Verb Tense Summary Nooshin Vassei Word Jam Cañada College August2015 Instructor: Nooshin Vassei Verb Tense Summary Nooshin Vassei

Part I: Part II: Grammar: Verb Tenses Simple Present Simple Past Present Progressive Present Perfect Irregular Verbs Part II: Reading Strategies Skimming Scanning Post reading Questions Listening Strategies Expressions signaling the Topic Note taking Strategies Writing Key words

VERB TENSES Simple Present I work everyday Simple Past Example Simple Present I work everyday Simple Past I worked last Sunday Simple Future I am going to work on Friday I will work on Friday Present Progressive I am working right now Present Perfect I have worked here before Present Perfect Progressive I have been working for 6 hours

Verb Forms Work Worked Working Play Played Playing Eat Ate Eating Base (present) Past Present participle Past Participle Work Worked Working Play Played Playing Eat Ate Eating Eaten

Simple Present The present tense is used for action happening at the time of speaking or writing: She lives in Toronto. It is used to indicate habitual actions: I exercise every morning. It is also used to express general truths (Time flies) and scientific knowledge (Light travels faster than sound)

Base form of verb I work everyday. You drive to school on Mondays. Maria goes to church on Sundays. The family lives on Elm street. The sky is blue.

Simple Past Showing action that happened in the past and which does not extend into the present. The simple past tense of a regular verb is created by adding ‘ed’, ‘d’. Irregular verbs have a variety of endings. http://www.grammar.cl/Past/Irregular_ Verbs_List.htm

Present Progressive 1. Now To express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment. Examples: I am sitting. I am not standing. Is he sitting or standing? 2. Longer Actions in Progress Now In English, "now" can mean: this second, today, this month, this year, this century, and so on. Sometimes, we use the Present Continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action which is in progress; I am studying to become a doctor. “be verb” + Base + ing

Present Perfect Expresses an action that began in the past and which has recently been completed or continues into the present.

Present Perfect The present perfect is formed by combining has or have with a past participle. I have read the book She has studied for her exam The dog has eaten the cake

Past Participle of Irregular Verbs http://www.myenglishteacher.net/irregular_verbs.html Commonly used English irregular verbs practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh7dyQB5SRk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHEjTKRRbrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAmznNEwbOo

Simple Past/Present Perfect Sometimes the simple past and the present perfect can be confusing. It is important to remember that the past simple is used to express a finished past action which occurs at a specific moment in the past. I saw Batman last Tuesday. The present perfect is used to express something that happened at an unspecified moment in the past. I have seen Batman. Note that the moment in time is specific in the past form I visited Paris in 2004 (or a few years ago). Present Perfect: I've been to Paris. I've visited Paris.

Present Perfect Progressive (have/has been) + the present participle of the verb I have been living in California for 20 years She has been studying all weekend Remember that the Present Perfect Continous has the meaning of "lately" or "recently."

Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Progressive Adventure Travel Focus on Grammar 4 Part I, Unit 3 By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Simple Past, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive Use the simple past to talk about things that happened and were completed in the past. Use the present perfect and the present perfect progressive to talk about things that started in the past, but were not completed. We often use the present perfect and the present perfect progressive with for and since. Use for to show how long something has been true and since to show when something started. Use the simple past with past time expressions. (ago, last year) The present perfect without for or since shows that an activity is finished. We often say how many or how many times with this use of the present perfect.

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Part II. Reading Strategies. Skimming. Scanning. Post reading Part II Reading Strategies Skimming Scanning Post reading Listening Strategies Expressions signaling the Topic Note taking Strategies Writing Key words

When we read a paragraph, a passage, a story, an essay or article, we basically: Identify the main idea of a passage Read a passage for specific details/facts Understand meaning of words in context Understand the sequence of events Identify the author’s purpose/conclusion for writing the passage Make inferences based on the facts presented in a passage

Reading Exercise The Travel Bug Man Injured at Fast Food Place http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar28.htm Man Injured at Fast Food Place A. Comprehension Questions: http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/qs/q002a.htm B. Story: http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/stories/story002.htm http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/qs/q002b.htm