Verb Tense Review

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• Verb Tense Review

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• There are three forms of the present tense.
• Simple Present He takes vitamins every day.
• Present Progressive We are working on a project
  right now.
• Present Perfect I have driven there many times.

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• Forming the Simple Present
• I / You / We / They leave at 500.
• I / You / We / They do not leave at 500.
• He / She / It leaves at 500.
• He / She / It does not leave at 500.

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• Forming the Simple Present with Be
• I am in the office.
• I am not in the office.
• You / We / They are in the office.
• You / We / They are not in the office.
• He / She / It is in the office.
• He / She / It is not in the office.

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• Using the Simple Present
• 1. General truths or facts
• It takes five hours to fly to New York.
• 2. Habits or routines
• Louise gets up at 700 every morning.
• 3. Book or movies
• In the novel Kindred Dana travels back in time
  and lives the life of a slave.

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• Use the simple present with non-action verbs that
  express thoughts feelings sense possession
  and appearance.
• Thoughts agree believe/think know mean
  remember
• I think this is the best school in the area.
• Feelings appreciate have like love need
  prefer want
• I like chocolate ice cream better than vanilla.
• Senses feel hear see smell taste
• We hear the dog barking next door.
• Possession belong have own
• He has three dogs in the backyard.
• Appearance appear be look seem
• You look a little tired today.

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• Use the following time words with the simple
  present
• always rarely often
• normally seldom sometimes
• usually never on Fridays
• regularly daily annually
• occasionally monthly every week

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• Practice using the simple present. Correct the
  errors in verb tense.
• My sister dont like to read.
• Water is freezing at 32 Fahrenheit.
• Steve is belonging to the economics club.
• We have gone there all the time.
• Colleen have a new computer.

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• Forming the Present Progressive
• Use the simple present form of be (am is are)
  the present participle (-ing) form of the verb.
• I am reading a good book.
• I am not reading a good book.
• You / We / They are studying in the library.
• You / We / They are not studying in the library.
• He / She / It is taking a long time.
• He / She / It is not taking a long time.

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• Using the Present Progressive
• 1. Current actions or states
• Nicholas is studying for a test right now.
• 2. Current actions over a period of time
• Tae is majoring in economics at USC.
• 3. Temporary actions
• John is speaking Spanish. (right now)
• Miguel speaks Spanish. (permanent ability)

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• REMEMBER!
• With non-action verbs use the simple present.
• The soup tastes very good.
• Not
• The soup is tasting very good.

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• Use the following time words with the present
  progressive
• now right now at present
• today these days nowadays
• currently presently this week
• this year at this moment
• at this time

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• Practice using the present progressive. Correct
  the errors in verb tense.
• She is knowing the correct answer.
• At this moment Mia listens to her iPod.
• Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving in
  November.
• I take two history classes this semester.
• Paul is drive to San Francisco today.

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• Forming the Present Perfect
• Use the simple present form of have (have has)
  the past participle (-ed/-en) form of the verb.
• I / You / We / They have lived here since 1998.
• I / You / We / They have not lived here since
  1998.
• He / She / It has lived here since 1998.
• He / She / It has not lived here since 1998.

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• Using the Present Perfect
• 1. Unspecified time(s) in the past
• They have seen that movie (many times) before.
• 2. Began in the past continues to the present
  and possibly into the future
• Mrs. Alvarez has lived here since 1972.
• 3. Recently completed
• I have just finished a very difficult test.

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• Use the following time words with the present
  perfect
• since for recently
• yet already until now
• so far just several/many times
• Yet is only used in questions and negative
  statements.

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• Practice using the present perfect. Correct the
  errors in verb tense.
• Alex and Hamid didnt sleep since yesterday.
• In recent years I drive the coastal highway many
  times.
• He is president for almost eight years.
• I am sick recently.
• Marco never went to Costa Rica before.
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• There are three forms of the past tense.
• Simple Past He went to the movies last night.
• Past Progressive We were living in Indonesia in
  the 1990s.
• Past Perfect I had made the plans before I
  talked to him.

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• Forming the Simple Past with Regular Verbs
• For all subjects add ed or d to the base verb.
• I cleaned the house last night.
• I did not clean the house last night.
• You walked at nine months old.
• You did not walk at nine months old.
• He lived in Fullerton two years ago.
• He did not live in Fullerton two years ago.
• We danced until midnight.
• We did not dance until midnight.
• They looked tired after final exams.
• They did not look tired after final exams.

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• Irregular Past Tense Verbs
• Irregular verbs have the same past tense form for
  all subjects.
• do did buy bought
• have had eat ate
• come came run ran
• go went take took

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• Forming the Simple Past with Be
• I / He / She / It was in Hong Kong last year.
• You / We / They were in Hong Kong last year.

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• Using the Simple Past
• 1. Actions that ended in the past
• Alvin graduated last June.
• 2. Habitual past actions
• My parents ate at the same restaurant every
  Friday night for 20 years.
• Used to and would can also be used for habitual
  past actions.

