Present Simple/Continuous
What tense is this? -Dad is reading a book
Present Continuous
What tense is this? -I went to the movies yesterday
Simple Past
What is the AUXILIARY we use in Present Perfect?
HAVE/HAS
What is the AUXILIARY we use in the Past Perfect?
HAD
When do we use REPORTED SPEECH?
When we tell someone what other people said, for example interviews.
What tense is this? -My mum watches TV
Present Simple
What tense is this? -We studied French last Friday
Past simple
What tense is this sentence? -She has done her homework for this week
Present Perfect
What is the Past Perfect? Explain
THE PAST OF THE PAST
The action that happened before another action in the past
When the DIRECT SPEECH is in SIMPLE PRESENT, what tense does it have to be in REPORTED SPEECH?
SIMPLE PAST
How do we form the Present simple? And what is it used for?
Subject+verb in simple form+complement -We use it for routines, day to day activities
What tense is this? -We were practicing our pronunciation in class
Past continuous
What is the tense of this sentence? -We have been doing our homework all year long
Present Perfect Continuous
What tense is this sentence? -He had done his homework before his mother arrived
Past perfect
When the object is more important than the subject
How do we form the present continuous? -What is it used for?
Subject+verb to ve (am, is, are)+verb+ing+complement. We use it for actions that are happening at the time we speak
How do you form the Past Simple?
Subject+verb in simple past+complement
What tense is this sentence? - I have studied English for 4 year
Present Perfect
What tense is this sentence? -They had been cleaning the school before the classes started
Past perfect continuous
How do we form the Passive in present?
OBJECT+verb to be (is/are)+verb in past participle (+by+subject <--- not always necessary)
Say 1 sentence in PRESENT SIMPLE and 1 in PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Present simple:
I/you/we/they+verb in simple form+complement
He/She/It+verb+S+complement
Present continuous:
Subject+verb to be (am/is/are)+verb+ing+complement
How do you form the Past continuous?
Subject+verb to be in past (was/were)+verb+ing+complement
How do we form the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous?
Present perfect: Subject+Have/Has+Verb in Past Participle+complement
Present perfect continuous: Subject+Have+Has+been+verb+ing+complement
How do we form the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect continuous?
Past Perfect: Subject+had+verb in past participle+complement
Past Perfect Continuous: Subject+had+been+verb+ING+complement
Change this sentence to REPORTED SPEECH and PASSIVE VOICE(present)
- We eat dinner in my house
RP: He_______ ________ _________ dinner in ______ house
PV: _______ _____ ________ ____ _____ ____