REVISION TENSES
SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS
I work - habit I am working - action NOW
you work - general truth you are working
!!! he/she/it works he/she/it is working - action now, NOT at time of
- state of mind ‘to be’
we work we are working
- fixed future arrangement speaking
you work you are working
- adverbs of frequency (always,
they work they are working
ever, sometimes, …) - action near future
SIMPLE PAST PAST CONTINUOUS
I worked - action completely over I was working - action at specific point in past.
you worked you were working - action interrupted by other action
he/she/it worked - habit in the past he/she/it was working
WHEN !!!
we worked we were working
- two or more actions that
you worked you were working
- action one after another happened at same time in the past
they worked they were working
WHILE !!!
PRESENT PERFECT
I have worked - unstated time in the past
you have worked - to talk about experiences
he/she/it has worked
- action in the past; results are now
we have worked
- action started in the past;
you have worked
continuing up to now
they have worked
- time markers (yet, since, …)
SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- How often ............... you ............... (go) on holiday?
- We normally ............... (buy) tickets for Lowlands every year, but this year we ...............
(not go) because we ............... (visit) friends in France that weekend.
- How much ............... a new WII game ............... (cost)?
- Mindy is a writer. She ............... (write) books for children. At the moment she
............... (work) on a new book about learning the alphabet.
- Michael ............... (talk) on the phone, now, but I ............... (think) he will be finished
soon.
- I ............... (not drink) beer, I ............... (prefer) wine instead.
- Adele ............... (have) a beautiful voice.
- We ............... (see) a concert next week! I ............... (go) with my sister and her
boyfriend.
- Lewis ............... (is not) at home now, he ............... (play) tennis with his friends.
- Justin normally ............... (take) the car to work, but today he ............... (ride) his bike
because the weather ............... (be) so nice!
SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS
- I ............... (hear) a noise outside so I ............... (go) to look. Someone ...............
(try) to start their car, and it ............... (make) a lot of noise!
- While he ............... (walk) outside last night, he ............... (run) into an old friend. They
............... (talk) for a while about what they ............... (do) at work. It ............... (be)
a nice conversation.
- I ............... (buy) a new book last year but I ............... (not read) it, because
I ............... (have) time.
- When I ............... (wake) up this morning, I ............... (have) a horrible headache!
- Harry ............... (finish) his dinner and then ............... (pay) the bill and ...............
(go) to the movies with his wife.
- We ............... (fly) to America when we ............... (hear) the pilot say that our flight
would land 15 minutes later. No problem!
- When I ............... (get) to the party, everyone ............... (dance). They ...............
(have) a wonderful time.
- I ............... (close) the window because a party ............... (go) on next door and I
............... (not want) to hear it.
- It ............... (not rain) when we left to go to the playground yesterday afternoon.
We ............... (have) a wonderful time with the kids!
- Someone ............... (play) the piano next door. It ............... (sound) lovely. I have such
talented neighbours!
SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT
- A: (you / play / already) ........................... the new computer game?
B: No, not yet. I only (buy) ....................... it yesterday and I (have / not) .................
the time yet.
- A: (you / go) .......................................... to the cinema last night?
B: Yes. I (be) .......................... there with Sue and Louis. (you / be) .................... to
the cinema recently?
- A: I last (go) ........................................... to the cinema two weeks ago.
B: So you (see / not) ............................... the new action film yet.
- A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) ............................. it?
B: Oh, I really (love)................................. it. But Sue (like / not).............................
it - too much action!
- A: But why (you / take) ........................... her with you? She (tell) .......................
me last week that she (hate) .................... action films.
B: I think she has an eye on Louis. She (try) .................................... to flirt with him
all the time. So he (can / concentrate / not) ..................................... on the film.
