- •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. 137. Simple Past / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
I can't believe I (get) ……………………… that apartment. I (submit) ………………… my application last week, but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show) ………………… up to take a look around, there were at least twenty other people who (arrive) …………………….. before me. Most of them (fill, already) …………………… out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could still apply, so I did.
I (try) …………………. to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They (want) ………………….. me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I (have)……………………… some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I (end) …………………. up listing my father as a reference.
It was total luck that he (decide) …………………. to give me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my father (go) ………………. to high school together. He decided that I could have the apartment before he (look)……………….. at my credit report. I really lucked out!
Ex.138 Read the following sentences and underline the correct tense in each one.
1. David Beckham had not played /didn’t play for a Spanish team before he joined Real Madrid.
2. Ellen MacArthur had sailed/sailed round the world and had completed /completed the voyage successfully.
3. She was missing/missed her family when she was going/went to university.
4. My father was reminding/had reminded us of how determined Jen was, just as she was winning/won the race.
5. He travelled/was travelling in New Zealand when he had met/met Millie. He had never felt/never felt like this before!
6. She didn’t intend/hadn’t intended to work at the pub, but she needed/had needed to earn extra cash for her course.
7. He inspired/was inspiring many people during his short life.
8. We talked/were talking about how inspiring our coach was, when he was walking/walked into the changing room.
Ex.139 In pairs discuss the six questions. Use a variety of past tenses: Past Simple, Past Perfect and the Past Continuous while you are speaking.
1. Which famous person (or not) has inspired you in your life and why?
2. Which skill have you been encouraged to develop most in your life?
3. What is the bravest thing you have ever done? Describe it.
4. Have you ever been involved in any sort of large project? What was involved?
5. What was your favourite time of year as a child and why?
6. Which century would you have liked to live in apart from this one?
Ex. 140. Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
1. When I (arrive) ………………….. home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) ……………….. a beautiful candlelight dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I (perform) ……………….. in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I (speak, never even) ………………… publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) ………………… without me. My boss (be) ……………………… furious with me and I (be) ………………… fired.
4. When I (turn) ……………………. the radio on yesterday, I (hear) ………………….. a song that was popular when I was in high school. I (hear, not) ……………….. the song in years, and it (bring) …………………….. back some great memories.
5. Last week, I (run) ……………………. into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see, not)………………………….. each other in years, and both of us (change) ………………… a great deal. I (enjoy) ………………… talking to her so much that I (ask) ………………….. her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.
6. When Jack (enter) ……………………. the room, I (recognize, not) ………………… him because he (lose) …………………… so much weight and (grow) ………………… a beard. He looked totally different!
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually) ………………….. by the time Europeans first (arrive) …………………….. in the New World.
8. I (visit) ………………….. so many beautiful places since I (come) ………………. to Utah. Before moving here, I (hear, never)……………………… of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.
CONTEXT
Ex.142 Complete this passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Narrative Tenses: Simple Past – Past Continuous – Past Perfect Simple