Present Simple/Continuous
What tense is this? -Dad is reading a book
Present Continuous
What tense is this? -I went to the movies yesterday
Simple Past
What is the AUXILIARY we use in Present Perfect?
HAVE/HAS
What tense is this? -My mum watches TV
Present Simple
What tense is this? -We studied French last Friday
Past simple
What tense is this sentence? -She has done her homework for this week
Present Perfect
How do we form the Present simple? And what is it used for?
Subject+verb in simple form+complement -We use it for routines, day to day activities
What tense is this? -We were practicing our pronunciation in class
Past continuous
What is the tense of this sentence? -We have been doing our homework all year long
Present Perfect Continuous
How do we form the present continuous? -What is it used for?
Subject+verb to ve (am, is, are)+verb+ing+complement. We use it for actions that are happening at the time we speak
How do you form the Past Simple?
Subject+verb in simple past+complement
What tense is this sentence? - I have studied English for 4 year
Present Perfect
Say 1 sentence in PRESENT SIMPLE and 1 in PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Present simple:
I/you/we/they+verb in simple form+complement
He/She/It+verb+S+complement
Present continuous:
Subject+verb to be (am/is/are)+verb+ing+complement
How do you form the Past continuous?
Subject+verb to be in past (was/were)+verb+ing+complement
How do we form the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous?
Present perfect: Subject+Have/Has+Verb in Past Participle+complement
Present perfect continuous: Subject+Have+Has+been+verb+ing+complement