TENSES: LET'S PLAY

 GAME 1

GAME 2

IDENTIFY THE TENSE

 

 Identify the tense

1. I usually wake up at 7 a.m.
2. She is studying for an exam right now.
3. We are meeting our friends tonight.
4. They played football yesterday afternoon.
5. I was watching TV when you called me.
6. He visited his grandparents last weekend.
7. She was sleeping at 10 p.m. last night.
8. I have just finished my homework.
9. They have lived here for five years.
10. She had left before I arrived.
11. I realised I had forgotten my keys yesterday.
12. We will travel to Brazil next summer.
13. I am going to start a new course next month.
14. Look! It is going to rain soon.
15. I am reading a very interesting book these days.
16. She works in an office from Monday to Friday.
17. We went to the cinema last night.
18. He was driving home when the accident happened.
19. They have already eaten dinner.
20. I have known her since 2010.
21. She had finished her work before the meeting started.
22. We were talking while the teacher was explaining.
23. I forgot my wallet this morning.
24. They are playing football at the moment.
25. She is going to visit her family this weekend.

Last night, I had a strange dream.
I was walking in a forest when I saw a dog. The dog was barking and I felt scared. I ran away, but I fell down and I realised I had lost my phone. Suddenly, I was at a party full of people. Everyone was talking and dancing. I didn’t know anyone and I felt uncomfortable. Then I woke up.

🟡 Past Continuous (background)

I was walking in a forest.→ something in progress

🔵 Past Simple 

I saw a dog.
I ran away. → finished actions 

🔴 Past Perfect (before the past)

I realised I had lost my phone.→ something before that moment 

KEY WORDS 

🔗 Sequence 

• First  -Then- After that- Finally

⏱️ Time expressions

• Last night- Suddenly- At that moment- In the end

 

 

DREAMS: Interaction activity student A

 

DREAMS: Interaction activity student B

 

TENSES: REVISION

Present simple

1 Habits or situations that happen regularly.

• I wash my hair every day.
• I never go to the library.
• She‘s always late.

2 Permanent situations, or things that are always or usually true.

• I don’t drink coffee.
• She‘s very tall.
• I have two brothers.

Present continuous

1 Actions in progress, happening now or ‘around now’.

• I can’t talk now. I‘m brushing my teeth.
• I finished your book, and I‘m reading a new one now.

2 Temporary actions.

• My car’s in the garage. I‘m taking the bus this week.
• I‘m not training because I have an injury.

3 Future arrangements.

• I‘m meeting Sally at 7.
• We are leaving early tomorrow.

Present perfect

1 Recent events –we don’t say when. (Common with already, yet, just, recently, today, this week, etc.)

• She‘s had an accident.
• Have you finished yet?
• He‘s changed jobs recently.
• Have you seen Peter today?

2 Past experiences –we don’t say when. (Common with never, ever, before, superlative + ever, number of times until now.)

• We‘ve been to Italy.
• Have you ever eaten insects?
• This is the best food I‘ve ever eaten.
• I‘ve read this book three times.

3 Unfinished situations from the past until now. (Common with how long,   for, since, all + time, lately.)

• How long have you been here?    
• We have been married for 20 years.
• I‘ve liked chocolate all my life.
• I‘ve been very busy lately.

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