Transcript Unit 1

Tense
 Noun: time
 Adjective: nervous
 Verb: to make someone nervous
Examples:
It is the tense to work hard.
She is a very tense girl.
They tense Ali when he goes home.
Tense
The tenses of the verbs indicate two important
things about the action concerned: the time of
the action –present, past or future and the kind
of the action –single, repeated, continuous,
completed, incomplete, and so on.
TENSE: is general, unspecific (Past, Present, Future)
TIME: is specific, known
(Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)
Note: The word “Tense” is derived from the Latin word
‘Tempus” which means time.
Tense Periods
Past
Present
Future
Tense Forms
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
Perfect
Progressive
He is smiling.
Present Continuous
Tense
The Present Continuous
Structures
+, Sub + be + verb, ing + R. O. S.
ex. She is speaking English.
-, Sub + be not + verb, ing + R. O. S.
ex. She is not speaking English
?, Be + sub + verb, ing + R. O. S?
ex. Is she speaking English?
W H-?, W H- be + sub + verb-ing + R. O. S + ?
ex. What is she eating?
Usages
 Use 1:
Present continuous shows actions happening now, at
the time of speaking.
Examples:
 She is sitting.
 They are reading their books.
Continued…
 Use 2:
It is used to talk about actions happening in a
period around now. (today/this week/ year…)
Examples:
 You are practicing a lot today.
 They are enjoying much this weekend.
Continued…
 Use 3:
It is used to indicate that something will or will not
happen in the future.
Note: In this case, we use future time expressions, such
as tonight, tomorrow, next week, next month two days
later…etc.
 ex. I am meeting after the class.
ENOUGH FOR
TODAY 