Grammar - Verb Tenses pps

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English verb tenses

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Future simple

Present continuous

Verb tense

4

Present simple

1 2 3

5

Present continuous Present perfect

Past simple Past continuous Past perfect

6

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7 8 9

Future simple Future perfect Future continuous

What tenses are the sentences in?

1 They came to Thailand 3 years ago/ in 2007

2 Mr John often/usually/ always drinks after work.

3 By/before 8 last night , we had finished the project.

4 What are you doing right now/ at the moment ?

5 At 7 am yesterday , we were painting the front gate.

6 The plane to China takes off at 6am tomorrow

7 He has lived in Hue for 5 years/ since 2005.

8 After they had visited us, they ate out.

9 When she was cooking , she heard a strange voice.

10 Be careful! The truck is coming

11 This weekend we are having a camping trip.

12 They have gone out.

13 We need some relaxation now

14 When I see Mary tomorrow , I will give her your regards.

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Present Simple Versus Present Continuous -

S + is/am/are + V-ing Affirmative

- (Q.W) + do/does + S + V( bare infinitive)?

-(Q.W) + is/am/are +

S + is/am/are + O?

Present Simple Versus Present continuous - Uses

 General truth or laws  What is happening at the moment of speaking

(at the present/at the moment/now…)

They/swim/ at the moment The sun/ rise/the East

Present Simple Present Continuous

The sun rises in the East. They are swimming at the

moment.

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Present Simple Versus Present continuous - Uses

 repeated actions or daily routine.

(often/usually/sometimes/everyday…)

 temporary actions (today/this week/this month…)

Present Simple Present Continuous

She/work/9 am/ every Monday

She works every Monday She/stay/home this Monday She is staying at home this

Monday

She/like/ go to the cinema

(today/ these days/ this week…)

Present Simple Present Continuous

Lan likes going to the cinema. She muon khoc” these days is watching “Bong dung

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Present Simple Versus Present continuous - Uses

Eg: She is watching

“Bong dung muon khoc” these days

Eg: She is staying at home this Monday

 General truth or laws

Eg: The sun rises in

the East.

 What is happening at the moment of speaking Eg: They are swimming at the moment.

Practice 1: Pair works

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the present continuous or the present simple:

1 A: Where’s James ?

B: He………(play) football in the garden right now.

2 A: Bill……… (dance) very well.

B: Yes, he’s a good singer, too.

3 A: Lucy is very busy.

B: Yes She………(work) very hard these days.

4 A: What……….(you/do) on Saturdays ?.

B: I clean the house and go shopping.

5 A: Fred……….(not/know) how to swim.

B: That’s because he’s only three.

6 A: Max looks very fit.

B: Yes He………(take) a lot of exercises these days.

is playing dances

is working

do you do doesn’t know

is taking

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1.Peter / live/ far/

family He / not see/

them very often

3.He / not like / his job at Giltz very much, so he / look /

another job.

Write a paragraph about Peter, using present simple and present continuous:

2.But today / be / special

day: his parents /

celebrate their wedding

Anniversary.

4.He/ work/ fashion company these days/ but/ he / want/ change another job.

1 Peter is living/ lives far

from his family He does

not see them very often

2 But today is a special day:

his parents are celebrating

their wedding Anniversary.

3 He does not like his job at Giltz very much, so he is looking for

Simple Past Present perfect

Eg: I took a vacation in Nha Trang

last week, but I didn’t enjoy it much.

Eg: Mary hasn’t seen Titanic yet.

Did I/We/You/They + V (bare-inf)?

He/ She/ It

Have I/We/You/They + V-ed/ V3? Has He/ She/ It

Eg: Did you see the news last night? Eg: Have you ever been to Da Lat?.

Simple Past and Present Perfect

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to talk about a past action or

state in a period of time which is

finished

- to talk about an action or state which continues from the past to the present

- to talk about an action or state which we don’t know exactly when it happened

b this morning, so far

c Last + time (last year/week…)

time + ago (2 months ago)

when + Clause (When I was small)

c already, just, not…yet, never before, recently, lately

Simple Past and Present Perfect

Complete the sentences using the verbs in

the box (ex1/64/lf 2)

* Feedback: 1.had

2.was 3.went 4.wanted 5.didn’t go 6.spent

7.studied 8.decided 9.didn’t enjoy 10.liked

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Make these sentences in the Present Perfect

1.Not/I/yet/finish/school

I have not finished school yet.

2 just/lunch/I/have

I have just had lunch.

3 I/on holiday/already/go/this year

I have already been on holiday

4 An arm/or a leg/never/I/break

I have never broken am arm or a leg.

5 I/go/yet/this year/not/to the dentist’s

This year I haven’t been to the dentist’s yet.

6 I/do/anything exciting/not/this weekend

I haven’t done anything exciting this weekend.

7 I/anyone famous/never/meet

I have never met anyone famous.

Simple Past and Present perfect

1 Last week I (be)…… very busy and I (have not) ………

the time to do a lot in the household

2 On Mondays I (work) … three hours overtime and

(come) … home very late in the evening

1 From Tuesday to Thursday I (be) ………on a business

trip

2 Tomorrow some friends are coming over I (see / not)

them for ages and they (be / never) …… at my place before

3 (you / hurt) your knee when you were playing

football?

4 I (clean / just) …………my house so I can show them

around Now everything is perfect

5 Who (switch) ……off the lights a minute ago?

didn’t have

worked came

was

haven’t seen have never been

Did you hurt

have just cleaned switched

was

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VI Past continuous:

You/We/They + WereYou/We/They + Were

+ V-ing

I/He/She/It + Was

You/We/They + WereYou/We/They + Were

+ Not + V-ing I/He/She/It + Was

Were + You/We/TheyWere + You/We/They

(Qu.word) + V-ing? Was + I/He/She/It

2.Cách dùng:

For actions happening at a certain point in the past

+ He was watching TV at 11 p.m last night

For actions that were happening when the other

actions happen accidentally

+ I was reading the newspaper when you come.

2 or more actions happening

+ Tom was doing while his brother was watching

TV at 11 a.m yesterday

* Chỉ sự phát triển dần dần mà không cần có thành ngữ chỉ thời gian

+ It was getting darker

+ The wind was rising.

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*Diễn tả một hành động đã hoàn thành trước một hành

động khác cùng diễn ra trong quá khứ.

+ Yesterday,when I came here,she had left.

Rewrite the sentences:

1 He has worked in my company for 6 months

has worked in my company since June.

started working in my company 6 months ago

started working in my company in June.

is the first time I have ever seen that man.

last time Mary visited Hue is 7 years ago.

has not rained here since last summer.

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5 The scientists started exploring the forest in May.

The scientists ……… (since)

6 It is the first time I have tried this food.

has explored the forest since May.

have never tried this food before.

was the first time he had gone to the church.

did you begin studying Spanish?

came to the cinema after the film had started

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