- •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
An unusual order
A man …………………. (stay) in a foreign town. It ………………… (be) the first time he ………………. (be) there, and he ……………… (want) to try some unusual food. Earlier in the day he …………….. (see) a sign in a restaurant which ……………… (say): ‘We will cook anything you want’. So he …………………. (decide) to go to that restaurant and see if what he ……………… (read) on the sign ……………… (be) really true. As he …………….. (walk) there, he ……………… (try) to decide what strange thing he could order. He …………….. (arrive) at the restaurant, ……………….. (sit) down at a table, and after he …………….. (read) the menu he ………………. (call) the waiter to his table. The waiter …………….. (wear) a very elegant white suit and ………………. (hold) a silver tray in his hand. ‘I’d like an elephant’s ear on toast’ ………………. (say) the man. ‘Certainly sir’ …………….. (reply) the waiter and he …………….. (walk) off to the kitchen. The man ……………. (wait) and ………………. (wait). He ……………… (begin) to wonder what the waiter …………………… (do). After nearly 10 minutes ……………… (pass), the waiter ……………….. (come) back and ……………… (say): ‘I’m very sorry sir, but ….’
Ex.143 Translate the following sentences using the verbs in Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect.
1. Скільки ти не бачив їх?
2. Ми побачили їх ще до того, як вони звернули увагу на нас.
3. Де ти був? — Я щойно повернувся з відрядження.
4. Де він провів канікули? — Він провів їх на березі моря.
5. Тільки коли він пішов на роботу, він згадав, що забув дома гаманець.
6. Коли я виходив з кабінету, задзвонив телефон.
7. Він вже повернувся? Я можу з ним поговорити?
8. Сьогодні я вперше сів за кермо автомобіля.
9. То був перший раз, коли я потрапив на виставку сучасного живопису.
10. Глянь, що ти зробив зі своїми брюками.
11. Коли я прийшов додому, я побачив, що мій собака розриває книжку, яку я взяв у свого друга.
12. Минулого тижня вони посварилися, а сьогодні вона вже нищить всі листи, які колись одержувала від свого друга.
13. Коли Джеймс прийшов додому, він побачив, що на нього чекає чоловік у військовій формі
WRITING
How do you think the story ends? Write at least 50 words.
Ex.144 Review of Tenses. Complete the following passage using appropriate forms of the verbs in parentheses. In some cases, more than one choice may be possible. Be prepared to discuss your choices.
The New Fatherhood
Steve, who ____________ (play) in a high school rock band and ___________ (do) long-distance bicycling during college, __________ (find) a new pastime in his children, Molly and Max. He not only __________ (bathe), ____________ (change), and _____________ (feed) them but also gladly ____________ (take) the children on his fishing trips. Steve ___________ (view) his role in the practical aspects of baby care as typical of contemporary fathers: "Yesterday," he ______________ (say), "three other teachers and I ____________ (sit) in the office at school talking about our children. We ____________ (discuss) brands of diapers and whether our babies ____________ (eat) solid foods yet." Clearly, there ____________ (be) tremendous changes in the roles that fathers _____________ (play), especially in the early years of their children's care. Steve _____________ (feel) that it ___________ (be) more important for him to share in the raising of Molly and Max than it _____________ (be) to earn a little more money each year. He ____________ (want / not) to be a stranger to his own children.
Fathers ______________ (appear) to have far more capacity to care for small children than people ______________ (think) in the past. Traditionally, psychologists ______________ (assume) that the mother _____________ (be) the better-suited parent for early childcare—both temperamentally and biologically. But recent research ____________ (suggest) that, given a chance, fathers ____________ (be) as caring as mothers with their infants and toddlers. If Steve's success with his children _______________ (give) an indication of the future of fatherhood, more and more fathers _____________ (take) an active role in the raising of their children.
Ex.145 Everyone develops special talents during his or her lifetime, but few are able to equal the extraordinary feats of the following individuals. Complete these passages with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Simple Past and Past Perfect.