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Present Perfect Tensehave/ has + past participle Have you ever seen a white deer?. Present Perfect Continuous Tensehave/ has been + verb + -ING Jess has been practising for this show for

Present & Past Tenses

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1 We _ each other since we were kids.

2 working as a teacher?

b) Do you enjoy b) Are you enjoying

3 Alex is such a whiner –he about his boss for half an hour when we last talked.

c) has complained b) complained c) was complaining d) had been

complaining

4 Jess _for this show for four months and she still isn’t satisfied.

a) had been practicing b) has been practicing c) was practicing d) had practiced

5 The thief _ some time around midnight.

a) broke in b) was breaking in c) had broken in d) has broken in

6 I was disappointed when I realized I _ my favourite TV series.

b) missed b) was missing c) have missed d) had missed

7 I to lose some weight-do you have any tips?

c) try b) am trying c) tried d) was trying

8 His day was a disaster-he _ at the doctors for three hours before he was admitted

a) waited b) was waiting c) had waitedd) had been waiting

9 I don’t want to run into Mark-he _ money from me!

a) always borrows b) has always borrowed c) is always borrowing

10 a white deer?

b) Did you ever see b) Have you ever seen c) Had you ever seen

11 At the moment we _ a million pounds to the bank.

12 I was asked at the interview if I _ to have children one day.

Present Simple Tense

verb/ verb + -s/-es

Do /Does … infinitive ?

Do you enjoy working as a teacher?

always, every day/month…, usually, often, sometimes

Present Continuous Tense

am/are/is + verb + -ING

I am trying to lose some weight-do you have any tips?

now, at the moment, currently

Present Perfect Tense

have/ has + past participle

Have you ever seen a white deer?

for, since, ever, never, already, yet, just, so far, recently

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

have/ has been + verb + -ING

Jess has been practising for this show for four months and she still

isn’t satisfied

for, since

Past Simple Tense

verb + -d/-ed / II.kolona Did … infinitive ?

The thief broke in some time around midnight

in 1999, (2 years) ago, yesterday, last month/ week…

Past Continuous Tense

was/were + verb + -ING

Alex is such a whiner –he was complaining about his boss for half an

hour when we last talked

For, while

Past Perfect Tense

had + past participle

I was disappointed when I realized I had missed my favourite TV

series

before, by the time

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

had been + verb + -ING

His day was a disaster-he had been waiting at the doctors for three

hours before he was admitted

before

Present Past

Does she learnoften?

She doesn’t learn often.

She learnt a lot last year.

Did she learn a lot last year?

She didn’t learn a lot last year

Continuous We are revising tenses now.

Are we revising now?

We aren’t revising now.

We were revising for 3 hours.

Were we revising for 3 hours?

We weren’t revising for 3 hours.

Perfect I have visited many countries so far.

Have I visited many countries so far?

I haven’t visited many countries so far.

I had visited many countries before I retired.

Had I visited many contries before I retired?

I hadn’t visited many countries before I retired.

Perfect

Continuous

They have been sleeping for hours.

Have they been sleeping for hours ? They haven’t been sleeping.

They had been sleeping for hours before we woke them up.

Had they been sleeping for hours?

They hadn’t been sleeping.

Is this correct?

1 While Barbara puts in her contact lenses, the telephone   rang

2 Thousands of people will see the art exhibition by the time it   closes

3 By the time negotiations began, many pessimists have expressed doubt about   them

4 After Capt James Cook visited Alaska on his third voyage, he   is killed by Hawaiian   islanders in 1779

5 I was terribly disappointed with my grade because I   studied very hard. 

6 Everyone hopes the plan   would work

7 Harry wants to show his friends the photos he   took last summer. 

8 The boy insisted that he   has paid for the candy bars. 

Where is the mistake? (3 verbs)

For the past seven years, I have called myself a swimmer Swimming, my one sport, provides a necessary outlet for my abundant energy I have always drawn

satisfaction from exertion, straining my muscles to their limits I don't know why pushing forward in the water, as my muscles cried out in pain, sets off a booming cheer in my head Many times when I rounded the turn for the last lap of a race,

my complaining muscles want to downshift and idle to the finish My mind,

however, presses the pedal to the floor and yells, "FASTER!" The moment that I touched the wall my muscles relax; the pain subsides I am pleased to have

passed the point of conflict. 

Where is the mistake? (3 verbs)

For the past seven years, I have called myself a swimmer Swimming, my one sport, provides a necessary outlet for my abundant energy I have always drawn

satisfaction from exertion, straining my muscles to their limits I don't know why pushing forward in the water, as my muscles cried out in pain, sets off a

booming cheer in my head Many times when I rounded the turn for the last lap

of a race, my complaining muscles want to downshift and idle to the finish My mind, however, presses the pedal to the floor and yells, "FASTER!" The moment that I touched the wall my muscles relax; the pain subsides I am pleased to have passed the point of conflict. 

Where is the mistake? (6 verbs)

• In "The Use of Force" William Carlos Williams describes a struggle involving a doctor, two parents, and their young daughter The doctor must obtain a throat culture from the girl, who was suspected of having

diphtheria This ordinarily simple task is hindered by the frightened and uncooperative patient, Mathilda Olson Adding to the doctor's difficulties were the parents, who had to struggle with their own conflicting emotions They want their daughter helped, but they did not trust the doctor to do the right thing Sensitive

to the parents' uncertainty, the doctor became more and more frustrated by Mathilda's resistance Williams gives considerable attention to how each of the Olsons react, but it is clear that his main interest was in the

doctor and his responses. 

Where is the mistake? (6 verbs)

• In "The Use of Force" William Carlos Williams describes a struggle involving a doctor, two parents, and their young daughter The doctor must obtain a throat culture from the girl, who was suspected of having

diphtheria This ordinarily simple task is hindered by the frightened and uncooperative patient, Mathilda Olson Adding to the doctor's difficulties were the parents, who had to struggle with their own conflicting emotions They want their daughter helped, but they did not trust the doctor to do the right thing

Sensitive to the parents' uncertainty, the doctor became more and more frustrated by Mathilda's

resistance Williams gives considerable attention to how each of the Olsons react, but it is clear that his main interest was in the doctor and his responses. 

The Mulgray twins Like many identical twins, Helen i Morna Mulgray usually do many things together They have always

enjoyed watching the same TV series and reading the same books.

They even chose the same career as teachers.

Now, when they are retired, they have devoted themselves to their mutual hobby-writing Morna told us how both of them had spent 31 years working as English teachers and had always been keen on writing.

The twins published their first crime novel in 2007 and they entitled it “No Suspicious Circumstances” Since then, they have published 3 more books The main characters in all the books are investigator D.J.Smith and his sidekick, a cat called Gorgonzola.

The Incredible Journey

The Incredible Journey is a story about two dogs and a cat in Canada who found themselves far from their

home Their owners, the Hunt family, had travelled to England, and they had left the three pets at their friend’s, Mr Longridge’s, farm The animals did not understand what had happened and they paitently waited for the owners to return After a while they started to think that their owners had forgotten them After 2 weeks-during which Mr Longridge had been taking good care of them- they decided that they had been waiting long enough They left the farm and started their journey home, following their instincts But they did not know that their journey would be 400 kilometres long! When they finally got home, the animals had been travelling for many weeks and had endured many

difficulties They had faced starvation, illness, and had been attacked by wild animals Their owners were very happy when the pets returned because they had been looking for them during the whole time