English present and past tenses revision

1. are formed from verbs, but are never used alone as
action words in sentences.

2. TO EAT / EAT
EATEN
EATING
VERBALS
HAVE EATEN

3. PRESENT SIMPLE – she eats
PAST SIMPLE – she didn’t eat
FUTURE SIMPLE – will she eat?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS – she IS eatING
PAST CONTINUOUS– she WAS eatING
FUTURE CONTINUOUS – she will BE eatING
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS –
she HAS BEEN eatING
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS –
she HAD BEEN eatING
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE – she HAS EATEN
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE – she HAD EATEN
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS – she HAS BEEN eatING
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS – she HAD BEEN eatING
FUTURE PERFECT – she will HAVE EATEN
VERBALS IN TENSES

4. AUXILIARY VERBS +
VERBALS
GERUND (-ing)
PAST PARTICIPLE
(-ed/ 3rd column)
PRESENT INFINITIVE
OR
PERFECT INFINITIVE

5. any of the forms of a verb used to show
the time of the action or state expressed by the verb

6. always When I was running
In my life
In 2001
By the
time I’m
back
Next year
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
When I was a child
This morning
Every Monday
never
Before I was
born
tomorro
w
In New Year’s
Eve
This week
At this
moment
This time next Monday

7. PAST PRESEN FUTURE
T PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT
SIMPLE
PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT
PERFECT SIMPLE
PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
WILL
TO BE GOING TO
FUTURE PERFECT
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
QUIZ

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PRESENT
PRESENT SIMPLE
routine action
state or fact
I go to the swimming pool three times a week.
I have got one brother and two sisters.
It rains a lot in Santander .
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
action in progress at the moment
temporary situations
annoying situations
changing situations
Mary is studying now.
I’m staying with Jill for a few days until I found an
apartment for myself.
You’re always making noise!
His illness is getting worse.
Frequency adverbs
Every day/
month/year…
Now
At the moment
currently
For a few days, these days, this week…
Always, forever,
constantly…
Little by little, gradually…
EXERCISE

9. PRESENT
**STATIVE VERBS**
Normally used in the
SIMPLE forms.
Agree
believe
like
love
hate
understand
know
consist
When used in the continuous forms,
they have a DIFFERENT MEANING
include
matter
mean
need
prefer
Remember
…
I think that new technologies improve learning. (OPINION)
I'm thinking about spending the holidays at my grandparents'. (CONSIDERATION)
You are not stupid. (YOUR PERSONALITY)
You are being stupid. (ONLY NOW, NOT USUALLY)
COMPLETE LIST
and EXAMPLES
MORE EXAMPLES
EXERCISE
On your notebook

10. PRESENT
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
for something that started in the past and continues in the present
They’ve been married for nearly fifty years.
She has lived in Liverpool all her life.
for something we have done several times in the past and continue to do
I’ve played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.
He has written three books and he is working on another one.
when we are talking about our experience up to the present
My last birthday was the worst day I have ever had.
Have you ever met George?
for something that happened in the past but is important at the time of speaking
I can’t get in the house. I’ve lost my keys.
Teresa isn’t at home. I think she has gone shopping.
PAST PRESENT
basically:

11. PRESENT
Moodle
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
just
recently
ever
so far
up to now
until now
for
since
yet
already
To add enphasis to the duration of the action:
She's been working here since 2004.
We've been waiting for the bus for hours.
For actions that have just stopped and have a result which we can see:
I've been running, so I'm really hot.
It's been raining, the pavement is wet.
EXERCISE

12. PAST
PAST SIMPLE
On your notebook
for actions that happened once or again and again in the past:
I met my wife in 1983.
When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day.
for actions that were true for some time in the past:
I lived abroad for ten years.
She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.
PAST CONTINUOUS
ago
for an action in progress for some time:
Everyone was shouting.
They were meeting secretly after school.
for actions in progress while another action happened or during a
particular time:
The children were doing their homework when I got home.
It was eight o’clock. I was writing a letter.
= present continuous.
EXERCISE

13. PAST
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
On your notebook
for actions that happened or were in progress before a given time in the
past or another past action or situation:
She didn’t want to move. She had lived in Liverpool all her life.
Past situation
Everything was wet. It had been raining for hours.
Past situation
I was sorry when the factory closed. I had worked there since I left school
Given past time
Teresa wasn’t at home. She had gone shopping.
Past situation
EXERCISE

14. PAST
**NARRATIVE TENSES**
PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Moodle
EXERCISE