Practice 2. Verb tenses: overview. This is a calendar of the month of February.

For each item, write the date or dates that the text refers to.
February
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 15 22 9 16 23 10 17 24 11 18 25 12 19 26 13 20 27 14 21 28

1. Today is Wednesday, February 11th. We play tennis on Saturdays. These are the

dates we play tennis in February: February 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th.
2. Today is Wednesday, February 4th. We're going to play tennis on Saturday.

We're going to play tennis on February _______ .

3. Today is Wednesday, February 4th. It rained yesterday. It rained on February

_.

4. Today is Wednesday, February 4th. It's been raining since Monday. It has rained on

these days: February _______, _______, and _______.

5. Today is Friday, February 13th. It's beautiful today, but it had been raining for three

days. It rained on February _______, _______, and _______.

6. Today is Friday, February 13th. It's not going to rain during the weekend. It

won't rain on February _______ and _______.

7. Today is Saturday, February 21 . Weve been here for exactly two weeks. We
st

arrived here on February _______.

8. Today is Monday, February 23rd. Our singing group meets every Tuesday evening,

and we sing from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. I will be singing with my group on the evening of February _______.

Practice 3. The simple tenses and the progressive tenses.

Circle the correct verb to complete each sentence. 1. It (is raining / rains) every day in August.

(Charts 1-1 and 1-2)

2. Uncle Joe (visited / visits) us last month. 3. Our team (will win / wins) the soccer game tomorrow. 4. Nick (watches / is watching) an action movie on TV now.

5. Tomorrow at this time we (will be flying / are flying) over the Atlantic Ocean.

6. Tina! I (was thinking / am thinking) of you just a minute ago when the phone rang!

7. I know you, Aunt Martha. You're never going to retire. You

(are working / will be working) at your computer even when you are 90 years old.
8. At 9:00 P.M. last night, all the children (go / went) to bed. At 10:00 P.M. they

(slept / were sleeping).

9. Uh-oh. Look! Mr. Anton (fell / was falling) move! We (help / will help) you!

down on the ice. Mr. Anton! Don't

10. A: Why is the beach closed today?

B: There are sharks in the water! They (swim / are swimming ) near the shore!