Hassan Dakhil High School

1. Hassan Dakhil High School • Unit 5 GRAMMAR • English Tense Review • Teacher : HoussineHasni

2. Verb Tense Review The Importance of Time Verb tense expresses the time of an event or action. Time and how it is expressed in writing is very important to English readers. The English language has twelve different tenses. In this lesson, we will review the meaning of each verb tense.

3. Simple Present Tense is used: • When you are referring to habitual actions--actions that you always or never do • When you are referring to unchanging truths • When you are making general statements of fact

4. Examples • (habit) He always comes late to class. • (unchanging truth) The sun rises in the east. • (general statement of fact) They are friendly. simple present tense

5. Indicators simple present tense

6. Form simple present tense

7. Diagram--time on a line NOW X X X X X X X X X X Past Future simple present tense

8. The Simple Present Tense Expresses a habit or often repeated action. Adverbs of frequency such as, often, seldom, sometimes, never, etc. are used with this tense. She goes to work everyday. They alwayseat lunch together.

9. The Simple Present Tense This tense also expresses general truths or facts that are timeless. Snow falls in December in Ifrane. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

10. The Present Progressive Tense Also called the Present Continuous Tense

11. The Present Progressive Tense is Used: • When an activity is in progress now at the moment of speaking • When an activity began before now and continues into the future without stopping. • When an activity is temporary. • When an activity is developing and changing.

12. Examples • I’m explaining something to the class right now. • He’s taking 16 credits this semester. • She is understanding English more and more because she moved into the dorm. Present Progressive Tense

13. Indicators Present Progressive Tense

14. Form Present Progressive Tense

15. Diagram--time on a line NOW Past Future Present Progressive Tense

16. The Present Progressive This tense is used to describe an action that is occurring right now (at this moment, today, this year, etc.). The action has begun and is still in progress. She is typing a paper for her class. He can’t talk. He is fixing the sink right now.

17. The Present Progressive The present progressive can also be used to describe an action that is occurring in the present, but is temporary. John is living in Modesto, but he might move soon.

18. Simple Past Tense

19. The Simple Past Tense is Used: • When an activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past--in other words, when an activity or situation is completed in the past • To refer to past habits

20. Examples • (Completed action in the past) He was late to class yesterday. • (Completed action in the past) We arrived three weeks ago. • (Past habit) She always wrote a letter to her mother on Sunday night. Simple Past Tense

21. Indicators Simple Past Tense

22. Form Simple Past Tense

23. Diagram--time on a line NOW X Future Past Simple Past Tense

24. The Simple Past We use the simple past to indicate exactly when an action or event took place in the past. I visited my sister yesterday. We went out to dinner last night.

25. The Simple Past The simple past is used to describe actions and/or events that are now completed and no longer true in the present. I attended MJC in 1998. (I no longer attend MJC.) I saw a movie every weekend when I was a teenager. (I don’t see movies very much anymore.)

26. Past Progressive • This tense is used to refer to activities continuously in progress around a time in the past. • Example: They were eating when the taxi arrived. • Form: was or were + verbing

27. The Past Progressive The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the past. The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past. I was studying for an exam while my mother was cooking dinner. We were walking in the park around 7 p.m. last night.

28. The Past Progressive The past progressive is often used with the simple past to show that one action was in progress when another action occurred. I was taking a bath when the doorbell rang. They were eating dinner when the neighbors stopped by for a visit.

29. The Present Perfect A tense very commonly used in English to refer to the past!

30. The Present Perfect is Used: • When an activity happened at an unspecified time in the past (before the present) • When an activity has been repeated several times before now • When an activity was very recently completed before now • When an activity is not completed in the past

31. Examples • (unspecified time before now) They have already seen that movie. • (repeated activity before now) We have visited New York City many times. • (an action has recently been completed before now) I have just eaten. • (action not completed in the past) I have studied Spanish for many years. Present Perfect Tense

32. Indicators Present Perfect Tense

33. Form 1have or has + past participle Present Perfect Tense

34. Form 2 Present Perfect Tense

35. Diagram 1--time on a line NOW X ? Past Future Present Perfect Tense

36. Diagram 2--time on a line NOW X X X X X Past Future Present Perfect Tense

37. The Present Perfect The present perfect is used to talk about an event that began in the past and continues up to the present. He has lived in Modesto for two years. (He began living in Modesto two years ago and he still lives there.)

38. The Present Perfect The present perfect is also used to talk about an event that was completed in the past, but the specific time of the event is not important. I have seen that movie before. He has already visited Vietnam. (Specific dates and times are not mentioned.)

39. Present Perfect Progressive • This tense is used to describe actions that have been continuously in progress before now. These actions are not completed. • Example: I have been waiting here for the last two hours. • Form: have or has + been + verbing

40. Present Perfect Progressive This tense is used to describe the duration of an action that began in the past and continues into the present. He has been studying grammar for an hour. She has been cookingall day. (He is still studying and she is still cooking.)

41. Present Perfect Progressive This tense is also used to describe events that have been in progress recently and are rather temporary. She has been living in Taiwan for the last two months, but she plans to move soon.

42. The Past Perfect This tense describes completed events that took place in the past before another past event. it hit my friend stopped by had received had eaten The Titanic had received many warnings before it hit the iceberg. I had already eaten when my friend stopped by to visit.

43. Past Perfect Progressive This tense is used to emphasize the duration of an action that was completed before another action or event in the past. had been driving she found the right office She had been driving around the city for three hours before she finally found the right office.

44. Past Perfect Progressive • This tense is used when an activity was continuously in progress before a specific time in the past. • Example: I had been thinking about her before she called. • Form: had + been + verbing

45. Future Tense

46. The Future Tense is Used: • To indicate that an activity or event will take place at a time in the future

47. Examples • When I’m retired, I’m going to travel. • Next week, we will work on punctuation. • He is going to get his car fixed tomorrow. • Our plane departs at noon next Friday. Future

48. Indicators Future

49. Form 1 Future

50. Form 2 Future