TENSES Simple and Continuous Ms Azzah Simple Present

TENSES Simple and Continuous Ms. Azzah

Simple Present simple Past simple Ms. Azzah Future simple

continuous Present continuo us Past continuo us Ms. Azzah Future continuo us

PRESENT SIMPLE Ms. Azzah

USE v Express a habit. 1)I get up at 7: 30 a. m. 2)Ali smokes too much. v A fact which is always true. 1)Vegetarians don’t eat meat. 2)We come from Spain. v A fact which is true for a long time. 1)She works in a bank. Ms. Azzah

FORM: POSITIVE & NEGATIVE. I We You They Live Don’t live He She It Lives Doesn’t live near here. Ms. Azzah

QUESTION: SHORT ANSWER v. Do you live near here ? v. Does he live near here? Ms. Azzah

QUESTION: WH QUESTION Where do does I We You they He She It Ms. Azzah Live?

TIME TO PRACTICE Ms. Azzah

v 1) Monica (eat) _______ eggs. 2) Teddy and Monica (eat) _______ eggs. 3) Mickie (study) _______ English every day. 4) Arthur and Jason (study) _______ English on Monday and Tuesday. 5) Angie and I (drink) _______ coffee. 6) Eva (like) _______ chocolate. 7) Dustin (watch) _______ movies. 8) Yoko (play) _______ the piano. 9) The students (take) _______ tests. 10)It (rain) _______ here a lot. Ms. Azzah

v 1) Dennis (cook) _______ on Wednesday. v 2) Marcella and I (cook) _______ on Tuesday. v 3) Spencer (wash) _______ his car on Sunday. v 4) Tammy and I (wash) _______ our car on Monday. v 5) You (study) _______ science on Thursday. v 6) Thomas (study) _______ math on Friday. v 7) Rickie (play) _______ golf and tennis. v 8) Justin and I (play) _______ basketball and soccer. v 9) Kim (read) _______ fiction novels. v 10) Richard and David (read) _______ the newspaper. Ms. Azzah

v 1) I (be) _______ sixteen years old. v 2) Tommy (live) _______ at 107 Pine Lane. v 3) Juana (cook) _______ dinner for her family. v 4) They (eat) _______ lunch at 12: 00. v 5) Nina (take) _______ medicine when she is sick. Ms. Azzah

v 6) I (like) _______ chocolate. v 7) He (drive) _______ a nice car. v 8) We(want)_______to see a movie tonight. v 9) Mr. Anderson (teach) _______ chemistry at Hill High School. v 10) They (study) _______ English at school. Ms. Azzah

v 11) I (want) _______ to go home now. 12) Bill and Calicia (drive) _______ to the mountains every year. 13) We (eat) _______ pasta once a week. 14) It (snow) _______ here in December. 15) When Dax (take) _______ a shower, he (wash) _______ his hair with shampoo. Ms. Azzah

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Ms. Azzah

USE v An activity happening now. They are playing football in the garden. v An activity happening around now. She’s studying computer at university. / I'm reading a good book by Henry James. v A planned future arrangement. I'm meeting Miss Smith at ten o’clock tomorrow. What are you doing this evening? Ms. Azzah

FORM: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. am/is /are + (v + ing) “present participle” I am am not He She It Is Is n’t We You They ‘re(are) are not working. Ms. Azzah

QUESTION: SHORT ANSWER. v Are you going? Yes , I am. Don’t say yes, I’m. No , I’m not. v Is Rola working? Yes she is/ No she isn’t. Ms. Azzah

QUESTION : WH am I is He She it What are We You they Ms. Azzah Wearing?

PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS � Hans is coming from Germany � Hans comes from Germany � This is a great wedding party. Everyone has a good time. � This is a great wedding party. Everyone is having a good time. � I read a good book at the moment. � I’m reading a good book at the moment. Ms. Azzah

