Present Tenses

The government wants to know if you are a reliable secret agent. Define the percentage you studied the clues yesterday:

• 0%

• 30%

• 50%

• 80%

• 100%

We use present simple for:

• Permanent states

• Repeated actions

• Daily routines

• Habits

• General truths

3rd person singular for present simple...

• never changes.

• takes only an "S" at the end.

• take "S", "ES" or "IES" at the end.

We use the present continuous for:

• Actions happening now or around the time of speaking
• Temporary situations
• Arranged actions to do in the near future
• Changing or developing situations.

The________ do not normally have continuous tenses

• Action verbs
• Stative verbs
• Regular verbs
• Irregular bers

Choose stative verbs:

• LIKE
• FEEL
• FIT
• SMELL
• EAT

The past participle of ________ is formed by adding "-ED" to the verb.

• Regular verbs
• Irregular verbs
• Stative Verbs
• Action verbs

We use the present perfect for:

• Personal experiences or changes

• A recent action which happened at an unstated time in the past.

• An action which started in the past and still continuing in the present.

• To express anger, irritation, annoyance or criticism.

• Continuous actions

Choose irregular verbs:

• MAKE

• FEED

• TAKE

• CUT

• SHAKE

A list of irregular verbs could be found at:

• Student's book - Unit 1
• Grammar book - Unit 1
• Introduction part in Student's book
• Last section in Grammar book