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The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

s & ʃ

Seven slick slimy snails, shoved each other slowly sliding southward

i: I

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.

The tense system in theory

1. I love Barcelona. 2. I arrived on Saturday3. I am enjoying it. 4. I wasn’t expecting it to be so much work5. I have taught 4 classes already! 6. I hadn’t thought much about teaching

before.7. We have been learning Macedonian too! 8. I will be busy this weekend9. I will be writing an assignment on it. 10. We got lost and had been wandering around

for ages when eventually we found the bar.11. I will have been here a week already

tomorrow. 12. By the end of the course I will have been

teaching for a whole month.

a. Simple presentb. Present continuousc. Present perfectd. Present perfect

continuouse. Simple pastf. Past continuousg. Past perfecth. Past perfect continuousi. Simple futurej. Future continuousk. Future perfectl. Future perfect continuous

1. I love Barcelona. Simple present2. I arrived on Saturday Simple past3. I am enjoying it. Present continuous4. I wasn’t expecting it to be so much workPast continuous5. I have taught 4 classes already! Present perfect6. I hadn’t thought much about teaching before. Past perfect7. We have been learning Macedonian too! Present perfect

continuous8. I will be busy this weekend Simple future9. I will be writing an assignment on it. Future continuous10.We got lost and had been wandering around for ages when

eventually we found the bar. Past perfect continuous11.I will have been here a week already tomorrow. Future perfect12.By the end of the course I will have been teaching for a whole

month. Future perfect continuous

Checking and clarifying understanding: Timelines

Last night we ate curry.

Next month he is making a film.

(Now)

(Now)

(Now)

I love Barcelona (present simple)

I arrived on Saturday (past simple)

I am enjoying it (present continuous)

(Now)

(Now)

(Now)

I wasn’t expecting so much work (past continuous)

I have taught 9 classes already (past perfect)

I had not thought about teaching much before (past perfect)

(Now)

(Now)

(Now)

I have been learning to speak Russian (present perfect continuous)

I will be busy this weekend (Future simple)

I will be planning lessons all weekend (future continuous)

(Now)

(Now)

(Now)

We got lost in La Rambla, and had been wandering around for a long time beforefinding a good bar (past perfect continuous)

I will have been here a week tomorrow (Future perfect)

Wow, in a week I will have been teaching for a whole year (Future perfect continuous)

In pairs, make a story from these pictures.

8pm 9pm 9:30pm 11pm10pm

Reading gallery: Pin your story to the cork board, read the other postcards. Which sounds the most exciting?

a. Simple presentb. Present continuousc. Present perfectd. Present perfect continuouse. Simple pastf. Past continuousg. Past perfecth. Past perfect continuousi. Simple futurej. Future continuousk. Future perfectl. Future perfect continuous

Choose one postcard (not your own). Work with a partner and identify the tenses.

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