Transcript + Present Perfect

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Word Jam
Cañada College
August2015
Instructor: Nooshin Vassei
Verb Tense Summary
Nooshin Vassei
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Part I:
Grammar:
• Verb Tenses
o Simple Present
o Simple Past
o Present Progressive
o Present Perfect
• Irregular Verbs
Part II:
Reading Strategies
• Skimming
• Scanning
• Post reading Questions
Listening Strategies
• Expressions signaling the Topic
Note taking Strategies
• Writing Key words
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VERB TENSES
Verb tense
Example
Simple Present
I work everyday
Simple Past
I worked last Sunday
Simple Future
I am going to work on Friday
I will work on Friday
Present Progressive
I am working right now
Present Perfect
I have worked here before
Present Perfect
Progressive
I have been working for 6 hours
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Verb Forms
Base
(present)
Past
Present
participle
Past
Participle
Work
Worked
Working Worked
Play
Played
Playing
Played
Eat
Ate
Eating
Eaten
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Simple Present
The present tense is used for
action happening at the time of
speaking or writing: She lives in
Toronto.
 It is used to indicate habitual
actions: I exercise every
morning.
 It is also used to express
general truths (Time flies) and
scientific knowledge (Light
travels faster than sound)
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Base form of verb
I work everyday.
You drive to school on Mondays.
Maria goes to church on Sundays.
The family lives on Elm street.
The sky is blue.
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Simple Past
Showing action that
happened in the past and
which does not extend
into the present.
The simple past tense of a
regular verb is created by
adding ‘ed’, ‘d’.
Irregular verbs have a
variety of endings.
http://www.grammar.cl/Past/Irregular_
Verbs_List.htm
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Present Progressive
1. Now
To express the idea that something is happening now,
at this very moment.
Examples:
• I am sitting.
• I am not standing.
• Is he sitting or standing?
“be verb” + Base + ing
2. Longer Actions in Progress Now
In English, "now" can mean: this second, today, this
month, this year, this century, and so on. Sometimes,
we use the Present Continuous to say that we are in
the process of doing a longer action which is in
progress;
• I am studying to become a doctor.
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Present Perfect
Expresses an action that began in the past
and which has recently been completed or
continues into the present.
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Present Perfect
The present perfect is formed by combining
has or have with a past participle.
I have read the book
She has studied for her exam
The dog has eaten the cake
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Past Participle of Irregular Verbs
http://www.myenglishteacher.net/irregular_verbs.html
Commonly used English irregular verbs practice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh7dyQB5SRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHEjTKRRbrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAmznNEwbOo
Simple Past/Present Perfect
Sometimes the simple past and the present perfect can be
confusing. It is important to remember that the past
simple is used to express a finished past action which
occurs at a specific moment in the past.
I saw Batman last Tuesday.
The present perfect is used to express something that
happened at an unspecified moment in the past.
I have seen Batman.
Note that the moment in time is specific in the past form
I visited Paris in 2004 (or a few years ago).
Present Perfect: I've been to Paris. I've visited Paris.
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Present Perfect
Progressive
(have/has been) + the present participle of
the verb
I have been living in California for 20
years
She has been studying all weekend
Remember that the Present Perfect Continous
has the meaning of "lately" or "recently."
Simple Past,
Present Perfect, and
Present Perfect Progressive
Adventure Travel
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Focus on Grammar 4
Part I, Unit 3
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Simple Past, Present Perfect,
Present Perfect Progressive
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Use the simple past to talk about things that
happened and were completed in the past.
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Use the present perfect and the present perfect
progressive to talk about things that started in the
past, but were not completed.
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We often use the present perfect and the present perfect
progressive with for and since. Use for to show how long
something has been true and since to show when something
started.
Use the simple past with past time expressions. (ago, last
year)
The present perfect without for or since shows that an
activity is finished. We often say how many or how many
times with this use of the present perfect.
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Test your Knowledge
http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/past2.html
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm
http://www.englischhilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_statements.htm
http://www.englischhilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_statements2.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/presentprogressive/form/exercises?form02
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/grammar/present.html
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_presentcontinuous_quiz.htm
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1F.html
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Test your knowledge
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-1
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-2
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-3
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs9.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs10.htm
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Part II
Reading Strategies
Skimming
Scanning
Post reading
Listening Strategies
Expressions signaling the Topic
Note taking Strategies
Writing Key words
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When we read a paragraph, a passage, a story, an essay
or article, we basically:
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Identify the main idea of a passage
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Read a passage for specific details/facts
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Understand meaning of words in context
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Understand the sequence of events
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Identify the author’s purpose/conclusion for
writing the passage
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Make inferences based on the facts presented in a
passage
+ Reading Exercise
The Travel Bug
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar28.htm
Man Injured at Fast Food Place
A. Comprehension Questions:
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/qs/q002a.htm
B. Story:
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/stories/story002.htm
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/qs/q002b.htm