Sample Quiz

We use the present simple tense to express usual and repeated actions, events, situations or habits

• : sub + v + obj -: sub + don't/doesn't ?: do/does+ s + v

It's used to talk about actions that are happening at this current moment Sub + am/is/are + v (ing) Sub + am/is/are + not + v (ing? am/is/are + s + v (ing)

It's used to express a completed action in the past; it means the action happened and completely finished in the past. It is usually used with real time expressions Sub + v (Ed) Sub + did not + v (infinitive) Did + sub + v

1)We use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present. Usually we use it to say 'how long' and we need 'since' or 'for'. 2: Life experience 3)With an unfinished time word (this month, this week, today). The period of time is still continuing. Sub + have/has + past participle Sub + have/has + not+ past participle Have/has + sub + past p.

-We use 'since' with a fixed time in the past (2004, April 23rd, last year). The fixed time can be another action, which is in the past simple (since I was at school, since I arrived). = I've known Sam since 1992. = I've liked chocolate since I was a child.

-We use 'for' with a period of time (2 hours, three years, six months). = I've known Julie for ten years.

• We use just and already mainly in positive sentences. They come between the auxiliary verb (have/has) and the past participle. = She’s just finished her second year at university.

-We use yet in negative sentences and in questions. It comes at the end of the sentence or question. = Steve hasn’t decided which course to apply for yet. = Has your tutor approved your research topic yet?

-We use 'been' to mean that the person we're talking about visited the place and came back. = I've been to Paris (in my life, but now I'm in London, where I live).

-We use 'gone' to mean that the person went to the place and is at the place now. = Where's John? He's gone to the shops (he's at the shops now).

WILL: -A decision at the moment of speaking; -A prediction based on opinion -A future fact

BE GOING TO: -A decision before the moment of speaking -A prediction based on something we can see (or hear) now

It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future. Of course, we can't know what will happen in the future, but this describes possible things, which could easily come true.

if + present simple, ... will + infinitive =If it rains, I won't go to the park.

We generally use the past continuous to talk about actions and states in progress around a particular time in the past And shows us that the action was already in progress at a certain time in the past. =An action in the past which overlaps another action or a time. The action in the past continuous starts before and often continues after the other shorter action or time.

= I was walking to the station when I met John. (I started walking before I met John, and maybe I continued afterwards.)

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