Present Tense
Which word is correct? 'Natasha walks / is walking her dog every day.'
Say this sentence in the past tense: 'Abisai is not happy with his car.'
Abisai was not happy with his car.
What are the two common future tense forms?
'will' and 'be going to'
–When should I use the present perfect tense?
For activities that started in the past and continue to the present or for activities that happened in the past with no specific time.
Correct the sentence: Rafik attend grammar class online.
Rafik attends grammar class online.
Say this sentence with the word 'not.' The students are doing their homework now.
The students aren't doing their homework now.
What is the difference between 'when' and 'while' in past tense sentences?
We use past progressive after 'while,' and we use simple past after 'when.'
Change this sentence into the future tense: 'Halima walks to school.' You cannot use 'will.'
Halima is going to walk to school.
What word is missing? Mays has been studying at MATC ______ over a year.
Mays has been studying at MATC for over a year.
What tense is this? The train arrives at 8:30pm tonight.
It is the future tense, but it uses the simple present form.
Write the yes/no question for this answer: Evrim always arrives at 10:30am.
Does Evrim always arrive at 10:30am?
Say with the correct form of the verb in the past: 'After Su Sa ____(wake) up, he _____ (eat) breakfast.
After Su Sa woke up, he ate breakfast.
'Barbara is bowling on Thursday.' This sentence is in the future tense. How do you know?
We see the words "is bowling" and the time word "Thursday."
What word is missing? “Faridah came to MATC yesterday, but the school _____ closed an hour earlier.”
Faridah came to MATC yesterday, but the school had closed an hour earlier.
What do we call this form?
The grammar homework was finished by Hu last night.
The passive voice.
be + past participle & the subject takes/receives the action
Say this sentence with the word 'not.' His aunt hears very well.
His aunt doesn't hear very well.
Say the question for this answer: 'Yes, Karla liked grammar class.'
Did Karla like grammar class?
Say this sentence to talk about future plans: “After we _______(finish) class today, I _________ (watch) TV.”
"After we finish class today, I am going to watch TV."
Finish this sentence: “We have been studying grammar with Jolene this semester since _______________”
“We have been studying grammar with Jolene this semester since August.”
since the beginning of the semester
When do we use the passive voice?
We use it when we:
1) don't know who/what does an action
2) don't want to say who does an action
When do I need to use the simple present tense? Give 2 different examples or times.
facts, habits, routine actions
Say a sentence in the past that uses 'while' and describes this situation.
while / Antonia / cook / her doorbell / ring
While Antonia was cooking, her doorbell rang.
Create a sentence in the future using the simple present tense.
Many different answers! You need to use a schedule verb - start, begin, finish, end, be, open, close.
When do we use the past perfect tense?
We use the past perfect to show a past action happened before another past action.
Write this sentence in the passive voice.
The MATC students completed a difficult semester of verb tenses.
A difficult semester of verb tenses was completed by the MATC students.