Past tenses for Progress Reports

Past tenses for Progress Reports

Progress Reports

• Give background information (Past Simple - the task given)

• Describe global tasks (Present continuous - we are working on ..)

• Explain what has already been done ( Present Perfect)

• Say what happened when something was being done (Past perfect)

• Explain what will be done at a future moment. (Future Perfect)

Multiple Choice

Yesterday I ____________ to create the best website ever.

• am asked

• am asking

• was asked

When we are saying what someone else said we use:

the passive voice "I was asked" and not "I asked" because I didn't speak.

Multiple Choice

Two days ago my boss ______ me to create the best website ever.

• was asking

• asked

• has asked

Multiple Choice

I _____ to accept the challenge.

• decided

• was deciding

• have been deciding

The decision WAS made at a moment in the past so we use the PAST SIMPLE

Multiple Select

Yesterday I decided to create a website.

When will you start?

An hour ago.

• I started this morning.

• In an hour

• I have started

• For one hour

We use the PRESENT PERFECT (I have started) to talk about a past event ...

with an implication in the present. I am busy/I am working!!

Poll

Day 2

The homepage looks good.

Yes, I ...

• was busy yesterday

• have been busy

Multiple Select

_______ suitable photos for the site?

• Did you have found

• Did you find

• Have you found

• Did you found

Multiple Choice

Has the text been validated by the client?

• No it wasn't

• Yes they did

• No they didn't

• Yes it has

Open Ended

Have you decided which transition to use between the pages?

(short answer is fine)

Multiple Choice

I've lost all today's work?

What ______ when it disappeared?

• was you doing

• were you doing

• did you doing

Multiple Choice

Why are you angry?

The client wants me to change the font.

The client is king, right?

• Yes, but I had already asked which font.

• Yes, but I asked which font before.

We use the PAST PERFECT to describe an implication in the past ...

from an action that had already happened.

Poll

What would you do?

• Invoice anyway and contact the bailiff

• Try to use the site for someone else

You decide to invoice

and chase the payment through the courts

Multiple Select

How much does the client owe you?

• I have chased up 2000€

• They owe 2000€

• I invoiced 2000€

• They will pay 2000€

Multiple Select

How long have you been waiting for the payment?

• In 4 months

• 4 months

• 4 months ago

• It's been 4 months

Multiple Choice

When will your claim go to court?

• In 2 months.

• 2 months in the future.

• I have 2 months

Multiple Select

How long will you have waited?

• I will have waited since 6 months

• I will have waited for 6 months

• I will have waited since the end of the website creation

With the perfect tenses we use FOR to talk about a period of time and

since to say when the action started.

Progress Reports

• Give background information (Past Simple - the task given)

• Describe global tasks (Present continuous - we are working on ..)

• Explain what has already been done ( Present Perfect)

• Say what happened when something was being done (Past perfect)

• Explain what will be done at a future moment. (Future Perfect)

Case Study

Individually, write a progress report about a project (or an imaginary project) which can be personal or work-related.

As usual, I expect the work to be done seriously but the subject doesn't have to be serious.