Revision: The Tenses

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Revision: The Tenses

Revision: The Tenses

Which tenses have you heard / seen in the video?

Tenses in the video

• Present Simple
• Present Continuous
• Past Simple
• Future Simple

• Going to - Future

Present Simple

Use: habits, descriptions, general truth/facts, ...

Formation:

I, you, we, they   ->   same form as infinitive

He, she, it   ->   infinitive + s

Present Simple

• Infinitive ending in -o
•           I do           He does
  

• Infinitive ending in consonant + y
•           I study     He studies

• Infinitive ending in hissing sound
•           I watch    He watches

Sarah _____ to school by bike.

1. Go
2. Gos
3. Goes
4. Gows

I _____ two times a week.

1. Swim
2. Swimm
3. Swims
4. Swiim

My brother and I _____ running.

1. likes
2. like
3. laik
4. laikes

My aunt _____ football.

1. doesn't likes
2. don't like
3. doesn't like
4. don't like

Present Continuous

Use: Repeated actions, things/actions happening now, ...

Formation:

Simple Present ( to be ) + ing-form

Present Continuous

Ing-form:

Read -> Reading
Give -> Giving
Die -> Dying
Sit -> Sitting
Travel -> Travelling

My friends _____ to the cinema.

1. are goin
2. are going
3. is goin
4. is going

Ashley _____ in a boarding school.

1. is living
2. are living
3. is livving
4. is liveing

Luke _____ to Australia this summer.

1. is traveling
2. are traveling
3. is travelling
4. is trevelling

Past Simple

Use: Past events that are completely over, narration,...

Formation: 

Infinitive + ed

Past Simple

Listen -> Listened

Hope -> Hoped

Carry -> Carried

Stop -> Stopped

Travel -> Travelled

Panic -> Panicked

!!! Irregular forms -> Learn by heart

My sister _____ to New York last year.

1. traveld
2. traveled
3. travelled
4. travelld

Ellie _____ pasta yesterday.

1. coocked
2. cooked
3. cookd
4. cooks

Axl and Lisa _____ to the cinema last friday.

1. wend
2. went
3. wended
4. wendt

Future Simple

Use: certain future events, predictions about the future...

Formation:

Affirmative : will / 'll + infinitive

Negative : will not / won't + infinitive

My brother _____ to the cinema next week.

1. will go
2. wil go
3. will gow
4. will goe

I _____ to England next year.

1. wil travel
2. will travel
3. will travell
4. wil travell

Going to - future

Use: Talk about things/actions in the near future, statements, ...

Formation:

present simple ( to be ) + going to + infinitive

I _____ the garage this afternoon.

1. am goin to paint
2. am going to paint
3. em going to paint
4. are going to paint

Kelly _____ the tests in a minute.

1. is goin to correct
2. are going to correct
3. is going to corect
4. is going to correct

Mixed exercises

Mark _____ in an appartment for 5 years.

1. live
2. lived
3. lives
4. livd

James _____ in Manchester.

1. works
2. work
3. wurk
4. wurks

Alex _____ this topic in class tomorrow.

1. will discus
2. wil discuss
3. will discuss
4. wil discus