Present tenses

Present tenses

All types

Objectives

• To explain the rules for using different forms of present tense

• To identify and use different forms of past tense

Poll

How many tenses are there?

• 3

• 9

• 12

• 16

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https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-verb/the-tenses/v/present-tense-verbs-the-parts-of-speech

Tense Chart

Rules of verb tenses

Present tenses - examples

Multiple Choice

Many birds of Europe ... South to Africa in winter.

• Are flying

• Fly

• Flies

• has flown

Multiple Choice

The weather ... very cold in Moscow in the winter.

• Get

• Is getting

• Has got

• Gets

Multiple Choice

Don't forget to take your umbrella. It ... outside.

• Rains

• Raining

• Has been raining

• Is raining

Multiple Choice

Justin ... a book about his adventure in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

• Write

• Has written

• Is writing

• Writes

Multiple Choice

I ... them three times, but I still haven't received a reply.

• Am writing

• Have written

• Write

• Writing

Multiple Choice

We ... three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have.

• are having

• have

• have had

• has

Multiple Choice

We ... four tests so far this week. We require a great and long holiday!

• have had

• are having

• had

• have been having

Multiple Choice

It's ten p.m. I ... for three hours and probably won't finish until midnight.

• have studied

• am studying

• study

• have been studying

Multiple Choice

She ... to several specialists about her problem, but nobody knows why she is sick.

• talks

• has talked

• have talked

• is talking

Multiple Choice

The telephone ... for almost a minute. Why doesn't someone answer it?

• has been ringing

• is ringing

• has rung

• rings

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