Spot the tense 1: example
Look! They're dancing in the street.
Present progressive.
We use the __________ to talk about actions in progress now.
Present progressive.
In the following example, who is the subject?
Who teaches this class?
Who
Correct or incorrect:
She used to study history.
Correct.
The bride and groom invites their friends and family to a party.
Incorrect: invite
They went to Africa.
Simple past.
We use the ___________ to talk about habits and repeated actions.
Simple Present
Can we use -didn't- with was and were?
No we cannot.
_________ expresses a repeated past action or habit that no longer exists.
Would
Carlos talks seldom to his brother on the phone.
Incorrect: Carlos seldom talks to his brother on the phone.
I usually go to my parent's when I'm sick.
Simple Present.
We use the ________ to talk about an action tat was in progress at a certain time in the past.
Past Progressive.
A group of words with a subject and a verb.
What's the difference between its and it's
Its: possessive adjective.
It's: contraction of it is or it has.
She broke the glass I was drinking from.
Correct.
They were dancing at the party.
Past progressive.
We use the _________ to talk about a completed action or event.
Simple past.
What is the action in progress?
I broke my leg when I was skiing.
I was skiing
I broke my leg (second action).
-Yourself- is a _______ pronoun.
Reflexive.
I was seeing an accident last night.
Incorrect: non-action verbs are not usually used with the progressive.
I have seen this movie before.
Present Perfect.
________ expresses a habit or state in the past that no longer exists.
Used to.
We use when or while when we have 2 simultaneous actions.
Incorrect: with months we use in.
When we were taking the exam the lights went out.
Incorrect: when we were taking the exam, the lights went out (we use a comma when we start the sentence with the clause).