Transcript Tenses - GEOCITIES.ws

Verb tenses
Simple present
• Simple present is used to talk about facts ,
habits and with adverbs of frequency :
• He, she, it
base (infinitive + s )
• I, we, they, you
( base) infinitive
Time adverbials
• Indefinite adverbs
• Always, sometimes, often , usually ,
normally ,generally, frequently.
• Definite adverbs
• daily, weekly, every(day,week,month,year) ,
now and then, from time to time, ever, never
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For example
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Ali --------ever------computer(not , use )
Ali hasn’t ever used computer
We-------already-------school(leaf )
We have already left school
Present continuous
• I
• He, she, it
• we, they, you
am + v-ing
is+v-ing
are+v-ing
Time adverbials
• Adverbs with present continuous :
• At the moment , at this time , at the present
• Special expressions as :
look , listen, be careful, be quiet.
Present perfect
• It I sued to talk about actions that happened
in the past but their effect is still.
• He, she, it
has+ p.p
• I, we, they, you
have+ p.p
Time adverbials
• Adverbs used with present perfect
• Since, yet, so far, up to now, lately,
recently, just
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Sawsan ----at this time(sing)
Sawsan is singing at this time.
She -----now (dance)
She is dancing now.
Time adverbials
• Simple past is used with these adverbs of
time :
• yesterday ,ago ,in 1990 ,in the past ,last
week ,last month ,last year ,the previous
(day ,week,month,year,)
For example
• Shakespeare ------many plays many years ago . (
write)
** Shakespeare wrote many plays many years ago.
• Salma -------home work last Sunday .( not ,do )
** Salma didn’t write home work last Sunday.
Past continuous
• I, he , she , it
• We , they , you
was +ing
were +v-ing
Time adverbials
• Past continuous is used with the following
adverbs :
• When ,while , as, just as
Example :
She didn’t hear you as she-------- to her
mother. ( speak )
• She didn’t hear you as she was speaking to
her mother .
Past perfect
• It is used when two verbs happened in the past ;
the one happened before is always past perfect :
• Its structure is
** Sub+had+p.p
• They had studied their homework before they
went out
Time adverbials
• The adverbs that come with past perfect are :
• Before , after, by+any year in the past)
(when –already), no sooner, (by the time +
sub+v2.)
For example
• Before I went to school ,I --------- TV .
(watch)
• Before I went to school ,I had wached TV .
• I visited you after I ------my home work
(do)
• I visited you after I had done home work