1. Enriched English Term 2 Collège Durocher Saint Lambert Patti McCurdy
Verb Tense Review
Enriched English Term 2
Collège Durocher Saint Lambert
Patti McCurdy
Sources:
Understanding English Grammar – Azar
The English Page Website

2. Verb Tenses Simple Past Present Perfect Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Progressive

3. Simple Past
USE 1 Completed Action in the Past     Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. FOR EXAMPLE: I saw a movie yesterday.

4. Present Perfect
USE 1 Unspecified Time Before Now       The indefinite past (We don’t know when it happened). FOR EXAMPLE:
The aliens have captured Felix.  (we don’t know when)

5. Present Perfect
USE 2 Duration From Past Until Now (Non-continuous Verbs)
  An unfinished action.  (It started in the past and is still going on now.) FOR EXAMPLE:
I have lived in Montreal since 1999.  He has been in New York since last Tuesday.
Ever since I was little I have loved blueberries.

6. Present Perfect
USE 3  The Recent Past (It still has an impact on the present) FOR EXAMPLE:
Mr. Côté has just walked past the door.
The teacher has just locked herself out of the classroom.

7. Present Perfect USE 4 Repeated Action in the Past For example:
I have eaten chocolate covered ants several times. FOR EXAMPLE:
I have seen the new Harry Potter movie.
He has seen the Johnny Cash movie.

8. Present Perfect Progressive
USE 1 Duration from the Past Until Now     FOR EXAMPLE: I have been typing for the last hour.

9. Present Perfect Progressive
USE 2 Recently, Lately      
FOR EXAMPLE: I have been drinking a lot of coffee to stay awake this week. QUIZZES Verb Tense Exercise 7 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

10. Present Perfect Progressive
Present Perfect Progressive - focuses on an action’s continuing into the future.  It is truly perfect as it started in the past, is happening now and will continue into the future.
FOR EXAMPLE:
I have been smiling since I won the lottery yesterday. (I started smiling when I won.  I won yesterday.  I am still smiling now.  I will be smiling for years to come.)
QUIZZES Verb Tense Exercise 7 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

11. Past Perfect USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in Past
FOR EXAMPLE:  I had never seen such a beautiful sunset before I went to Bali.

12. Past Perfect
USE 2 Duration Before Something in the Past (Non-continuous Verbs)
FOR EXAMPLE: We had driven that car for ten years before it broke down. QUIZZES Verb Tense Exercise 11 Simple Past and Past Perfect  Verb Tense Exercise 12 Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect

13. Past Perfect Progressive
USE 1 Duration Before Something in the Past FOR EXAMPLE: They had been sleeping for over an hour before the fire alarm sounded. USE 2 Cause of Something in the Past
FOR EXAMPLE: Sam got tired because he had been jogging. QUIZ Verb Tense Exercise 13 Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous

14. Quizzes
Verb Tense Exercise 5 Simple Past and Present Perfect Verb Tense Exercise 6 Simple Past and Present Perfect Verb Tense Exercise 7 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Verb Tense Exercise 8 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Verb Tense Exercise 12 Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect Verb Tense Exercise 14 Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous Verb Tense Exercise 16 Present and Past Tenses with Non-Continuous Verbs Verb Tense Exercise 17 Present and Past Tense Review Verb Tense Practice Test Cumulative Verb Tense Review Verb Tense Final Test Cumulative Verb Tense Review