Verb Tenses
He____ (eat) a lot at lunchtime. (Present simple)
eats
Which is the type of sentence?
Lina was hungry and ate a lot.
Simple sentence
They______(play) football after school. (Present continuous)
are playing
Your pants ____ at the cleaner's.
Future Perfect Tense Structure:
Subject + will have + verb
Piero______ (go) to check his car on Sunday. (Future simple)
will go
If your driver does not hurry, we lost the flight
Composed sentence
He_____ (go) to the doctor last day. (Past simple)
went
The committee _____ these questions carefully.
(debate/debates)
Debates
The Prime Minister, together with his wife, ______ the press cordially.
(greet/greets)
Greets
They______ (drink) coffee when I arrived. (Past continuous)
were drinking
John finished the book even though he was getting late for work
Complex sentence
Present Continuous Tense Structure
Subject + is/am/are + Verb(+ing)
The indefinite pronouns “anything,” “anywhere,” “anybody,” and “anyone"
What kind of verbs does it deal with?
Singular
The (discussions / discusses) that transpired in my math lesson (reflect / reflective) my ability to skillfully ask (purposeful / purpose) questions when leading a whole-class discussion
Discussions
Reflect
purposeful
had been studying
Since Tim loves pizza but his brother hates it, they usually order burgers at the restaurant
compound-complex sentence
Robert_____ (read)various kinds of books. (Future perfect tense)
will have read
All of the CDs, even the scratched one, ____ in this case.
(is/are)
Are
Clause or Phrase?
After a very long walk
Phrase
Carlos_______ (wait) for his friend since morning. (Present perfect continuous)
has been waiting
Although Andy doesn’t study much, he has very good grades
Complex sentence
I______ (help) my mother to make breakfast. (Future continuous)
will be helping
Every man and woman _____ required to check in.
(is/are)
Is
Neither principal Nor students ____ gone to the school.
(has/have)
Have