NOTICE v There are some verbs that are usually used in the present simple only. They express a state , not an activity. v like , agree, understand , love. � I like coffee. � I’m liking coffee. Ms. Azzah

v 1) Jason (listen) ________ to music now. v 2) I (talk) ________ now. v 3) Erin and Jessica (make) ________ a cake right now. v 4) Shhh. . . be quiet! The teacher (speak) ________ now! v 5) Marcos and I (study) ________ English now. Ms. Azzah

v 6) Are Daniel and James playing football this year? No, they ________ soccer. v 7) Emily (eat) _____ breakfast now. 8) My car (make) ________ strange noises. I need to get it checked v out. 9) Mr. Cooper: Hello. May I speak to Andrew? v Bob: No, he (sleep) ________ right now. May I take a message? v 10) Jennifer: Is Rosa coming to the park with us? Yoko: No, she (work) ________ today. Jennifer: Oh, poor girl! Ms. Azzah

PAST SIMPLE Ms. Azzah

USE v To express a past action that is now finished. v Using time expressions(last year, in 1989, yesterday, a week ago). We played football last yesterday. John left two minutes ago. Ms. Azzah

FORM I He/she/it We You They Finished Arrived went Ms. Azzah Yesterday.

NEGATIVE: DIDN’T v He worked. v He didn’t work�. I He/she/it We You They Didn’t (did not) Ms. Azzah Arrive yesterday.

QUESTION: SHORT ANSWER v Did you go to work yesterday? v Did it rain last night ? Ms. Azzah

QUESTION: WH When did She You They He Ms. Azzah arrive?

PRACTICE Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past tense. Some verbs are regular and some are irregular. Ms. Azzah

v 1) The professor (teach) _______ five classes Monday. He (be) _______ very tired afterward. v 2) You (feed) _______ the birds that we saw yesterday. Some of them (be) _______ cardinals. v 3) Andy (go) _______ first on the trail Saturday, because he (know) _______ the way better than we did. v 4) The house (be) _______ dirty after they left. We (clean) _______ it yesterday. v 5) The boys (put) _______ the motorcycles in the garage, then they (eat) _______ v lunch. Ms. Azzah

v 6) My friends and I (find) _______ some gold in the river. Then we (look) _______ for more. v 7) I (like) _______ to write poetry when I (be) _______ eight years old. v 8) Charlotte and I (see) ______ lightening in the sky Thursday night; the storm (come) _______ fast. v 9) The children (go) _______ to the park yesterday. They (stay) _______ for two hours. v 10) We (play) _______ outside after it (snow) _______. Three inches of snow (fall) _______ that day. Ms. Azzah

PAST CONTINUOUS Ms. Azzah

USE v Express a past activity that has a duration. I met her while I was living in Paris. v The activity began before the action expressed in the past. She was making coffee when we arrived. v Express an activity in progress before, and probably after, a time in the past. v When I woke up this morning , the sun was shining. Ms. Azzah

FORM I He She It We You They Wasn’t (was not) Werent (were not) Ms. Azzah Working.

QUESTION: SHORT ANSWER. v Were you working yesterday? v Was she studying when she arrived? Ms. Azzah

WH/ QUESTION was What were I He She It We You They Ms. Azzah Doing?

PRACTICE Ms. Azzah

v 1) Dr. Andrews (call) _______ his patient earlier today. 2) My brother and I (buy) _______ donuts for breakfast at nine o'clock this v morning. 3) Becky (skate) _______ when she fell and broke her ankle. 4) They (bake) _______ twelve cherry pies yesterday. 5) Ms. Rodriguez (teach) _______ three classes last year while Mr. Leonard was teaching two. Ms. Azzah

v 6) The child (play) _________ a game with his friend when his mother v called him. 7) The Senate (meet) _______ in a closed session on Tuesday. 8) The statues (sit) _______ on the lawn for decades. 9) The comedians (joke) _______ with the audience earlier. 10) She (think) _______ of traveling to Spain, but her mother became ill, so v she stayed home to care for her. Ms. Azzah

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OR PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE. Ms. Azzah

PRACTICE Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past tense or past progressive tense. Ms. Azzah

v Example: Jing (talk) was talking (past progressive tense) to her little sister when her cell phone (lose) lost (simple past tense) its signal. v Example: Ashley and Manny (stroll) were strolling (past progressive tense) through the zoo when, suddenly, they (see) saw (simple past tense) a lion attack its trainer. Ms. Azzah

v 1) We (walk) _______ by the bakery when the smell of fresh cinnamon rolls (reach) ______ our noses. v 2) Dr. Lee (treat) ________ her patient when she (get) ____ a signal from her pager. v 3) Annie and Lilly (climb) _______ trees when Annie (fall) ______ and (break) ____ her arm. v 4) While Christopher (dig) _______ a hole in the sand, a crab (crawl) ______ out. v 5) They (sit) _______ on the park bench when the fountain suddenly (light) ______ up. Ms. Azzah

