- •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
Verb Tense Review. Ex. 190 Complete sentences below with the appropriate tenses.
1. When Carol (call) ………………. last night, I (watch) ………………… my favorite show on television.
2. I (work) ………………… for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire!
3. Sharon (love) ……………………. to travel. She (go) …………………… abroad almost every summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru.
4. Thomas is an author. He (write) …………………… mystery novels and travel memoirs. He (write) ……………………….. since he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he (write) …………………. seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book of poetry.
5. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we (get) ……………….. to the train station, Susan (wait) …………………. for us for more than two hours.
6. Sam (try) ……………………. to change a light bulb when he (slip) …………………. and (fell)…………………………. .
7. Every day I (wake) ……………………. up at 6 o'clock, (eat) …………………. breakfast at 7 o'clock and (leave) ………………………. for work at 8 o'clock. However, this morning I (get) …………………… up at 6:30, (skip) …………………. breakfast and (leave) ………………….. for work late because I (forget) …………………… to set my alarm.
8. Right now, Jim (read) ………………….. the newspaper and Kathy (make) ……………………… dinner. Last night at this time, they (do) ……………………. the same thing. She (cook) ………………. and he (read) ………………….. the newspaper. Tomorrow at this time, they (do, also) ……………………. the same thing. She (prepare) …………………….. dinner and he (read)……………………. They are very predictable people!
9. By this time next summer, you (complete) ……………………… your studies and (find) ……………………. a job. I, on the other hand, (accomplish, not) ………………….. anything. I (study, still) ………………… and you (work) ………………………. in some new high paying job.
10. The students (be, usually) ………………. taught by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they (teach) ………………… taught by Mr. Tanzer.
Ex 191 Read the sentences and answer the questions.
1. Jane talks on the phone.
Bob has been talking on the phone for an hour.
Mary is talking on the phone.
Who is not necessarily on the phone now?
2. I'm going to make dinner for Frank.
I'm making dinner for Judy.
I'll make dinner for Mary.
I make dinner for Ted.
I will be making dinner for Tony.
Who are you offering to make dinner for?
3. Jane left when Tim arrived.
Bob left when Tim had arrived.
Tim arrived when Mary was leaving.
John had left when Tim arrived.
After Tim arrived, Frank left.
Who did not run into Tim?
4. Jane is talking in class.
Bob always talks in class.
Mary is always talking in class.
Whose action bothers you?
5. Jane never left Jamestown.
Bob has never left Jamestown.
Who is still alive?
Ex 192. Using the words in parentheses, complete the sentences below with the appropriate tenses.
1. You look really great! (you, work) ____________ out at the fitness center recently?
2. A: What (you, do) _______________ when the accident occurred?
B: I (try) _______________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
3. I (have) _______________ the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.
4. If it (snow) _______________ this weekend, we (go) ______________ skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries?
B: They (call) _______________ librarians.
6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I (study) _____________ for nine months and I (be) ____________ in England for exactly one year.
7. Sam (arrive) ____________ in San Diego a week ago.
8. Samantha (live) ________________ in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) _____________ there when the Berlin wall came down.
9. If Vera (keep) ______________ drinking, she (lose, eventually) ____________ her job.
10. 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.
11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)______________ .
12. It (rain) all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach.
13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ______________ the bus this morning. You (be) ______________ late to work too many times. You are fired!
14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake) _____________ up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine)_____________.
15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) _____________ the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
16. I (see) ______________ many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.
17. In the last hundred years, travelling (become) ______________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) ________________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) ______________ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) _________________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
18. Joseph's English (improve, really)_____________ , isn't it? He (watch) ___________ American television programs and (study) ___________ his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent.
19. When I (arrive) ________________ home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) _______________ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
20. If you (need) ________________ to contact me sometime next week, I (stay) _____________ at the Sheraton in San Francisco.
Ex.193. Translate the following sentence into English
1. Вони йшли вулицею і розмовляли, коли вона раптом забула, що хотіла сказати.
2. Хіба ти не пам'ятаєш, як я сказав, що ми запізнимось на збори?
3. Коли я зустрів її хвилин двадцять тому, її очі були червоні. Я зрозумів, що вона плакала.
4. Він уже півгодини намагається знайти свого сина. Я думаю, що хлопчик десь сховався.
5. Коли вона прийшла додому, вона згадала, що забула зайти до зубного лікаря. Вона набирала номер майже півгодини, але лінія була зайнята.
6. Його друзі чекають на нього вже годину, а він все ще не прийшов. Якщо він не прийде за десять хвилин, вони підуть в дискотеку без нього.
7. Ми погодились, коли вона запропонувала нам піти в театр. Вона запевняла, що вистава буде чудовою.
8. Я прийшов додому о сьомій. Я повечеряв і почав читати
книжку, яку я взяв у бібліотеці. Я читав її вже півгодини, коли я згадав, що не подзвонив своєму двоюрідному братові.
9. Ми не думали, що він візьме участь у цій роботі. Він завжди намагається уникнути будь-яких додаткових завдань.
10. Як тільки я звільнюсь, я подзвоню тобі. Я ще ніколи не брав участі у подібних заходах, тому мені треба добре подумати, перш ніж я дам відповідь.
11.3 того часу, як ми приїхали сюди на відпочинок, сніг іде щодня.
12. Вони прийшли додому опівночі, тому що вечірка закінчилась пізно. Коли вони зайшли до квартири, вони побачили, що всі вже сплять.
13. Де живе твоя тітка? — Вона поїхала до Харкова п'ять років тому і з того часу живе там.
14. Жінка сиділа біля вікна і думала. Вона думала про те, що її подруга не зайшла до неї перед тим, як поїхати до Києва.
CONTEXT
Ex 194. Read the stories and complete the sentences with verbs in parentheses. Use any appropriate tense – form.