Student : Maya Tab’one

Teacher : Haifa’ JoudahSubject : “Tenses”

“Context”

Simple PastSimple Present

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Continuous

Present Perfect Past Perfect

Exercise

“Simple Present”

• We use the Simple Present to express an action that repeated usually, always or often. The action can also be a habit, a hobby, or a daily event.

• Form : Subject + Simple present verb• Example : I play tennis• She plays tennis.

“Simple Past”

• We use the Simple Past to express an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

• Form : Subject + Simple past • Example : I saw a movie.

“Present Continuous”

• Use the Present Continuous to express an action that is happening now, at this very moment.

• Form : Subject + Verb to “be”,( is,are,am) + Verb with “ing”

• Example : I’m reading a book now

“Past Continuous”

• We use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past.

• Form : Subject + Verb to “be” , (was,were) + Verb with “ing”

• Example : I was watching TV when she called me

“Present Perfect”

• We often use the Present Perfect for past action that affect the present.

• Form : Subject + have \ has + Past Perfect

• Example : I think I have met him once before.

“Past Perfect”

• We use the Past Perfect to express the idea that something occurred before another action in the past.

• Form : Subject + had + Past Perfect

• Example : You had studied English before you moved to New York.

“Present Perfect Continuous”

• We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday”.

• Form : Subject + have \ has + been + Verb with “ing”.

• Example : You have been waiting here for two hours

“Past Perfect Continuous”

• We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.

• From : Subject + had + been + Verb with “ing”.

• Example : You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

Exercise

• The boys _____ (swim) , while the girls were sunbathing .

•

swamWere

swimming

are swimming

Exercise

• I ______ (just / finish) my homework.

• just finished

just has finished

just have finished

Exercise

• Look ! Sara _____ (goَ)  to the movies.

• •

goes

is going

have gone

Thank You