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adjective verb
The small
The small boy was running
runningtotoschool
schoolbecause
becausehehewas
waslate.
late.
The verbs
What Are Simple Past and Simple
Present Tenses?
Can you write definitions for the ‘simple past’ and ‘simple present’ tenses?
Simple Past
Simple Present
(Simple past is also known as
(Simple present is also
past simple and describes
known as present simple and
events which happened at a
describes events which
specific time, but are now
happen often.)
completed.)
Our teacher helps us. Agnes swims for a club. Jim ate his lunch.
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What Is the Present Perfect Tense?
Can you write a definition for ‘Present Perfect’ tense?
Present Perfect
(Present perfect describes
events which started in the
past and have continued up
until now.)
I have baked
bakedaacake.
cake.
We have
have eaten
eatenall
allthe
thesweets.
sweets.
Look, I have constructed a brilliant William has baked a lot of cakes this
fortress. morning.
What Are the Past Progressive and
Present Progressive Tenses?
Can you write definitions for the ‘past progressive’ and ‘present progressive’
tenses?
Present Progressive
Past Progressive
(Present progressive is also
(Past progressive is also known
known as present continuous
as past continuous and
and describes events which are
describes events which happened
happening right now and haven’t
in the past, over a period of time.
finished yet.
They use a past tense auxiliary
They use a present tense
verb plus the present tense form
auxiliary verb plus the present
of the main verb.)
tense form of the main verb.)
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Your Turn: Past Progressive
Can you write descriptions of these photos in the past progressive tense?
We were asked
askedto
toread
readthree
threechapters
chaptersofofour
ourbook
booklast
lastnight.
night.
It was raining
rainingall
allweekend.
weekend.
Can you identify the tense that each sentence has been
written in?
Quick Quiz 2
Identify the tense of the following sentences.
I have eaten
eatenall
allof
ofmy
myice
icecream.
cream. present perfect
Amir dropped
droppedhis
hisice
icecream.
cream. simple past
eating her
Rachel is eating her ice
ice cream
cream slowly.
slowly. present progressive
Quick Quiz 3
Identify the sentence written in the past progressive tense.
I was drawing
drawingmy
mydesign
designlast
lastnight.
night.