Present
The tense is…
My roommate Mark plays games online.
Simple Present
To introduce the ”Who” of a story, write it in this ten…
Simple Past
I’m ________ (study) to become a doctor by 2025.
Studying
The first event.
”After I got my job at the museum, I started studying English.”
I got my job at the museum.
This tense is…?
Laura drank her tea until every drop was gone.
Simple Past
1. I shopping for groceries
2. I sung in choir practice on Mondays.
3. I will have read before bed every evening
Shop, sing, read
This tense is…
The little boy had wanted a friend because he was lonely.
Past Perfect/Pluperfect
By May, we ____ ____ (open) the new office.
will, have, opened
The second event.
I studied at the community college until I got my degree.
I got my degree
They didn’t earn/earned a lot of money.
earn
Negate this…
I can ___ live without my cell phone.
Can’t
Which past tense comes before an interrupting action?
The Past Progressive/Continuous
The past participle of choose.
Chosen
The first event.
I got the idea for my invention when I was a student at college.
Both
True or False
Although a character is talking in the past, their dialogue can be written in the present or future.
True
Mark is doing brain training these days.
Present progressive.
This tense is…
One day while the little boy was playing, he heard a voice…
past Progressive/Continuous
The tense is…?
By May, I will have been working here for a year.
Future Perfect Progressive
Before T.V. existed families listened to the radio together.
The comma after “existed”
This tense is…?
Kyle was working late when Bob walked into his cubicle.
Past Progressive/Continuous
Stative or Active…
agree
Stative
“ I think you are a nice wizard.” said the little bird. “I want to give you a present for being so nice.”
Simple Present.
The present participle of sang.
Singing
Use “as soon as” to refer to something that happened….
Right after an event
Ji-woo ___ (move) to a quester neighborhood before he opened his bakery.
had, moved