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• Use the following time words with the simple
  past
• yesterday
• the day before yesterday
• last week/month/year
• a few minutes/hours/days ago
• in 1980
• in the 90s
• in the past

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• Practice using the simple past. Correct the
  errors in verb tense.
• As a child I used to watching a lot of TV.
• Richard didnt completed the essay on time.
• A few years ago he gets married.
• Francoise only speaks French when she lived in
  Paris.
• When Katherine and Lee finished the test

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• Forming the Past Progressive
• Use the past form of be (was were) the present
  participle (-ing).
• I / He / She / It was sitting in the garden.
• You / We / They were sitting in the garden.

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• Using the Past Progressive
• 1. Actions that were in progress at a specific
  time in the past
• In 1995 she was living in Washington DC.
• 2. One past action interrupted by another past
  action
• While I was eating dinner the phone rang.
• 3. An ongoing action
• Last December I was failing the course. (At this
  point in time I was failing perhaps I didnt
  fail the course.)
• Last December I failed the course. (I definitely
  failed the course.)
• 4. Use the simple past with non-action verbs.
• During the test I knew all the answers.
• Not
• During the test I was knowing all the answers.

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• Use the following time words with the past
  progressive
• as
• at that time/moment
• during
• at the time
• in the 1950s/70s

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• Practice using the past progressive. Correct the
  errors in verb tense.
• Lia was having many friends by the end of the
  semester.
• Ann was take a pronunciation class but dropped
  it.
• I saw my favorite teacher while I ate lunch in
  the cafeteria.
• At 1100 this morning I still slept.
• On the second day of the semester I was joining
  the class.

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• Forming the Past Perfect
• Use the simple past form of have (had) the past
  participle (-ed/-en) form of the verb.
• I / You /He / We / They had started before
  everyone arrived.
• Many verbs have irregular past participles.
• Some end in en (taken given eaten driven
  written).
• Others end in t (built meant slept).
• Common irregular past participles include been
  done drunk gone and read.

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• Using the Past Perfect
• 1. Past actions that happened before another past
  action
• The rain had stopped by the time we left work.
• The students saw the movie after they had read
  the book.
• 2. Past actions that happened before a specific
  past time
• Susan had never seen this movie before.
• By midnight the party had ended.

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• The simple past can often replace the past
  perfect with no change in meaning.
• She went to dinner after she had finished the
  work.
• Or
• She went to dinner after she finished the work.

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• IMPORTANT NOTE
• When only one past event is mentioned use the
  simple past not the past perfect.
• We used a dictionary during the test.
• Not
• We had used a dictionary during the test.

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• Use the following time words with the past
  perfect
• before
• after
• until
• when
• by then
• by the time

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• Practice using the past perfect. Correct the
  errors in verb tense.
• When the movie ended Joan realized her friends
  left.
• Grace had realized that she had left the house
  unlocked.
• She wrote the essay by the time it was due.
• We had attended the last lecture yesterday.
• The child didnt see a lion before that day.
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• There are four forms of the future.
• Simple Future We will get home about 1000.
• be going to I am going to take a class next
  semester.
• Present Progressive I am eating at Kis house
  tonight.
• Simple Present Our plane leaves at 500.

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• Forming the Future
• Simple Future
• I / You / He / It / We / They will arrive later
  today.
• I / You / He / It / We / They will not wont
  arrive later today.

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• Using the Simple Future
• Scheduled events
• The movie will begin at 830.
• 2. Predictions
• It will be very hot tomorrow.
• 3. Promises
• I will never tell your secret.
• 4. Offers
• I will drive you to school tomorrow.
• 5. Request
• Will you take a walk with me

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• Forming the Future
• be going to
• I am going to move next summer.
• I am not going to move next summer.
• You / We / They are going to move next summer.
• You / We / They are not going to move next
  summer.
• He / She / It is going to move next summer.
• He / She / It is not going to move next summer.

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• Using the future with be going to
• Planned events
• I am going to take five classes next semester.
• 2. Predictions
• I think this class is going to be very difficult.

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• Forming the Future
• Present Progressive
• I am eating dinner with Elena tonight.
• I am not eating dinner with Elena tonight.
• You / We / They are eating dinner with Elena
  tonight.
• You / We / They are not eating dinner with Elena
  tonight.
• He / She / It is eating dinner with Elena
  tonight.
• He / She / It is not eating dinner with Elena
  tonight.

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• Using the future with the present progressive
• Plans already made
• I am having a vocabulary test tomorrow morning.

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• Using the future with the simple present
• Schedule events or events on a timetable
• The bus departs at 600 tomorrow morning.
• The performance begins in 15 minutes.
• Verbs commonly used in the simple present to
  refer to the future are arrive begin depart
  finish leave and start.

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• Use the following time words with the future
• tonight
• tomorrow
• the day after tomorrow
• later
• next week
• later today
• this afternoon/evening

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• Practice using the future. Correct the errors in
  verb tense.
• Tomas and Ruben going to leave for Mexico.
• Zack is a year old next summer.
• The final exam tomorrow is difficult.
• We will remodeling our house next summer.
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