Unit 1 - Tenses

Simple Present Tense

​Present Tense of 'be'

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The verb 'be' has two roles:

1. As a main verb

   • to talk about the state/condition of the subject

   Example:

   We are very happy with our test scores.

Simple Present Tense

Present Tense of 'be'

The verb 'be' has two roles:

1. As a main verb

   • to link the subject with information about it.

   Example:

   Dana is from the UAE.

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Simple Present Tense

Present Tense of 'be'

The verb 'be' has two roles:

As a helping verb

• to change the verb to a continuous form.

Example:

The students are studying tenses in the grammar class.

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Multiple Choice

Timothy Doner is very smart.

What is the use of the verb 'be' in this sentence?

• to describe a state/condition

• to link the subject with information about it

Multiple Choice

Mona and Alia aren't asleep.

What is the use of the verb 'be' in this sentence?

• to describe a state/condition

• to link the subject with information about it

Multiple Choice

Mandarin and Cantonese are languages in China.

What is the use of the verb 'be' in this sentence?

• to describe a state/condition

• to link the subject with information about it

Multiple Choice

I am really hungry.

What is the use of the verb 'be' in this sentence?

• to describe a state/condition

• to link the subject with information about it

Present Tense of 'be'

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​Example	​Use
​Timothy is an amazing person.	​a description
​Haiti is southeast of Florida.	​location
​It is warm in the UAE at this time.	​weather
​I am hot.	​reaction to weather
​Timothy and his parents are from New York.	​place of origin
​It is 3:00 pm now.	​time

Present Tense of 'be' - forms

Affirmative

'be' - am/is/are

I - am

He/She/It - is

You/We/They - are

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Present Tense of 'be' - forms

Negative

I - am not (I'm not)

He/She/It - is not (He/She/It isn't) OR (He's/She's/It's not)

You/We/They - are not (You/We/They aren't) OR (You're/We're/They're not)

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Present Tense of 'be' - forms

Yes/No Questions

Am I on time?

Is Arabic easy to learn?

Are they from China?

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Present Tense of 'be' - forms

Short answers

Am I on time? Yes, you are. / No, you are not.

Is she your classmate? No, she is not. / Yes, she is.

Are they from China? Yes, they are. /No, they are not.

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Present Tense of 'be' - forms

Wh- Questions

Wh- + be + complement?

Who is the captain of Liverpool?

What is an expensive metal?

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Present Tense of 'be' - forms

Wh- Subject Questions

Wh- + be + subject + complement?

Why is Arabic difficult to learn?

What are the names of your teachers?

Where is the teacher from?

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Multiple Choice

My brother and I ____ at home. (negative)

• am not

• aren't

• isn't

Multiple Choice

My father ____ an engineer. He's an architect.

• is

• isn't

• aren't

Multiple Choice

Change the sentence into the negative form.

She is good at English.

• Is she good at English?

• She not good at English.

• She is not good at English.

Multiple Choice

Who is she?

• She a dentist.

• She is a dentist.

• She is not a dentist.

Multiple Choice

____ busy?

• Are you

• You are

• She is

Multiple Choice

____ the children in the park?

• Where are

• Is

• Are

Multiple Choice

Are you from Chile?

• Yes, I'm.

• No, I'm not.

• No, I amn't.

Multiple Choice

Question: ____

Answer: They are in the clinic.

• Where are the doctors?

• Where the doctors are?

• Why are there doctors?

Multiple Choice

My sister and I ____ good at math, and our brother ____ good at English.

• am - is

• are - are

• are - is

The Simple Present

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The Simple Present

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The Simple Present

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The Simple Present

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Multiple Choice

The students ____ French and German at school.

• studies

• study

• don't studies

Multiple Choice

James ____ books by Stephanie Meyer.

• doesn't reads

• reads

• don't read

Multiple Choice

These watermelons ____ 10 kgs.

• weigh

• weighs

• doesn't weigh

Multiple Choice

It ____ here in December.

• usually rain

• usually rains

• rains usually

Multiple Choice

I ____ modern music. I ____ classical music.

• don't likes, like

• like, don't like

• like, doesn't like

The Simple Past

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The Simple Past

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Multiple Choice

My parents ____ at a restaurant last Saturday.

• were

• was

• aren't

Multiple Choice

____ at the theme park last weekend?

• They were

• Were they

• They weren't

Multiple Choice

That shirt ____ dirty yesterday.

• weren't

• wasn't

• were

Multiple Choice

John and I were at show yesterday?

• correct

• wrong

Multiple Choice

Q: _____

A: I was at home.

• Where was you last night?

• Where were you last night?

• Where was he last night?

Multiple Choice

____ you in class this morning?

No, I ____.

• Were/ wasn't

• Was / wasn't

• Were / was

The Simple Past

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The Simple Past

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The Simple Past

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Multiple Choice

She ____ to visit her grandmother yesterday. 

• went

• go

• didn't went

Multiple Choice

Q: Did you have a good time?

A: Yes, I ____.

• had

• did

• was

Multiple Choice

He ____ me because I was behind the tree.

• didn’t saw

• didn’t see

• see

Multiple Choice

Q: When ____ back to their country?

A: Last week.

• did they flew

• they flew

• did they fly

Multiple Choice

Did you ____ lots of interesting photos on your holiday?

• took

• take

Multiple Choice

____ finish your math homework last week?

• Why didn’t you

• Why you didn't

• When didn't you