General Review Of Verb Tenses.docx

TENSE Simple Present

Present Continuous

Simple Past

Past Continuous

FORM + ? + ? + ? + ?

: He plays. : He does not play. : Does he speak? : He is playing. : He is not playing. : Is he playing? : He played. : He did not play. : Did he play? : He was playing. : He was not playing. : Was he playing?

USE *Habits * general truths or facts *action happening in the time of speaking * future plans *a finished action in the past

KEY WORDS always, often, usually sometimes, never, every …, once, twice at the moment, now, Listen!, Look!, today, tonight, tomorrow, next ..... yesterday, ........ ago, in 1990, last .......

*action taking place at a certain time in the past

while, as

Present Perfect Simple

+ : He has played. - : He has not played. ? : Has he played?

*action that finished recently *finished action that has an influence on the present

already, just, ever, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now

Present Perfect Continuous

+ : He has been playing. - : He has not been playing. ? : Has he been playing?

*action that happened in the past and is still going on.

for , since , how long?, the whole day / week, all day.

Past Perfect Simple

+ : He had played. - : He had not played. ? : Had he played?

*action taking place before a certain time in the past

already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day

* Predictions *unplanned decision *supposition about the future

next …, tomorrow when, as soon as. I think, I’m sure promise, hope, expect, believe probably, perhaps, maybe

*action that will be finished at a certain time in the future

by + date ( by Sunday ) in + period of time ( in two days )

Future Simple

Future Perfect

PAST PERFECT

+ : He will play. - : He will not play. ? : Will he play? + : He will have played. - : He will not have played. ? : Will he have played?

SIMPLE PAST

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

SIMPLE PAST

FUTURE

FUTURE PERFECT

SIMPLE PRESENT

FUTURE

SIMPLE PRESENT

FUTURE

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

PAST PERFECT

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PRESENT OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS) 1. Look! Your father comes / is coming. 2. Our teacher often wears / is wearing jeans but now he wears / is wearing a suit. 3. The weather is / is being sunny today. 4. My mother rarely cooks - is cooking on weekends but this Sunday We have - are having lunch at home because my uncle visits - is visiting us. 5. Listen! Someone knocks / is knocking on the door.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PROGRESSIVE). 1. She welcomed / had welcomed her guestswarmly and invited / had invited them to have a drink. 2. We missed / were missing the bus and we had / were having to take a taxi to school. 3. The boys played / were playing while their mothers sat / were sitting on a bench . 4. My mother came / was coming in my room , looked - was looking around and told / was telling me to make my bed. 5. We watched / were watching TV when the lights went / were going out

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT)

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT).

1. He woke / had woken up after his mother left / had left home. 2. By the time they arrived / had arrived at the bank, the robbers ran / had run away . 3. Yesterday he heard / had heard the noise, went /had gone out and called / had called for help. 4. When it started / had started to rain, she already got / had already got to the station. 5.Before that day, he never thought /had never thought of meeting her again.

1. She just did / has just done the washing-up.. 2. She already wrote / had already written five letters. 3. He moved / has moved to his new job two months ago. 4. I can't leave now because I didn't finish / haven't finished my work yet. 5. Were you ever / Have you ever been to Africa?

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE FUTURE OR FUTURE PERFECT) 1 . I think I will look / will have looked for another job. I'm getting bored in this office. 2. The engineers are working hard on the project. They will complete / will have completed it by the end of this month. 3. Your father will certainly refuse / will certainly have refused to let travel by yourself. 4. Don't worr. By the time the guest arrive, I will prepare / will have prepared the buffet. 5. In two weeks time, the teachers will finish / will have finished correcting the final exam. 6. The sky is cloudy. It will rain /will have rained soon.

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE. PAY ATTENTION TO THE KEYWORDS: 1. She ......................................................... (type) a document at the moment. 2. She ..................................................... (typed) five documents so far. 3. We never ............................................... (go) out on Sunday afternoon.. 4. Last Saturday, we ........................................... (go) to the theatre, but the play .................................... (be) so boring that two of my friends .................................................... (leave) earlier. 5. She ...................................................... ( change ) a lot since she got married. 6. Facebook ..................................... (be) a famous company. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg.................................................. (make) a lot of money with it so far. 7. The police caught them while they .................................................... ( try ) to break in the house . 8. The train ......................................... ( leave ) before they reached the station. 9. I ................................... ( do ) my homework now. I ......................................... ( call ) you when I finish. 10. " Would you like something to eat?" " No. Thank you. We .................................................... ( just - have ) lunch. 11. " Where .................................................... ( you - spend ) your summer holiday?" " Well, I .................................................... ( decide ) yet. but I think I ................................................ ( go ) on a tour in South America. 12. " Are you still working on your project? " " Yes. We .................................................................. ( complete ) it by the end of this week. 13. " What ....................................................... ( you - do ) yesterday when I called you. " Nothing special. I .................................................................... ( just - watch ) the news." 14. " Is your mother at home? " " No. She ......................................... (go) to the supermarket an hour ago. I think she ........................................ ( be ) back soon. 15. " You have an appointment with the dentist tomrrow." "Don’t worry, Mum! I ......................................................... (not forget) it." 16. "........................................................ (you /ever / argue ) with your parents about friends?" " Yes. The last time I ........................................................ ( have ) an argument with them an hour ago. 17. Scientists believe that by 2030, they ............................................................ (travel) to Mars. 18. "Sh. The baby ........................................................ ( sleep ). Don't make too much noise. " 19. " You look so tired. You should have a break." " You're right. I ............................................................................ ( study ) non-stop since the morning." 20. Every morning, she .............................................................. ( go ) jogging for about an hour. But,on Sundays she ......................... ( like ) to stay at home and have some rest.