PACE WORK 16/10/20

 

Тема: Часові форми дієслова.

4.1 Presenting material

 

 Teacher: What is tense?

Tense is a method that we use in English to refer to time - past, present and future. Many languages use tenses to talk about time. Other languages have no tenses, but of course they can still talk about time, using different methods. So, we talk about time in English with tenses. But, and this is a very big but:

• we can also talk about time without using tenses (for example, going to is a special construction to talk about the future, it is not a tense)
• one tense does not always talk about one time

Tense and Time. It is important not to confuse the name of a verb tense with the way we use it to talk about time. For example, a present tense does not always refer to present time:

• I hope it rains tomorrow.
  "rains" is present simple, but it refers here to future time (tomorrow)

Or a past tense does not always refer to past time:

• If I had some money now, I could buy it.
  "had" is past simple but it refers here to present time (now)

The following examples show how different tenses can be used to talk about different times.

TENSE	TIME
	past	present	future
Present Simple		I want a coffee.	I leave tomorrow.
	She likes coffee.
PresentContinuous		I amhavingdinner.	I am taking my exam next month.
	They are living in London.
Present PerfectSimple	I haveseen ET.	I havefinished.
Present PerfectContinuous	I have been playing tennis.
	We have been working for four hours.
Past Simple	I finished one hour ago.	If she loved you now, she would marry you.	If you cametomorrow, you would see her.
Past Continuous	I was working at 2am this morning.
Past PerfectSimple	I had not eatenfor 24 hours.
Past PerfectContinuous	We had been working for 3 hours.	If I had been working now, I would have missed you.	If I had been workingtomorrow, I could not have agreed.
Future Simple		Hold on. I'll do it now.	I'llsee youtomorrow.
Future Continuous			I will be workingat 9pm tonight.
Future PerfectSimple			I will have finished by 9pm tonight.
	We will have been married for ten years next month.
Future PerfectContinuous			They may be tired when you arrive because they will have been working.
	In 30 minutes, we will have been working for four hours.

 

4.2 Grammar exercises

Teacher: Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go)  to the movies.
2. On her right hand, Sara (carry)  her handbag.
3. The handbag (be)  very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put)  on black shoes but now she (wear) white trainers.
5. And look, she (take)  an umbrella because it (rain)  

Teacher: Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. The receptionist (welcome)  the guests and (ask) them to fill in the form
2. The car (break)  down and we (have)  to walk home.
3. The boys (swim)  while the girls (sunbath) .
4. My father (come)  in, (look)  and (tell) me to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare)  dinner the others (collect) wood for the campfire.
6. While the parents (have)  breakfast the children (run) about.
7. Martha (turn)  off the light and (go)  to bed.

 Thank you for the lesson, have a nice day!