Present SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS
her little sister / for / yesterday / Anne / candy / buy
Anne bought candy for her little sister yesterday.
poem / her / write / latest / Christina
Christina has written her latest poem.
play / all afternoon / they / water polo
They have been playing water polo all afternoon.
help / I / you / carry / those / heavy / boxes
I will help you carry those heavy boxes.
(a spontaneous or immediate decision)
Which tense is this:
Have they ever considered moving to Scotland?
Present perfect tense
you / why / break up / Sebastian / last week / with / ?
Why did Sebastian break up with you last week?
Why did you break up with Sebastian last week?
Liverpool / twice / they / visit / this year
They have visited Liverpool twice this year.
to the library / with a ponytail / last month / come / that weird guy / ever since
That weird guy with a ponytail has been coming to the library ever since last month.
always / no matter / what / you / love / I
I will always love you no matter what.
(promise or commitment)
Which column do we use for the present perfect tense?
The 3rd column, the past participle
from Hebrew / why / all afternoon / translate / Amy / a story / ?
Why was Amy translating a story from Hebrew all afternoon?
eat / seriously / for dessert / before / never / pudding / you / ?
Have you seriously never eaten pudding for dessert before?
cook / they / the kitchen/ what / in / ?
What have they been cooking in the kitchen?
at / Stanford University / engineering / Jason / study / mechanical / my brother
My brother Jason is going to study mechanical engineering at Stanford University.
(a future intention or plan that has already been made)
Form a question based on the following answer:
I think Felicia found it when she was taking a walk on the beach.
When did Felicia find it?
Do you know when Felicia found it?
Where did Felicia find it?
drive home / we / the accident / we / see / when
We were driving home when we saw the accident.
never / such a beautiful sunset / since / our last trip to / we / Greece / see
We have never seen such a beautiful sunset since our last trip to Greece.
wait / to stop / for the rain / we / for two long hours / now
We have been waiting for the rain to stop for two long hours now.
travel / my dentist / to Argentina / and her family / next summer
My dentist and her family are going to travel to Argentina next summer.
(future plan of travelling to Argentina next summer)
What are collocations? Give an example?
Collocations are groups of two or more words that usually go together.
Examples: commit suicide, fly away, take a shower, heavy rain, pay attention, make a decision, ask a question
always / he / about / complaining / every lunch
He was always complaining about every lunch.
turn into / travel / in the last few decades / a huge industry
Travel has turned into a huge industry in the last few decades.
tirelessly / over the past few months / on bees / conduct / on / the impact of pesticides / our research team / experiments
Over the past few months, our research team has been tirelessly conducting experiments on the impact of pesticides on bees.
Our research team has been tirelessly conducting experiments on the impact of pesticides on bees over the past few months.
invest in / because of / our company / renewable energy projects / our careful analysis of market forecasts
Because of our careful analysis of market forecasts, our company is going to invest in renewable energy projects.
Our company is going to invest in renewable energy projects because of our careful analysis of market forecasts.
(a planned and deliberate action based on careful consideration)
What are stative verbs?
Give an example.
Stative verbs are a type of verbs that describe a state of being or perception.
Stative verbs can refer to mental (“believe”) or emotional states (“dislike”)
They are only used in simple tense forms and not in continuous/progressive forms:
She seems to be sad. ✔
She is seeming to be sad. ✘