5718 review on present and past tenses

REVIEW ON PRESENT AND PAST TENSES
P R E S E N T

T E N S E S

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PERMANENT ACTIONS

TEMPORARY ACTIONS

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HABITS / REPEATED ACTIONS

HAPPENING NOW

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EXERCISE 1 – Write the sentences below in the right line above according to their meaning:
1.- Can you open the door? The bell is ringing.
2.- I am looking for a job, but it is very difficult to find one.
3.- Do you like classical music?
4.- He doesn’t drive his car during the week.
5.- This place is very boring. I’m not enjoying my holidays.
6.- He is very fat. Does he ever practise any sport?
7.- Are you listening to me? This is very important!
8.- She isn’t living in her house because they are painting it.
9.- Why is she working in a hamburger bar? She studied law.
10.- She goes with her friend Susan to all the parties.
11.- I don’t know her new friends.
12.- Do you remember that stupid boy in our class?


P A S T

T E N S E S

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

INTERRUPTED PAST ACTIONS

DEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST

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SCENE, BACKGROUND OF STORIES
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2 ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME
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EXERCISE 2 - Write the sentences below in the right line above according to their meaning:

1.- Did you go to Tom’s party last Saturday?
2.- While everybody was sleeping, I was studying for my History exam.
3.- Nobody was listening when he was speaking about his trip to Australia.
4.-A few people were walking in the park when I arrived there.
5.- She didn’t tell me her telephone number when I asked her.
6.- Was it snowing when you started to climb the mountain?
7.- I saw your brother at the station two days ago.
8.- I was studying for my History exam when my friend came to visit me.
9.- Were you thinking about me when I was doing my exam?
10.- That cold day on the beach, people weren’t sunbathing or swimming.
11.- Were the children playing when you called them?
12.- She wasn’t watching TV when she phoned me.


EXERCISE 1
PRESENT SIMPLE
PERMANENT ACTIONS
3.- Do you like classical music?
11.- I don’t know her new friends
12.- Do you remember that stupid boy in our class?
HABITS/REPEATED ACTIONS
4.- He doesn’t drive his car during the week
6.- He’s very fat. Does he ever practise any sport?
10.- She goes with her friend Susan to all the parties
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
TEMPORARY ACTIONS
2.- I’m looking for a job but it’s very difficult to find one
8.- She isn’t living in her house because they are painting it
9.- Why is he working in a hamburger bar. He studied law.
HAPPENING NOW

1.- Can you open the door? The bell is ringing
5.- This place is very boring. I’m not enjoying my holidays.
7.- Are you listening to me? This is very important!
EXERCISE 2
PAST CONTINUOUS
INTERRUPTED PAST ACTIONS
8.- I was studying for my History exam when my friend came to visit me.
11.- Were the children playing when you called them?
12.- She wasn’t watching TV when she phoned me.
SCENE/BACKGROUND OF STORIES

4.-A few people were walking in the park when I arrived there.
6.- Was it snowing when you started to climb the mountain?
10.- That cold day on the beach, people weren’t sunbathing or swimming.
2 ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME
2.- While everybody was sleeping, I was studying for my History exam.
3.- Nobody was listening when he was speaking about his trip to Australia.
9.- Were you thinking about me when I was doing my exam?
PAST SIMPLE
DEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST

1.- Did you go to Tom’s party last Saturday?
5.- She didn’t tell me her telephone number when I asked her.
7.- I saw your brother at the station two days ago.