Download General Statements of truth

PRESENT SIMPLE
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Permanent Situations
“They live in London”
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Routines
“I get up at 7 o’clock”
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General Statements of truth
“Monkeys eat bananas”
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Timetables
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SOME VERBS ARE ALWAYS USED IN
P.SIMPLE NOT IN P.CONTINUOUS
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Those which express opinion: agree,
believe,except,know,prefer,think,
understand…
Those which express feelings: feel, hate,
hope,need, like, love, want, wish…
Verbs of the senses: Hear, look, notice,
recognise, see, seem, smell, taste…
Verbs that express possession:Belong, contain,
have, own…
THINK, SEE, HAVE
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Can be used in present continuous but the
meaning is not the same as in Present Simple
“She’s having lunch/ a drink/ a shower / a party”
(It doesn’t mean possession)
“She’s seeing a friend” (she has an appointment)
“I’m thinking about the question”(I’m
considering it)
USES
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We use it to talk about activities which are
happening at the time of speaking.
“I’m writting a letter to Jane”
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When we talk about activities in the current
period.
“I’m reading a book about birds”
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Future arranged Plans
“I’m playing football tomorrow”
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USES
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To describe a scene in the past
“It was a beautiful morning. The sun was
shining...”
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To talk about actions or events that were in
progress around a particular time in the past
“What were you doing at 1? I was having lunch”
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For a longer action that is interrupted by a
shorter action
“While I was waiting for the bus, it started to
rain”
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USES
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Actions that happened once and we don't
know WHEN
“I've been to London”
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Actions that happened in a period of time
which hasn't finished(this week, this month,
today...)
“I have seen her today”
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Actions that began in the past and which go on
to the present
“I haven't seen her since saturday”
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Recent past
“Ah, I've just cut my finger!!!”
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Recent past actions that have relevence in the
present
“He has lost his keys so we can't open the door”
SOME EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO THE PRESENT PERFECT
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Already
Recently
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Yet
For
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Just
Since
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Ever
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Never
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So far
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Up till now
THE VERB “TO GO” HAS
2 PRESENT PERFECT FORMS
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“She's been shopping”vs“She's gone
shopping”
“She's been shopping”
She has returned
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“She's gone shopping”
She's still at the shops
PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE
Video Past Simple vs Present Perfect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkln8PfE1x
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http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/
viewgame.asp?id=5996
PAST SIMPLE
USE
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Complete actions or events in the past.
“The Egyptians built the Pyramids”
We normally say WHEN the action happened:
Yesterday, last month, ago...
USES
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Actions that are still in progress
“I've been playing the piano a lot recently”
(And I may continue to play)
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With actions verbs to say how long an action
or event has been in progress (since, for, how
long....)
“Jane has been watching tv for 3 years”
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To explain a current situation in terms of
recent events
“My hands are dirty because I've been mending
my bike”
Pres Perfect vs Pres Perfect
Continuous
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs7.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro/exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersimpreperpro/exercises?ex02
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersimpreperpro/exercises?ex03
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USES
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We use Past perfect simple to refer to an
action that happened before another past
action
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PAGE 115.EXERCISE 1(REVIEW OF ALL THE
TENSES)
HOMEWORK: 1B
USES
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With state verbs(know, be, like...)and for and
since to say how long an action had been in
progress
“Harry and Tessa had known each other for only
6 months before they got married”
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We use Past Perfect Continuous to show the
cause of something in the past.
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Action verbs with “for” and “since” to say how
long an action had been in progress
GRAMMAR BUILDER PAGE 116
SECCION 1E