Present Tenses Present Tenses: Present Simple Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show repeated action,

belief, opinion, characteristics. verb(s/es) work / works They work sometimes. She works at Gallaudet.

Present Tenses: Present Perfect Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show what has happened in the past and continues in the present; to show how long something has happened (often uses for and since). have/has + past participle have worked / has worked I have worked at Gallaudet for seven years. Kelly has worked at Gallaudet since 1993.

Present Tenses: Present Continuous (Progressive) Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show an event that is going on right now. am/is/are + verb + ing am working / is working / are working Sue is working in the house. She and her sister are working at Gally now.

Present Tenses: Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive)

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to show how long something has been happening and is still happening. have/has + been + verb + ing have been working / has been working I have been working at Gallaudet for seven years. Kelly has been working at Gallaudet since 1993.

Past Tenses Past Tenses: Past Simple Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show what happened at a time in the past and is finished. verb(d/ed) worked Yesterday Jim worked with Harry.

Past Tenses: Past Perfect Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show an action in the past that happened even before another event in the past . had + past participle had worked The car had worked before the truck hit it

Past Tenses: Past Continuous (Progressive) Use to show an event that was going on when something else happened (often uses before, after, when).

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was/were + verb + ing was working / were working I was working on the paper when my friend interrupted me. Sara and Jill were working at the Abbey when I stopped by.

Past Tenses: Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show how long something had been happening before something else happened. had + been + verb + ing had been working The car had been working fine before the truck hit it.

Future Tenses Future Tenses: Future Simple Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show what will happen in the future. will + verb will work In the future I will work on Mars every week.

Future Tenses: Future Perfect Use How to Form to show something that has not yet been done but that will be done before a set time in the future. will have + past participle

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will have worked By tomorrow Steve will have worked on his term paper.

Future Tenses: Future Continuous (Progressive) Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show an event that will be going on when something else happens. will be + verb + ing will be working The guard will be working on his project when we sneak up on him.

Future Tenses: Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Use How to Form Example Sentence Example to show how long something will have been happening by a future time. will have + been + verb + ing will have been working By tomorrow Steve will have been working for five days on his term paper.

EX. 1 PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 1 Im very tired. I (walk) 2 How many pages (write) 3 Hes hot and tired. He (run) 4 I (look) 5 I (lose) 6 You (drive) 7 I (not see) 8 I (mend) too fast. today? all the way. any.

for mushrooms all day but I ( not find) my keys. (see) them?

for hours. I will drive now. Tom today. Where is he? my scooter , thats why my hands are all dirty.

9 We (walk) 10 We (walk)

three Kilometres. quickly and we re out of breath.

EX. 2 PRESENT PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST 1 I cant leave now because I (not finish) 2 The newspaper (arrive) 3 Where (spend) 4 We (miss) 5 I (live) my work. ? Yes, Tom is reading it. your holidays last summer? the train. Well have to wait for the next one. in Manchester for two years then I (move) it? any films. to London.

6 I cant find my watch (you see)

7 My sister doesnt like going to the cinema. She (never see) 8 When (he buy) that book? the housework. a new swimming pool. 9 Im very tired. I (just finish) 10 Last year my father (build) 1. You look really great! (you, work) 2. A: What (you, do) B: I (try) 3. I (have) one. 4. If it (snow)

out at the fitness center recently?

when the accident occurred? to change a light bulb that had burnt out. the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new

this weekend, we (go)

skiing near Lake Tahoe.

5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries? B: They (call) librarians.

6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I (study) England for exactly one year. 7. Sam (arrive) 8. Samantha (live) for nine months and I (be) in

in San Diego a week ago. in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live)

there when the Berlin wall came down. 9. If Vera (keep) drinking, she (lose, eventually) her job.

10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually) in the New World. 11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) 12. It (rain) beach. . by the time Europeans first (arrive)

all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the

13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) late to work too many times. You are fired!

the bus this morning. You (be)

14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake) morning, the sun (shine) .

up tomorrow

15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) Francisco by the time I leave the United States.

the Grand Canyon and San

16. I (see) many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small. 17. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) America by covered wagon. The trip (be) much easier and very two or three months to cross North very rough and often dangerous. Things

(change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 18. Joseph's English (improve, really) American television programs and (study) arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent. 19. When I (arrive) a beautiful candlelight dinner. , isn't it? He (watch) his grammar every day since he first

home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare)

20. If you (need) Sheraton in San Francisco.

to contact me sometime next week, I (stay)

at the