PRACTICE I: REVIEW OF TENSES

TENSE

SIMPLE
PRESENT

PRESENT
CONTINUOU
S/
PROGRESSIV
E

SIMPLE
PAST

FUTURE
going to

PRESENT
PERFECT

USE
Habits routines.
Things that are
generally true.
Describe
actions in
progress.
Actions
happening at
the moment of
speaking or by
the moment.
Describe
complete
actions in the
past.
Actions that
started and
finished in the
past.

To express
future plans
and intentions.

To describe
past actions
related to the
present.

Affirmative
he - she - it verb + s / es
The children play in the park.
Anita studies every day.
Two and two make four.

FORMS
Negative
don't / doesn't + verb
The children don't play in the
park
Anita doesn't study every day.
Two and two don't make five.

Interrogative
Do / Does ________ + verb

Subj + am / is / are +

Subj + am not / isn't / aren't +

Do the children play in the

park?
Does Anita study every day?
Do two and two make four ?
Am / Is / Are + Subj +

verb+ing

verb+ing

verb+ing

I am not working for Danper.

Alan isn't taking a shower now.
The boys aren't watching TV.

Am I working for Danper?

Is Alan taking a shower now?
Are The boys watching TV?

I am working for Danper.

Alan is taking a shower now.
The boys are watching TV.
Regular verbs = verb + d /
ed
Irregular verbs = NO RULES
My mom worked last Sunday.
The children wrote a poem in
class.
I lived in Brazil for two years.

didn't + infinitive of the verb

My mom didn't work last
Sunday.
The children didn't write a
poem in class.
I didn't live in Brazil for two
years.

Subj + am / is / are + going

Subj + am / is / are + not +

to + verb

going to + verb

I am going to have a party

tonight.
Liz is going to travel to Lima
next weekend.
They are going to study
Medicine,

I am not going to have a

party tonight.
Liz is not going to travel to
Lima next weekend.
They are not going to study
Medicine,

Subj + have / has + *p.p.

Subj + haven't / hasn't + p.p.

of the verb
I have visited Machu Picchu
twice.

of the verb
I haven't visited Machu Picchu

Did _______ + infinitive of the

verb

Did my mom work last Sunday

?
Did the children write a poem
in class ?
Did you live in Brazil for two
years?
Am / Is / Are + Subj + going to
+ verb?
Am I going to have a party
tonight?
Is Liz going to travel to Lima
next weekend?
Are They going to study
Medicine?
Have / Has + Subj + p.p. of
the verb?
Have you ever visited Machu

 Actions
happened at an
unspecified
time in the
past.
To describe
experiences.

Alex has written a nice poem.

They have traveled by train
several times.
Joan has studied two foreign
languages.

yet.
Alex hasn't written a nice
poem.
They haven't traveled to
Huancayo by train.
Joan hasn't studied two
foreign languages.

Picchu?
Has Alex written a nice poem?
Have they traveled to
Huancayo by train?
Has Joan studied two foreign
languages?

*p.p. = past participle

EXERCISES
I. Match the verb tenses in the box with the underlined
verbs below.
future (going to)
present progressive

present perfect
simple past
simple present

1.

Have you ever been to the USA?

__________________________
2. His parents sent him a letter.
__________________________
3. Where do you live?
__________________________
4. I'm going to work at a department store.
__________________________
5. It's the best movie I've ever seen.
__________________________
6. What are you going to do tonight? __________________________
7. When did you receive my email?
__________________________
8. What are you watching on TV?
__________________________
II. Insert the auxiliary verbs from the box in the

1.

His parents not give him a typical Peruvian name.

2.

He eaten vegetables since he was a child.

3.

They going to learn English this vacations.

4.

She not go on vacation last year.

5.

I not have a good English dictionary.

6.

She not like Chinese food.

7.

I going to have a coffee after class.

8.

She reading a book about the World War II.

9.

We never been to New York.

10. she work for an important company?

III. Write the sentences in the negative.
1. Daniel and I live in the same town.
Daniel and I don't live in the same
town.___________________________
2. She visits me every weekend.
____________________________________________________________

sentences below.

3. I was born in Huamachuco in La Libertad.

am
did
di
d

are
has

do
have

Does
does

did
is

____________________________________________________________
4. We went to the same university.

____________________________________________________________

HELP!!!

5. I am going to eat a sandwich in that cafe.

You can use these verbs:

see - like

____________________________________________________________
Subject
We

Verb
visited

visit - go -

Subject
My friend Susan

Complement

Verb
went

Complement
with me.

Machu Picchu

6. My new English teacher is from Australia.

____________________________________________________________
7. I have studied English for years.

2.

____________________________________________________________

Yesterday morning, I got up late. It was 7:40 am.

HELP!!!

8. The students are solving the exercise.

You can use these verbs:

take - eat

- drink - go

____________________________________________________________
IV. Write the sentences in the interrogative.

Subject

Verb

Complement

Subject

Verb

Complement

Subject

Verb

Complement

1. The children are playing soccer in the park.

Are the children playing soccer in the park?
_________________________
2. Mrs. Ramos works from Monday to Saturday.
____________________________________________________________
3. Peter went to Europe last December.
____________________________________________________________
4. Elena has got a good job.
____________________________________________________________
5. Most tourists like Peruvian food.
____________________________________________________________
6. Pepe and his wife are going to have a baby next August.
____________________________________________________________

3.

In the mornings, I always get up at 6:30 am, then ...

HELP!!!

Example:

Simple
past

1. Last week, I traveled to

___Cuzco________________________.

eat - drink - go -

take - have

V. Read the sentence(s) and continue the text with 2 or

more sentences.

You can use these verbs:

Subject

Verb

Complement

Subject

Verb

Complement

4.

Its Saturday, 7 o'clock in the morning and my

mother is preparing
breakfast....

HELP!!!

read - listen to drink - play - my dad - my sister - etc

You can use these words:

Subject

Verb

Complement

Subject

Verb

Complement

Subject

Verb

Complement