестри немає в школі.
21. Він не хворий.
22. Де мої речі? — Вони були на столі.
23. Вона була вчителькою.
24. Ви були льотчиком? — Ні, я був водієм.
25. Ці хлопці моряки?
Ex.55 Translate the following sentences into English using the verbs in Past Simple or Present Continuous.
1. Що ти робив, коли прийшли твої батьки? Я робив уроки.
2. Коли він дивився телевізор, задзвонив телефон.
3. Він спав, коли до нього прийшли друзі.
4. Ти знайшов гриби, коли гуляв у лісі?
5. Коли вона йшла на роботу, вона зустріла свою подругу.
6. Хто допомагав тобі прибирати в кімнаті?
7. Він розповів тобі цю історію? — Так, він розповів її мені о третій годині.
8. Коли ми вийшли з дому, йшов сильний дощ.
9. Я думав над дуже складним питанням, коли раптом задзвонив телефон.
10. Коли я зустрів її, вона поспішала на роботу. 11; Що він робив вчора о сьомій? — Він працював над доповіддю.
12. Ми побачили білку, коли гуляли у лісі.
13. Вона була хворою і лежала у ліжку, коли ми прийшли провідати її.
14. Він керував автомобілем, коли відчув біль.
15. Діти переходили дорогу в недозволеному місці, коли міліціонер зупинив їх.
16. Я чистив зуби, коли задзвонив телефон.
17. Вчора о шостій годині я робив уроки, а мама читала газети.
18. Коли він прийшов додому, його сім'я обідала.
19. Бабуся побачила, що онук грає у дворі, коли виглянула у вікно.
20. Вчора о сьомій ми обговорювали це питання.
Ex.56 Using the Past Continuous tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets. Then rewrite the following affirmative statements as questions and negative statements.
1. He _______________ a book. (to read)
2. We _________________ money. (to save)
3. She _______________ school. (to attend)
4. It ________________. (to thunder)
5. They ________________ for the exam. (to study)
6. We ________________ ourselves. (to sun)
7. They ________________ they way. (to lead)
8. You _______________ by bus. (to leave)
9. We ________________ through the snow. (to plod)
10. You _______________ your goals. (to attain)
Ex.57 Using the Past Continuous tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets.
1. We _________________ for the test. (to prepare)
2. ______ she ___________ notes? (to take)
3. I ______ not ___________ long. (to wait)
4. They __________________ at Woolco. (to shop)
5. ______ it not ____________ outside? (to freeze)
6. She _________________ on Almond Street last year. (to live)
7. ______ you ____________ supper when the phone rang? (to eat)
8. He ________________ asleep by the time the lesson ended. (to fall)
9. ______ we not _____________ the next chapter? (to discuss)
10. They ___________ their books away, when their friends arrived. (to put)
11. You ______ not _____________ the news. (to follow)
12. ______ I ____________ too much noise? (to make)
Ex. 58Read the story and rewrite it in the past tense.
An American named Jones is on a boat trip. The first day of the trip, he sits opposite a Frenchman for lunch. The Frenchman arrives late. As he comes in, he turns to Mr. Jones and says, “Bon appétit”. Mr. Jones, who knows no French at all, thinks that the Frenchman is giving his name, so he stands up and says, “Jones.”
The second day the Frenchman arrives late and says, “Bon appétit.” Mr. Jones gets up and says, “Jones.” The third day the same thing happens.
The fourth day, as Mr. Jones is taking a morning walk around the boat, he meets an old friend. His friend asks him how the trip is going. Mr. Jones mentions that there is an Italian man named Bonappetit opposite him at lunch. His friends understands the situation immediately. He explains that the man isn’t Italian. He tells Mr. Jones that the man is French and that he is wishing him a pleasant lunch. Mr. Jones decides to correct the situation.
Mr. Jones arrives late for lunch that day. When he walks into the dining area, the Frenchman is already eating. Mr. Jones says, “Bon appétit.” The Frenchman smiles and says, “Jones.”
Ex. 59. Complete the following sentences about the important moments in history using the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. When SS Titanic hit the iceberg…
a ) people …………… (dance) in the ballroom.
b) the captain ………….. (read) a book in his cabin.
2. When John Lenon met Paul McCartney …
a) John …………. (play) with a group called “the Quarrymen”.
b) rock-n-roll music …………. (become) popular in Europe.
3. When Neil Armstrong first walked on the Moon…
a) the other astronauts ……….. (sit) inside Apollo 11.
b) millions of people ………… (watch) it on television.
4. When Nelson Mandela left prison…
a) his wife Winnie ………… (wait) for him.
b) his supporters ………… (sing) outside the prison.
Ex.60 Read the text and answer the questions given.