GUESS THE TENSE
She has already done her homework
PRESENT PERFECT
A SNAKE? / SEEN / HAVE / YOU/ EVER
You use this tense to talk about habits, everyday routines, facts, general truths and states.
HE ALWAYS WEARS DESIGNER CLOTHES.
JIM HAS BEEN A TEACHER _______ 2010.
SINCE
I HAVE BEEN TO LONDON (SAY THE NEGATIVE FORM)
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO LONDON.
I WAS READING A BOOK WHILE MY BROTHER WAS WATCHING TV.
PAST CONTINUOUS
THEIR/ HOW / CAR?/ LONG/ THEY/ LONG/ HAVE/ HAD
HOW LONG HAVE THEY HAD THEIR CAR?
We use this tense to talk about completed past actions or past states, a sequence of actions in the past and past habits.
JOSH _______ (GO) TO INDIA LAST YEAR.
WENT
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STUDYING ENGLISH? ANSWER IT
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SIMPLE PAST
RULE./ THIS/ LEARNT/ I'VE
I'VE LEARNT THIS RULE.
We use this tense to talk about an action or event that happened at a time that is not specific.
THEY HAVE TIDIED THEIR ROOMS.
HAVE THE GIRLS ARRIVED _______?
ALREADY / YET
YET
SHE WAS DRINKING COFFEE WHEN HE LEFT. (ASK A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED WITH THIS SENTENCE)
WHAT WAS SHE DOING WHEN HE LEFT?
I have been to Italy twice.
PRESENT PERFECT
BEEN / A SURPRISE PARTY/ THEY/ PLANNING / HAVE
THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING A SURPRISED PARTY.
We use this tense to talk about actions that are happening now, or around now.
I am looking for a vintage dress.
YOU'VE BEEN WRITING THAT LETTER ________ THREE HOURS.
FOR
SHE BOUGHT A NEWSPAPER AND THEN SHE HAD A COFFEE IN A SMALL CAFÉ. (ASK A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED WITH THIS SENTENCE)
I am reading a book now.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
RETIRED/ AGO/ MY MUM/ YEARS/ AND DAD/ TWENTY
MY MUM AND DAD RETIRED TWENTY YEARS AGO.
We use this tense to talk about actions or states that began in the past and that continue up to the present usually with for or since.
Freda has worked here for several years.
WHEN I WAS WATCHING TV, SOMEONE __________ THE DOOR.
KNOCKED
I'VE KNOWN HER FOR TWO YEARS. (ASK A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED WITH THIS SENTENCE)
HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN HER?