all present, past and future tenses

8/14/2019 All Present, Past and Future Tenses

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What a language course can do

James CookFill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I (learn) English for seven ears now. !. "ut last ear I (not # work) hard enough for English$ that%s wh m marks(not # &e) reall that good then. '. s I (pass # want) m English eam successfull net ear$ I (stud) harder thisterm. *. +uring m last summer holidas$ m parents (send) me on a language course to,ondon. -. It (&e) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot. . "efore I (go) to ,ondon$ I (not # en/o) learning English. 0. "ut while I (do) the language course$ I (meet) lots of oung people from allover the world. . 2here I (notice) how important it (&e) to speak foreign languages nowadas. 3. 4ow I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) &efore the course.

15. t the moment I (revise) English grammar. 11. nd I (&egin # alread) to read the tets in m English tet&ooks again. 1!. I (think) I (do) one unit ever week. 1'. 6 eam (&e) on 1- 6a$ so there (not # &e) an time to &e lost. 1*. If I (pass) m eams successfull$ I (start) an apprenticeship in 7eptem&er. 1-. nd after m apprenticeship$ ma&e I (go) &ack to ,ondon to work there for awhile. 1. s ou (see # can) $ I (&ecome) a real ,ondon fan alread.


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What a language course can do

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I have been learningaction that started in the past and is still going on now,

emphasis is put on the duration (signal word: for seven years) - Present

Perfect Progressive English for seven years now.

2. ut last year I was not wor!ing hard enough for English, that"s why my mar!s

were not1st verb: you can either use past progressive or simple past.

a) #ast #rogressive: puts emphasis on the duration

b) $imple #ast: puts emphasis on the fact

2nd verb: a fact in the past - Simple Past. really that good then.

3. %s I want to pass my English e&am successfully ne&t year, I am going to

study'st verb: situation in the present - Simple Present (after "want" use "to"

infinitive)

nd verb: decision made for the future -Future I going to. harder this term.

4. *uring my last summer holidays, my parents sentcompleted action in the past

- Simple Past me on a language course to +ondon.

5. It was great and I thin! I have learned'st verb: fact in the past - Simple Past

nd verb: situation in the present - Simple Presentrd verb: finished action that has an influence on the present. emphasis is on

the result -Present Perfect Simple a lot.

6. efore I went to +ondon, I had not enoyed'st verb: action in the past - Simple

Past

nd verb: action ta!ing place before that certain time in the past (signal word:

before) -Past Perfect. learning English.

7. ut while I was doing the language course, I met'st verb: action ta!ing place

only for a certain period in the past -Past Progressive

nd verb: short actions in the past ta!ing place in the middle of another action

- Simple Past. lots of young people from all over the world.

8. here I noticed how important it is'st verb: observation in the past - Simple

Past

nd verb: general fact that is true for the present - Simple Present to spea!

foreign languages nowadays.

9. /ow I have much more fun learning English than I had'st verb: situation in

the present - Simple Present

nd verb: situation in the past - Simple Past before the course.

10.%t the moment I am revisingaction happening around now (signal word: at themoment) -Present Progressive English grammar.
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11.%nd I have already begunaction that has ust started (signal word: already),

emphasis is put on the fact (not the duration) -Present Perfect Simple to

read the te&ts in my English te&tboo!s again.

12.I thin! I will do'st verb: feeling in the present - Simple Present

nd verb: assumption with regard to the future (signal word: I thin!) -Future Iwill one unit every wee!.

13.0y e&am is on '1 0ay, so there is not'st verb: the e&act date for the e&am is

already scheduled - Simple Present.

nd verb: idiomatic e&pression any time to be lost.

14.If I pass my e&ams successfully, I will startdonditional sentence type I: if

$imple #resent, Future I will an apprenticeship in $eptember.

15.%nd after my apprenticeship, maybe I will goassumption 2 dream for the

futureermutung -Future I mit will. bac! to +ondon to wor! there for a while.

'3. %s you can see, I have become'st verb: situation in the present - Simple

Present (after "can" use the infinitive without "to")

nd verb: situation from the past to the present, emphasis is put on the fact -

Present Perfect Simple a real +ondon fan already.
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