Period 2 grammar recap (verbs)

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Grammar recap (verbs) - H4

Today's program 

Quick recap of verb tenses

Quiz

Goal: you will be able to use the 

different verb tenses in sentences 

(especially the future).

Which main verb tenses are there? (3)

Tense divisions

Every basic tense (present, past & future) is divided up into more specific varieties:

- simple

- continuous

- perfect

-perfect continuous

All structures can be affirmative, negative, or a question

Present

Simple: ww (s.h.it: + s)

- express habits or general truths: I bike to school every day.

- describe future events part of a plan/arrangement: The plane arrives at 8am tomorrow.

Continous: to be + ww-ing

- describe an action going on at the time of speaking/writing: I am doing a quiz right now.

Perfect: have/has + ww-ed OR past participle (irreg. verbs)

1. past action not defined by time of occurence: She may have gone shopping.

2. action that started in the past and has continued up until now: She has lived there for 2 years.

Perfect continuous: have /has + been + ww-ing

- action which started in the past and may (not) be complete: He has been studying since 15:00.

Present simple

Present continous

Present perfect

Present perfect continous

We walk the dog every day.

She is talking on the telephone right now.

They have worked there for 2 years.

She has been studying psychology since 2015.

Past

Simple: ww-ed OR own spelling (irregular verbs)

- describe an action already completed: I went to Egypt in 2015.

Continuous: was/were + ww-ing

1. express uncompleted action in the past: Everyone was shouting.

2. describe persistent habits of the past: They were always fighting.

Perfect: had + ww-ed OR had + own spelling (irregular verbs)

- describes a completed action that happened before sth else did: 

After he had finished his homework, he went to football practice.

Perfect continuous: had + been + ww-ing

- She had been working at that company for 3 years when it suddenly went bankrupt.

Past simple

Past continuous

Past perfect

Past perfect continuous

An hour ago, she was walking the dog.

I had already done the dishes when my mom came home.

He had been lying to his parents for years when they finally found out about his bad grades.

We were best friends all through high school.

Future

Simple: will/shall + ww

- express action/circumstance that hasn't happened yet: I will eat sushi tomorrow.

Continuous: will/shall + be + ww-ing

1. express planned events: You will be meeting your friends tomorrow.

2. express what will be going on at some time in the future: I will be asking questions later.

Perfect: will/shall + have + ww-ed/own spelling (irreg): You will have taken the test by then.

Perfect continuous: will/shall + have + been + ww-ing: I will have been watching tv for 3 hours by then.

EXTRA: to be going to + ww

- We are going to be sore tomorrow because of this workout!

Future simple

Future continuous

Future perfect

Future perfect continuous

to be going to

They are going to pick up their new puppy tomorrow.

Next October, we will have been living in Amsterdam for 20 years.

He won't come home tomorrow, because he's in China!

They will have brought the book back to the library by 3pm on Friday.

This time next week we will be skiing in Austria.

Quiz

Fill in the gaps in the following sentences.

There are 5 MC and 5 open questions.

People ...... more and more content on their handheld devices nowadays.
(present continuous)

1. are stream
2. is streaming
3. is stream
4. are streaming

present simple:
Wood ....... on water. (to float)

I ....... 5 episodes of the new season of Brooklyn 99 already!

1. see
2. seen
3. have seen
4. saw

The plumber ..... our toilet last week.
(to fix)

I ...... to get a hold of him for a week, but he's still not picking up his phone!

1. tried
2. have been trying
3. try
4. have tried

Past continuous:
When the teacher walked into the classroom, the students ......... together on a group assignment. (to work)

She felt guilty because she ................ the sweater she borrowed on time.

1. hadn't returned
2. not return
3. have returned
4. didn't return

Form the future:
We ................... our bus if we don't hurry! (to miss)

I ............ all my childhood playing outside with the neighbor kids.

1. have spent
2. spended
3. spent
4. spend

Form the future:
It looks like it ................. tomorrow.
(to rain)

Tenses you should be able to use:

- simple (present, past & future)

- continuous (present & past)

- perfect (present & past)

- perfect continuous (present)

- to be going to

!! Often there is more than 1 option !!

Which tenses as future?

Future simple: The train will leave at 5pm next Thursday.

Present simple: The train leaves at 5pm next Thurday.

Present continuous: The train is leaving at 5pm on Thursday.

To be going to: The train is going to leave at 5pm on Thursday.

The future tense functions best with an indication of future time (say when something will happen!).

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That's all for today!

If you haven't finished certain HW assignments yet, now is the time to finish them! You have until Friday. Good luck!