Verb Tenses Review

Verb Tenses Review

Objective: Understand the use of common verb tenses.

Let's review commonly missed questions

16. When I was a child, my mother ______ me with my homework.

[More than one possible option]

• would help

• helped

• used to

• was helping

16. When I was a child, my mother ______ me with my homework.

[More than one possible option]

• helped--ayudaba

• used to-- solía/ antes hacia/antes habia

Examples of "used to"

• I used to work at a place called Datamark.

• I used to have a best friend in elementary, but now I don't know where they are.

• I used to help my grandfather on his farm when I was a teenager.

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I used to live in Austin, Texas.

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You look like somebody that I used to know.

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I'm not used to the warm weather here in El Paso.

18. I ______ for over two hours when Tim finally arrived.

• was waiting

• waited

• had been waiting

• had waited

18. I ______ for over two hours when Tim finally arrived.

• had been waiting- habia estado esperando

“Had been” means something began in the past, lasted for some time, then ended.

I had been waiting all day for everyone to login, until they finally came to class at 10:30 AM.

Examples of "had been"

I had been thinking of going on vacation to Hawaii, but COVID changed my plans.

The bus had been in an accident and was really late.

My dog had been thrown in the desert, but someone found him before he died.

Open Ended

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I had been craving tacos for dinner, but my mom made soup instead.

Open Ended

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The car had been junked for many years, until I found it.

Open Ended

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I had been waiting for 10 minutes, until they took my order.

1. I ________for hours, it's time to take a break!

• have studied

• have been studying

• are studying

I ________for hours, it's time to take a break!

• have studied-he estudiado

• have been studying--He estado estudiando

  
  

Examples of "have" and "have been"

• I have run a marathon.

• I have finished my assignment.

• I have been training for a marathon.

• I have been working on my assignment all day.

Open Ended

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I have received an email from Mr. Gomez.

Open Ended

Translate: "have"

The old cars have 100,000 miles and still run.

Open Ended

Translate: "have"

She said we have 10 minutes left of class.

Open Ended

Translate: "have been"

I have been receiving a lot of emails.

Open Ended

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The cars have been sold to a junkyard.

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Javier and his friends have been playing Playstation 5 during ZOOM Conference for English.