PRESENT PERFECT
What is the positive structure of the present perfect?
The structure is
Subject + Aux (Have/Has) + Verb in past participle + Complement + .
Past continuous form is:
Subject + to be (past) + verb + ing + complement + .
TRUE
How is the past continuous formed (in the affirmative)?
Subject + was/were + verb+ing + Complement + .
'Was' is for which subjects?
I / he / she/ it
She ___________ (play) tennis right now.
She is playing tennis right now.
What is the present perfect tense used for?
An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present.
Past Continuous Question Structure is
Subject + to be (past) + verb + -ing
False. Past Continuous Structure is
To be (past) Was/ were + Subject + verb + -ing + Complement + .
_____ you _____ (listen) to a song?
Were you listening to a song?
'Were' is for which subjects?
You, We, They
__________ (she/write) her book now?
Is she writing her book now?
I ................. (study) English all my life.
I have studied English all my life.
The present perfect is used to talk about what we used to do in the past.
FALSE
They _____ (cook) dinner when I arrived.
They were cooking dinner when I arrived.
What are the auxiliaries of the present perfect?
Have / has
He ________ (not/study) for his English test right now.
He isn't studying for his English test right now.
We __________ (know) each other ______ (for/since) we were at school.
We've known each other since we were at school.
Is this sentence correct in the present continuous tense?
She is studyng now
FALSE
The correct sentence is:
She is studying now
His dog_____( not bark) last week.
His dog wasn't barking last week.
What is the past participle of lose?
LOST
Name three situations in which we use the present continuous.
1. to describe an action that is going on at this moment.
2. to describe an action that is going on during this period of time.
3. to describe dynamic actions that happen repeatedly,
She___________ (have) that car ________ (for/since) she started learning to drive.
She's had that car since she started learning to drive.
Is this sentence correct in the present perfect tense?They have been staying with us since last week.
TRUE
What is the past continuous tense used for?
To show a past action that has been interrupted or a habitual action that no longer occurs.
What are the 3 forms of the verb "to be" in the present continuous?
am, is, are
Name two situations we DO NOT use the present continuous for.
1. Things that are always true.
2. To talk about the future after certain words (when, until, after, before, as soon as)