TENSES REVISION

GUESS THE TENSE

100

She has already done her homework

PRESENT PERFECT 

200

I WAS READING A BOOK WHILE MY BROTHER WAS WATCHING TV.

PAST CONTINUOUS

300

I watched that film yesterday.

SIMPLE PAST

400

I have been to Italy twice.

PRESENT PERFECT

500

I am reading a book now.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS

100

A SNAKE? / SEEN / HAVE / YOU/ EVER

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SNAKE?

200

THEIR/ HOW / CAR?/ LONG/ THEY/ LONG/ HAVE/ HAD

HOW LONG HAVE THEY HAD THEIR CAR?

300

RULE./ THIS/ LEARNT/ I'VE

I'VE LEARNT THIS RULE.

400

BEEN / A SURPRISE PARTY/ THEY/ PLANNING / HAVE

THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING A SURPRISED PARTY.

500

RETIRED/ AGO/ MY MUM/ YEARS/ AND DAD/ TWENTY

MY MUM AND DAD RETIRED TWENTY YEARS AGO.

GIVE AN EXAMPLE

100

You use this tense to talk about habits, everyday routines, facts, general truths and states.

HE ALWAYS WEARS DESIGNER CLOTHES.

200

We use this tense to talk about completed past actions or past states, a sequence of actions in the past and past habits.

WE VISITED SEVERAL IMPORTANT SITES DURING THE WEEK.

300

We use this tense to talk about an action or event that happened at a time that is not specific.

THEY HAVE TIDIED THEIR ROOMS.

400

We use this tense to talk about actions that are happening now, or around now.

I am looking for a vintage dress.

500

We use this tense to talk about actions or states that began in the past and that continue up to the present usually with for or since.

Freda has worked here for several years.

COMPLETE WITH THE MISSING WORD

100

JIM HAS BEEN A TEACHER _______ 2010.

SINCE

200

JOSH _______ (GO) TO INDIA LAST YEAR.

WENT

300

HAVE THE GIRLS ARRIVED _______?

ALREADY / YET

YET

400

YOU'VE BEEN WRITING THAT LETTER ________ THREE HOURS.

FOR

500

WHEN I WAS WATCHING TV, SOMEONE  __________ THE DOOR.   

KNOCKED

POSITIVE- NEGATIVE- QUESTION

100

I HAVE BEEN TO LONDON (SAY THE NEGATIVE FORM)

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO LONDON.

200

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STUDYING ENGLISH? ANSWER IT

...

300

SHE WAS DRINKING COFFEE WHEN HE LEFT. (ASK A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED WITH THIS SENTENCE)

WHAT WAS SHE DOING WHEN HE LEFT?

400

SHE BOUGHT A NEWSPAPER AND THEN SHE HAD A COFFEE IN A SMALL CAFÉ.   (ASK A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED WITH THIS SENTENCE)

WHAT DID SHE DO YESTERDAY?

500

I'VE KNOWN HER FOR TWO YEARS.  (ASK A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED WITH THIS SENTENCE)

HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN HER?