v 6) David (ride) _______ his motorcycle on the dirt road when it (hit) ____ a dangerous bump. v 7) Mr. Walker (earn) _______ more than anyone else in his division when he (retire)_____ last year. v 8) The lost dog (wear) _______ his collar when the children (find) ______ him. v 9) Marcella (hope) _______ to buy a yacht; instead she (buy) _____a small fishing boat. v 10) Nick (water) _______ the plants in the garden when a groundhog (appear) ______. Ms. Azzah

FUTURE SIMPLE Ms. Azzah

FORM v. S+ will---v. S + be going to + --v. Present continuous. Ms. Azzah

HOW TO USE IT Going to Future Present continuous will Ms. Azzah unplanne d

EXAMPLES 1. I’m going to watch a movie tonight. 2. You’re going to see the doctor tomorrow. 3. Miguel is going to fix his car later today. 4. Sarah and Daniel are going to buy a laptop next month. 5. The dog is going to eat its food soon. 6. We’re going to move to Florida next year. 7. The game is going to begin in 10 minutes. 8. Mrs. Medina is going to sign the house contract next Monday. Ms. Azzah

SELECT THE BEST ANSWER. __ 1. I ____ the laundry this afternoon. (A) is going to do (B) am going to do (C) are going to do __ 2. We ____ at the new Italian restaurant tomorrow night. (A) am going to eat (B) is going to eat (C) are going to eat __ 3. Carolyn ____ her baby next month. (A) is going to have (B) am going to have (C) are going to have Ms. Azzah

FUTURE CONTINUOUS Ms. Azzah

USE v We use the future continuous tense to talk about things that have been planned or likely to happen. v The Future Continuous Tense expresses an activity that will continue at time in the future. Ms. Azzah

FORM v will + be (v + -ing) is, am, are + going to + be + (v + ing) v (I will be reading when you come. ) Ms. Azzah

Now Past I will begin to study at 8 p. m. My father will come home at 9 p. m. I will be studying when he comes home. 8 p. m. Ms. Azzah 9 p. m. Futur e

STORY v - When I arrive at the party, everybody is going to be celebrating. Some will be dancing. Others are going to talking. A few people will be eating pizza, and several people are going to be drinking tea. Ms. Azzah

HOW DO WE USE FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE. 1. Expressing activity will be happening at a time in the future. - He will be living in Thailand this time next year. 2. Interrupted action in the future - I will be watching T. V. when she arrives. 3. Parallel actions in the future - I am going to be studying and he is going to be making dinner. Ms. Azzah

LET’S PRACTICES. 1. Howard will be……… (leave) for Bangkok next Sunday. 2. My parents …………(move) house this weekend. 3. The final term………. (end) next three months. 4. Catherine ………. (write) the invitations and Carol ………(send) them out. 5. Next year, Mark………. . (go) to USA. 6. When she……. . (come) home tonight, her mother ………(watch) television. Ms. Azzah

Fill in the verbs in brackets in the Future Progressive. Example: Max _______ on the computer when his mother comes home. (to play) Answer: Max will be playing on the computer when his mother comes home. 1) Peggy to the party on Saturday. (to come) 2) We him tomorrow. (to meet) 3) This time next week he to South Africa. (to fly) 4) At 6 o'clock on Friday the new song. (to sing) 5) It when I reach Bangkok. (to rain) 6) Tomorrow at nine I a test. (to write) 7) Andy a video when I arrive tonight. (to watch) 8) You pizza soon. (to eat) 9) She when you telephone her. (to sleep) Ms. Azzah 10) They in Budapest just about now. (to arrive)

1) Peggy will be coming to the party on Saturday. 2) We will be meeting him tomorrow. 3) This time next week he will be flying to South Africa. 4) At 6 o'clock on Friday they will be singing the new song. 5) It will probably be raining when I reach Bangkok. 6) Tomorrow at nine I will be writing a test. 7) Andy will be watching a video when I arrive tonight. 8) You will be eating pizza soon. 9) She will be sleeping when you telephone her. 10) They will be arriving in Budapest just about now. Ms. Azzah