- •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
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie (1891-1976) is one of the world’s best-known and best-loved authors. Her famous detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and her brilliantly constructed plots (to catch) ……………………….. the imagination of generations of readers. Although she (to live) ……………………….. to an old age and (to write) …………………. many books, she (not to reveal)………………………… much about her personal life.
In December 1926 an incident (to occur) …………………………… which would have made an enthralling detective story in itself. At the height of her success with her first novel, she apparently (to vanish)…………………………. into thin air for ten days. At the time she (to be) ……………………… extremely distressed because she (to find out) …………………….. that her husband (to have) ………………….. an affair with another woman and (to want) ………………… a divorce. She (to sleep) ………………………. badly, she (not to be able) ………………….. to write and she (to eat) …………………….. little.
On Friday 3 rd December, Agatha (to tell) ………………….. her secretary and companion, Carlo (Miss Charlotte Fisher), that she (to want) ……………………. a day alone. When Carlo (to return) …………………… in the evening, she (to find)…………………… that the garage doors (to be left)………………….. open and the maids (to look) …………………….frightened. According to them, Mrs. Christie (to come) …………………downstairs at about eleven in the evening, (to get) …………………… into her car and (to drive off) ………………….. quickly without saying anything to anybody.
A nation-wide hunt for the missing novelist was started. The police (to be) ………………. suspicious. – The servants (to know) ……………………. something more? – Agatha’s husband (to hide) …………………….. something?
Newspapers (to print) ……………………….. wild stories about her disappearance –that she (to commit) ………………………… suicide, that she (to be kidnapped)………………….. , that she (to run away) …………………….. with a secret lover; some even suggested that she (to plan) ……………………… the whole thing as a publicity stunt.
The mystery ended ten days later when Agatha (to be found) ………………… alive and well in Harrogate, a health spa in Yorkshire. Her husband explained to the waiting reporters that she (to lose) ……………………… her memory. But to this day, nobody really (to know) …………………. what (to happen) ……………………. during those missing ten days.
Ex. 195. Translate the following sentence into English
1. Ви все ще вивчаєте англійську мову? — Так. Я вивчаю її вже два роки. Мій вчитель каже і я відчуваю, що я досяг успіху у навчанні.
2. Ми плануємо вилетіти завтра, якщо нічого не трапиться.
3. Я давно не бачив своїх друзів. Я хочу, щоб вони приїхали на мій день народження. Весь вечір ми будемо мати приємну нагоду поспілкуватися.
4. Коли він повернеться з обідньої перерви? Ми чекаємо його вже п'ятнадцять хвилин, а його все нема. Якщо він не з'явиться за десять хвилин, ми підемо.
5. Коли вона з'явилась у офісі, вона помітила, що всі з подивом дивляться на неї. Вона зрозуміла, що запізнилась.
6. Ти не знаєш, куди я поклала свою чорну сумку? Я намагаюсь знайти її вже півгодини. Ти не бачила її? — Вчора я бачила її у тій кімнаті.
7. Він думав, що весь вечір буде займатися виключно своїми справами. Але він помилився: дружина попросила його піти в магазин.
8. Я колись давно читав цю книжку. Зараз я перечитую її з великим задоволенням.
19. Твоя мама вже повернулась з роботи? Я хочу поговорити з нею. - Ні, її ще немає, але вона прийде додому за годину.
10. Ми працюємо вже три години, але ще не стомились. Давайте попрацюємо ще дві години. Якщо ми стомимось раніше, ми зробимо перерву.
11. Коли я зайшов до школи, я побачив, що мій вчитель розмовляє з двома учнями. Я підійшов до нього лише після того, як учні пішли.
12. Він вже переклав текст? — Так, він переклав його до сьомої години.
13. Я хочу знати, чи вони вже отримали необхідну інформацію.
14. Ваша сестра студентка? — Ні, вона вже закінчила інститут. Вона закінчила його рік тому.
15. Якщо піде дощ і погода буде вітряною, моя бабуся погано почуватиме себе.