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Verb Tense Summary

Nooshin Vassei

Word JamCañada College

August2015

Instructor: Nooshin Vassei

+Part I:

Grammar:• Verb Tenses

o Simple Presento Simple Pasto Present Progressiveo 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

+VERB TENSES

Verb tense Example

Simple Present I work everyday

Simple Past I worked last Sunday

Simple Future I am going to work on FridayI 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 FormsBase (present)

Past Present participle

Past Participle

Work Worked Working Worked

Play Played Playing Played

Eat Ate

Eating Eaten

+ 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)

+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.

+ 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

+ Present Progressive1. NowTo 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?

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.

“be verb” + Base + ing

+ Present Perfect

Expresses an action that began in the past and which has recently been completed or continues into the present.

+ 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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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

Past Participle of Irregular Verbs

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.

+ 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."

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Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Progressive

Adventure Travel

Focus on Grammar 4Part I, Unit 3By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ WellsCopyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Use the simple past to talk about things that happened and were completed in the past.

Use the present perfect and the present perfect progressive to talk about things that started in the past, but were not completed.

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.

Simple Past, Present Perfect,Present Perfect Progressive

+ Test your Knowledge

http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/past2.html

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_statements.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_statements2.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form02

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/grammar/present.html

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1F.html

+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

+ Part II

Reading Strategies SkimmingScanningPost reading

Listening StrategiesExpressions signaling the Topic

Note taking StrategiesWriting Key words

+When we read a paragraph, a passage, a story,

an essay or article, we basically:

Identify the main idea of a passage

Read a passage for specific details/facts

Understand meaning of words in context

Understand the sequence of events

Identify the author’s purpose/conclusion for writing the passage

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