5718 review on present and past tenses

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REVIEW ON PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

P R E S E N T T E N S E S

EXERCISE 1 – Write the sentences below in the right line above according to their meaning: 1.- Can you open the door? The bell is ringing.

2.- I am looking for a job, but it is very difficult to find one.

3.- Do you like classical music?

4.- He doesn’t drive his car during the week.

5.- This place is very boring I’m not enjoying my holidays.

6.- He is very fat Does he ever practise any sport?

7.- Are you listening to me? This is very important!

8.- She isn’t living in her house because they are painting it.

9.- Why is she working in a hamburger bar? She studied law.

10.- She goes with her friend Susan to all the parties.

11.- I don’t know her new friends.

12.- Do you remember that stupid boy in our class?

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PERMANENT ACTIONS TEMPORARY ACTIONS

HABITS / REPEATED ACTIONS HAPPENING NOW

P A S T T E N S E S

EXERCISE 2 - Write the sentences below in the right line above according to their meaning: 1.- Did you go to Tom’s party last Saturday?

2.- While everybody was sleeping, I was studying for my History exam.

3.- Nobody was listening when he was speaking about his trip to Australia.

4.-A few people were walking in the park when I arrived there.

5.- She didn’t tell me her telephone number when I asked her.

6.- Was it snowing when you started to climb the mountain?

7.- I saw your brother at the station two days ago.

8.- I was studying for my History exam when my friend came to visit me.

9.- Were you thinking about me when I was doing my exam?

10.- That cold day on the beach, people weren’t sunbathing or swimming.

11.- Were the children playing when you called them?

12.- She wasn’t watching TV when she phoned me.

PAST CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE

INTERRUPTED PAST ACTIONS DEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST

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SCENE, BACKGROUND OF STORIES

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2 ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME

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EXERCISE 1

PRESENT SIMPLE

PERMANENT ACTIONS

3.- Do you like classical music?

11.- I don’t know her new friends

12.- Do you remember that stupid boy in our class?

HABITS/REPEATED ACTIONS

4.- He doesn’t drive his car during the week

6.- He’s very fat Does he ever practise any sport?

10.- She goes with her friend Susan to all the parties

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

TEMPORARY ACTIONS

2.- I’m looking for a job but it’s very difficult to find one

8.- She isn’t living in her house because they are painting it

9.- Why is he working in a hamburger bar He studied law

HAPPENING NOW

1.- Can you open the door? The bell is ringing

5.- This place is very boring I’m not enjoying my holidays

7.- Are you listening to me? This is very important!

EXERCISE 2

PAST CONTINUOUS

INTERRUPTED PAST ACTIONS

8.- I was studying for my History exam when my friend came to visit me

11.- Were the children playing when you called them?

12.- She wasn’t watching TV when she phoned me.

SCENE/BACKGROUND OF STORIES

4.-A few people were walking in the park when I arrived there

6.- Was it snowing when you started to climb the mountain?

10.- That cold day on the beach, people weren’t sunbathing or swimming

2 ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME

2.- While everybody was sleeping, I was studying for my History exam 3.- Nobody was listening when he was speaking about his trip to Australia 9.- Were you thinking about me when I was doing my exam?

PAST SIMPLE

DEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST

1.- Did you go to Tom’s party last Saturday?

5.- She didn’t tell me her telephone number when I asked her

7.- I saw your brother at the station two days ago