Present simple Subject + infinitive ( without TO) Example: I play he plays
DILION AND HIS FRIENDS
Dilion lives in a big town. He loves small dogs and he has one. His dog name is Atem. He doesnt like cats and he doesnt have any either. He likes birds though. Each morning Dilion goes to school. Although the school is new its far away but the school bus takes all the children there. It stops at each child house. Dilion has got many friends at school. His best friend is called Ryan and he is in the same class as Dilion. Ryan has got a dog too. When school finishes they go to the park and play with their dogs. They also play with other young children too. Ryan
Exercises: Read the text and answer the questions: Whats Dilions dog name? How does Dilion go to school? Where does Dilion go after school? Write down all the present simple verbs. Make a sentence with every word that you didnt know before.
Present continuous Subject + verb TO BE (present s.) + ING of another verb. Example: I am playing he is playing
A NICE WEEKEND
Im Bradly. My family and I are spending
three days in a village near the beach. We are staying at my auntys apartment and we are having a good time. Im sitting here in the livingroom eating a pie and watching TV. My sister Carol is doing the washing up while my brother Richard is talking on the phone to someone. My parents are in the cinema right now and the cat is lying on the floor. But, is the cat sleeping? I dont know. Im always looking at the window and I can see the birds are singing all the time. They are flying around the trees and the kids in the streets are shouting at them. A little boy
Exercises: Read the text and answer the
questions: Where are Bradly and his family? What is Carol doing? Where is the cat? Write down all the present continuous verbs. Make a sentence with every word that you didnt
Present perfect Subject + verb TO HAVE (present s.)
+ past participle of another
verb. Example: I have played he has played
Snow and ice
In northen Canada people have always loved to slide down on snow-covered hills. They have used different crafts as snowboards because besaide the coldness, Canadians have fully enjoyed the outdoors. Children and adults have carried their skiis and snowboards up the hills to slide down afterwards every long winter. They have also participated on different contest and games too. Theyve never been afraid of low temperatures, instead theyve learnt to love and endure the weather. Since birth little children have had to adjust to the frezzing winds and sheets of ice, as ice has always been part of Canadian life.
Exercises: Read the text and answer the questions: How is the temperature in Canada? What do they have always done up the hills? Do Canadians love their weather? Write down all the present perfect verbs. Make a sentence with all the words that you didnt know before.
Present perfect continuous Subject past
+ verb TO HAVE ( present s.) +
participle of verb TO BE another verb.
+ gerund of
Example: I have been playing
he has been playing
THE UNLOADING What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes? -Darren wanted to know. Well, I have been waiting here for over fifteen minutes and the workers havent been unloading my truck yet. Joe and I have been eating peanuts just to kill time. Before that we have been sleeping for two hours but in that time nobody has even been taking a small container out of the truck into the premises. It has been raining the whole evening. Maybe thats why they havent been doing much work at all. My partner has been feeling a bit sick and since the truck hasnt been running in the whole evening he has been phoning his familia and friends and he has been asking them what to take to feel better. I hope he gets well soon.
Exercises: Read the text and answer the questions: What did Darren wanted to know? What did Joe do to kiil the time? How was the weather? Write down all the present perfect continuous verbs.
