Summary of simple tenses (simp, cont & perf)

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Today's lesson: The basic tenses review


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Welcome students!
Welcome to English!

Today's lesson: The basic tenses review


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Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to understand and use the present simple, past simple, present continuous, past continuous & present perfect.

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What do you already know about the simple tenses?

Slide 3 - Mind map

What are the basic tenses?
Present Simple                 I always go to soccer practice on Mondays.
Past Simple                        He went to the movies last Friday.
Present Continuous       We are trying to remember the tenses right now.
Past Continuous              I was looking for my phone when you called.
Present Perfect                She has lived in Utrecht for two months now.

Locate: verbs and signal words

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Locate the verbs!
Present Simple                 I always go to soccer practice on Mondays.
Past Simple                        He went to the movies last Friday.
Present Continuous       We are trying to remember the tenses right now.
Past Continuous              I was looking for my phone when you called.
Present Perfect                She has lived in Utrecht for two months now.

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Locate the signal words!
Present Simple                 I always go to soccer practice on Mondays.
Past Simple                        He went to the movies last Friday.
Present Continuous       We are trying to remember the tenses right now.
Past Continuous              I was looking for my phone when you called.
Present Perfect                She has lived in Utrecht for two months now.

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Present simple - when do you use it?
Fact                                                             She is a girl.
Habit                                                           I always pick my nose.
Regular occurrences                          We often visit grandma every week.
Timetables (future)                              The bus leaves at 4 ‘o clock.

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Present simple - how do you use it?
Only 1 rule to think of!
  • SHIT rule
  • She, He & It get an -s at the end of the verb

I give                 It gives 
You buy           He buys
They talk         She talks

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Past simple - when do you use it?
Situation, event or habit in the past
  • I met Selena Gomez at her concert last year!

Something that started in the past and has now ended
  • I took a trip around the world last year.

It started in the past and ended in the past
Remember the irregular verbs!!!

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Past simple - how do you use it?
There are two options for the past simple.
Regular, meaning it follows rules.
Talk         Talked
Work       Walked

Irregular, meaning it does not follow rules.
See          Saw
Drink       Drank

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Present continuous - when do you use it?
Happening NOW
  • We are listening to Mr. Westra right now.

A PLANNED future action
  • She is boarding a plane to Namibia this time tomorrow.

If it's not a planned action, we use...?

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Present continuous - how do you use it?
First tense where an auxiliary verbs is neccesary!
You always use a form of to be:
  • Am / are / Is

Then add -ing to the verb:
We are talking
She is riding
We are enjoying

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Past continuous - when do you use it?
Something that was happening in the past over a longer period of time.
  • I was eating some fries during the Monaco grand prix.

Parallel actions in the past. (things happened at the same time in the past)
  • I was cutting onions while my sister and my brother were mashing the potatoes.
A past action that was interrupted
  • I was walking the dog when the phone rang

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Past continuous - how do you use it?
Similar to the present continuous.

Only difference is the time.
You can change the time of any sentence by changing the auxiliary verb.
  • I am doing         -->      I was doing
  • He is working   -->     He was working 

Still a form of to be but now past: Was / Were

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Present perfect - when do you use it?
Something that started in the past and still continues/effects present or future
  • She has worked at the company for 20 years now.

Something that happened in the past of which the result is still noticable.
  • I have lost my keys. (and now I can't find them)
  • They have seen that movie 20 times already.

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Present perfect- how do you use it?
Another tenses which needs an auxiliary verbs, in this case: have.

Use the SHIT rule for have (She / He / It = has)
Use either the past tense or the past participle (for irregular verbs).

  • She has walked to school.

  • They have drunk all the soda in the refrigerator. 

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When do we use past tenses?
A
When something still has to happen.
B
When something was going on in the past.
C
When something happened in the past.
D
When something is still going on in the present.

Slide 17 - Quiz

When do we use continuous tenses?
A
Facts
B
Temporary situations
C
Actions happening at a specific time in the past/present
D
Habits

Slide 18 - Quiz

Tenses: "was painting" is
A
past simple
B
past continuous
C
present perfect
D
past perfect

Slide 19 - Quiz

Tenses: "have done" is
A
past simple
B
past continuous
C
present perfect
D
past perfect

Slide 20 - Quiz

Tenses: 'had seen' is
A
past simple
B
past continuous
C
present perfect
D
past perfect

Slide 21 - Quiz

Tenses: 'walked' is
A
past simple
B
past continuous
C
present perfect
D
past perfect

Slide 22 - Quiz

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Slide 23 - Open question

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Slide 24 - Open question

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

Slide 25 - Open question