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GRAMMAR REVIEW
Take a look at the sentences in the box.
Why do those sentences use different tenses?
GRAMMAR ANALYSIS
Sentences o She lives in Scotland. o She writes every night
before going to sleep.
o She is thinking about building a children library in her house.
o She wrote her first book when she was 6 years old.
o She was traveling on a train when she got the idea of Harry Potter.
o She has written over 50 books in total.
o Her life has changed dramatically. Functions
Tenses
Pattern
She lives in Scotland.
She writes every night before going to sleep.
She is thinking about building a children library in her house. She wrote her first book when she was 6 years old.
She was traveling on a train when she got the idea of Harry Potter. She has written over 50 books in total.
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GRAMMAR REVIEW EXERCISE
Complete the sentences using one of these forms : PRESENT SIMPLE (I work)
PAST SIMPLE (I worked)
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I’m working) PAST CONTINUOUS (I was working)
1. We can go out now. It ___________________ (not/rain) anymore.
2. Ann ________________ (wait) for me when I _________________ (arrive) 3. What _________________ (you/do) in your spare time? Do you have any
hobby?
4. Mary usually ______________ (phone) me on Fridays but she ________________ (not phone) me last Friday.
5. Yesterday evening the phone _________________ (ring) three times while we __________________ (have) dinner.
6. Linda was busy when we ______________ (go) to see her yesterday. She _______________ (study) for an exam. We ________________ (not stay) there very long.
7. You can turn off the TV. I _______________(not/watch) it. 8. When I first ________________(tell) Tom the news, he
__________________(not/believe) me. He _____________(think) that I ______________(joke).
9. David is very lazy. He ______________ (not/like) hard work.
10. Where __________________(your parents/go)for their holiday last year?
11. I ___________________ try to fi d a jo at the o e t. It’s ery diffi ult.
12. I’ ery tired. I ________________ ot/sleep ell last ight.
13. __________________ you/take the us to ork e eryday? No. I usually
_______________(drive) my car. But today my sister _______________(use) the car, so I_______________(take) the bus.
Present perfect (I have done) Or
Past simple (I did)
1. I _______________ (finish/my assignment). I _____________ (do) it during the weekend.
2. _______________ you / see a ghost? Yes, I _____________ see o e he I as a kid. It
was in my gra d other’s a kyard. But I _______________ ot/tell a yo e u til o .
3. Are you studyi g or orki g? A tually, I ______________ graduate u i ersity ut I
______________ ot/start orki g yet. Oh, he ________________ you/graduate ?
