Make this sentence into simple present and simple past.
She/bring/lunch/work
She brings lunch to work.
She brought lunch to work.
100
You/run/yesterday.
You were running yesterday.
100
What will you not do next weekend? Make 2 sentences, one with simple future and going to.
Ex. I am not going to drink next weekend.
Ex. I won't drink next weekend.
200
They/live/here/years
They have lived here for years.
200
What are you doing this weekend? Use the present continuous.
Ex. I am going to a concert.
200
catch, fight, make, drive, ride. Simple past.
caught, fought, made, drove, rode.
200
She/make/pasta/negative
She wasn't making pasta.
200
What are you doing next weekend? Make 2 sentences, one with the simple future and going to.
Ex. I am going to see my friend.
Ex. I will go see my friend.
300
How is the present perfect formed?
have + verb (past participle)
300
She/feel/better/negative
She is not feeling better.
300
I went to work everyday. Is this correct? What tense should it be?
I go to work everyday. (present simple)
300
They/read/question
Were they reading?
300
How do we form both future tenses?
be verb + going to + base verb
will/won't + base verb
400
Make a sentence in the present perfect about something you did in Canada.
Ex. I have been to the CN Tower
400
How is the present continuous formed?
be verb + verb ing
400
I see a good movie last week. Is this correct? What verb tense should it be?
I saw a good movie last week. (simple past)
400
How is the past continuous formed?
was/were + verb ing
400
Why do we use the going to tense?
For predictions when we know they will happen or we can see they will happen.
500
Why do we use the perfect present tense?
An action that was recently completed in the past. An action or situation in the past that continues in the present. An action when the time is not important.
500
Why do we use the present continuous?
For an action that is happening now and will/may continue to the future. For an action or event that is planned for the future.
500
Why do we use the simple present? Why do we use the simple past?
We use the simple present to talk about something that is happening now or something that happens a lot. We use the simple past to talk about something that happened in the past at a certain time.
500
Why do we use the past continuous?
An longer action that was ongoing in the past and may be continuing to the present.
500
Why do we use the future simple (will/won't) tense? (4 reasons)
For predictions, offers, promises and instant decisions.