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Present & Past Tenses

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A verb tense that expresses actions

or

states at the time of speaking

Meaning of Present tense

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Kids are singing and dancing.

Example

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Meaning of Simple Present TenseIn Simple Present, the action is simply mentioned and there is nothing being said about its completeness.

It is used to talk about an action which happens on a regular basis.

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Example

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1- Mary ------Volleyball on Monday (“plays” , “play”,”plais”,)2- I ------every weekend (“swimming”, “swims”, “swim”,)3- Chris and pat -----to school at 7:30 AM (“go”, “goes”, “gos”,)4- The students ----- the homework in the afternoon (“does”, “doing”, “do”,)5- Martha ----a tree (“Climb”, “climbs”, “climbes”)

Excersice

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The present continuous is used to speak about

what is happening at the present moment in time.

For example, 'He's watching TV at the moment.’

Meaning of Present continuous

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Example

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Exercises – Present Continuous

   1 -   I ---- a sandwich now.  (to eat)

   2 - Mum  ---- a car now. (to drive)

      

3 - Dad  --- a delicious meal.  (to cook)

     

 

Exercise

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Meaning of Present perfect

Present perfect tense - a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present;

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Example

"`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect".

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Exercises Present perfect

Tim -----  a big hamburger.   

(“Have bought”, “has bought”, “ has buy)

Tim  ----- his wallet.

(“ Has lost”” have lost” “has loosed”)

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Meaning of Present perfect continuous

The present perfect continuous tense is often used (with for or since) to describe how long something has been happening up to now.

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Q) How long have you been studying English?" A) I've been studying English for four years." Note - You can just say "For four years." Q) How long have you been living in Germany?A) I've been living here since 1998.Note - You can just say "Since 1998".

Example

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Exercise

Susan  --------  dinner fo her kids.

“Has make”” has made” “Have made”

They ----- a beautiful song

“Has Sung”, “ have sung”, “ have sing “

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Dell Youth LearningA quick learning on Present & Past Tenses

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Past tense

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Meaning of Past tense

Shows an action or state happened in the past.

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Example and Exercise

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The Meaning of "Simple Past Tense"

In the Simple Past tense, the action is

simply mentioned and understood to

have taken place in the past. The action

started and ended sometime in the past but the time may or may not be

mentioned.

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Example

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ExerciseUse of Simple Pastaction in the past taking place once, never or several times Example: He visited his parents every weekend.

actions in the past taking place one after the other Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.action in the past taking place in the middle of another action  Example : When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang

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The Meaning of "Past Continuous Tense“

In the Past Continuous tense, the action

was ongoing till a certain time in the

past. This tense is used to talk about an

action at a particular time in the past.

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Example and Exercise

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The Meaning of “Past Perfect Tense” –

The past perfect tense expresses action

in the past before another action in the

past. This is the past in the past.

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I wasn't hungry. I had just eaten.

They were hungry. They had not eaten for five hours.

I didn't know who he was. I had never seen him before.

Example

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Example 2

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The Meaning of “Past Present continuous” –

The past perfect progressive

(continuous) is used to describe an

action that started in the past and was

still in progress when a second action

started. Both actions began and ended

in the past

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Ben had been working for three hours when Rachel came home.

By the time Sam found an umbrella, it had been raining for ten minutes.

Example

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Example 2