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GRAMMAR: Tense review (simple and continuous)
Complete the descriptions of different tenses. Use the sentences in the grammar box to help you.
Which tense describes .
1 past experiences with no spedificpast time given?
present perfect
2 an action in progress in the past?
3 acompleted action in the past?
4 a habit or repeated action in the present?
5 an action in progress in the present?
6 an action that started sometime in the past and is still continuing?
Simple and continuous tenses
simple present
Every year Iset myselfagoal of learning a new skil.
Im saving money to open a small studio.
I faced my fear, went in there, and caught that spider.
I was working in a summer camp when it happened.
present continuous
simple past
past continuous
present perfect
Ive done a lot of different things.
present perfect continuous This year Fve been learning computer animation.
Now go to page 129.Look at the grammar chart and do the grammar exercise for 1.1.
Choose five time expressions from the box and write sentences that aretrue for you.
atthe moment
at 8oclock this morning
for the last three months
never
every day
last year
since I was a child
now
oncea week
when I got home
yesterday
t was raining when lleft the house this morning.
[ GROUP WORK ] Read your sentences to your group.
How many of your sentences are the same or similar?
SPEAKING
[ PAIR WORK] Read the sentences and discuss which
ones are true for you. If they are false, explain why.
1 Iwon amedal when I was in high school.
2 rvebeen studying English for more than 10years.
3 lonce got more than 100 likes for a post on social media.
4 rm saving money to go on vacation next year.
5 Ihave never been afraid of anything.
| GROUP WORK ] Report back to the class on the five
things you learned about your partner.
1
Juan runs marathons, and hes won five medals for
running.Hes beenstudying English for three years.
Hedoesn't likesocial media, so hes never.
