REVISING TENSES

PRESENT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

100

Which tense do you use for habits, routines and facts?

With the following signal words: sometimes, never, every day, always?

PRESENT SIMPLE

200

Which tense do you use For arrangements for the near future? 

With the following signal words: at the moment, right now? 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

300

1. I _________(live) in London.

2. This weekend, I ____________(visit) my friends in Brighton.

3. My friend Paul _________(be) 16 years old. 

4. He _____________(play) basketball tomorrow.

1. I live in London.

2. This weekend, I am visiting my friends in Brighton.

3. My friend Paul is 16 years old. 

4. He is playing basketball tomorrow.

400

1. Maria and Jane (not / stay)___________at home tonight.
2. Erik (not / get up) ____________ at six o'clock every day.
3. I (not / like)____________bananas.
4. Michael (not / play) football _________________ right now.

1. Maria and Jane are not staying at home tonight.
2. Erik doesn't get up at six o'clock.
3. I don't like bananas.
4. Michael is not playing fooball right now.

500

1. ______ you _________(visit) Jane in hospital today?
2. What time ________ you ________(get up)  in the mornings?
3. When ________ the bus _________(arrive)?
4. _____they___________(swim)in the pool at the moment?

1. Are you visiting Jane in hospital today?
2. What time do you get up in the mornings?
3. When does the bus arrive?
4. Are they swimming in the pool at the moment?

PAST SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

100

Past event. Finished action

last night, yesterday

PAST SIMPLE

200

Actions in progress in the past

PAST CONTINUOUS

300

1.When I ________(do) the washing-up, I _______(break) a plate.

2. He ________(drink) some juice and then he _______(eat) a few chips.

1. When I was doing the washing-up, I broke up a plate

2. He drank some juice and then he ate a few chips.

400

1. I _________(have) dinner when I suddenly _________(hear) a loud bang.

2. I ______________(not / understand) what they ______________ (talk) about.

1. I was having dinner when I suddenly heard a loud bang.

2. I didn't understand what they were talking about.

500

A: Where ________(be) you last night? 

B: I ____________(watch) a movie at the cinema.

A: Where were you last night? 

B: I was watching a movie at the cinema.

GOING TO VS WILL

100

An action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared. Future arrangements. Predictions with evidence.

GOING TO

200

A spontaneous and immediate decision, a future assumption or prediction with no evidence

WILL

300

1. What _______you____________(wear) at the party tonight?

1. What are you going to wear at the party tonight?

400

A: The phone's ringing.

B: Don't worry. I ______ get it.

A: The phone's ringing.

B: Don't worry. I 'll get it.

500

A: What _____ you ________ do tomorrow?

B: I don't know. I guess I_______ stay at home.

A: What are you going to do tomorrow?

B: I don't know. I guess I 'll stay at home.

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST PERFECT

100

The ________ perfect is formed by using ‘has’ or ‘have’ and the past participle of the verb. For example, “I have watched the movie” or “She has watched the movies.”

*An experience: “I have been to India.”

*Change over time: “Her English has improved since she joined EF English Live.”

*An unfinished task: “He has not finished cleaning the house. “

Present Perfect

200

The _______ perfect is formed by combining ‘had’ with the past participle of the verb.

Past Perfect

300

I ___________ English for 5 years now.

I have studied English for 5 years now.

400

Oh no! I ________ my car keys. (lose)

Oh no! I've lost my car keys.

500

They __________ a lot of champagne by the time the party ended. (drink)

They had drunk a lot of champagne by the time the party ended.

RIDDLES

100

I can be white or dark, I am sweet and sometimes bitter and you see me on a cupcake or in a cookie. What am I?

Chocolate

200

While a cat was outside, it started to downpour. The cat couldn’t find any shelter and got completely soaked by the rain, yet not a single hair was wet. How could this be?

It was a hairless cat

300

I have no doors but I have keys, I have no rooms but I do have a space, you can enter but you can never leave. What am I?

A keyboard

400

If Bethany drank a half cup of wine, and Maria drank a fourth cup of wine, who drank more?

Maria, because she drank four cups of wine. 

500

I go up and I go down, I am blazing and hot. If you look right at me, your eyes will wish you had not. What am I?

The Sun