Present Perfect
Give an example of a sentence in the present perfect tense.
I have visited London.
What are the two most common tenses used in narrative writing?
Past simple and past continuous.
Give an example of a sentence in the past perfect tense.
"She had already eaten when I arrived."
Give an example of a sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.
"They had been studying for hours."
What is the difference between "used to" and "would" when expressing past habits?
"Used to" is used for past habits, while "would" is used for specific actions or situations in the past.
What is the formula for forming a sentence in the present perfect tense?
Subject + have/has + past participle (e.g., I have eaten).
Give an example of a sentence in the past continuous tense.
"She was reading a book."
What is the formula for forming a sentence in the past perfect tense?
Subject + had + past participle (e.g., He had finished).
What is the formula for forming a sentence in the past perfect continuous tense?
Answer: Subject + had + been + base form + -ing (e.g., I had been working).
Provide an example of a sentence with "used to."
Provide an example of a question in the present perfect tense.
"Have you ever been to New York?"
When do we use past perfect tense in a narrative?
To show an action that happened before another past action.
When do we use the past perfect tense?
To show an action that happened before another past action, often used to clarify the sequence of events.
When do we use the past perfect continuous tense?
Answer: To emphasize the duration or continuous nature of an action that happened before another past action.
Provide an example of a sentence with "would" to express a past habit.
"When he was young, he would always go fishing with his father on weekends."
When do we use the present perfect tense instead of the past simple tense?
When the time period is not specified or is still ongoing, or when the focus is on the result or experience rather than the specific time of the action.
Provide an example of a sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.
"They had been playing soccer for hours."
Provide an example of a question in the past perfect tense.
"Had you ever visited Paris before last year?"
Provide an example of a question in the past perfect continuous tense.
Answer: "Had you been waiting for long before the bus arrived?"
Can "would" be used for future actions?
Yes, "would" can be used to express future-in-the-past in reported speech or conditional statements.
Rewrite the following sentence in the present perfect tense: "she visit Paris"
She has visited Paris
Rewrite the following sentence in past simple tense: "He read a book"
He read a book.
Rewrite the following sentence in the past perfect tense: "She had finished her homework."
"She had finished her homework."
Rewrite the following sentence in the past perfect continuous tense: "They play soccer hours."
"They had been playing soccer for hours."
Rewrite the following sentence using "used to": "She would visit her grandparents every summer."
"She used to visit her grandparents every summer."