GRAMÁTICA INGLESA

U2_Workshop_Present, past and future tenses

Unidad 2
Presentado por: YULI CAROLINA AGREDA

Exercises
1) Add –ing to the verbs and put them in the correct box.

Walk, dance, swim, shop, lie, study, laugh, write, play, smoke, look, stop, sleep, die, run.

+ ing -ie = y+ing

Sleeping Dying
Stoping Studing
Laughing playing
Walking
Looking

-e = ing Double consonant +ing

Swimming
Dancing Shopping
Writing running
smoking
2) Fill In with the present Continuous.

a) He ______ _sitting___________(sit) at the desk

b) They _playing___________(play) Football

c) She __________eating________(eat) dinner

d) You _______reading___________(read) a book

e) The dog _________sleepping_________(sleep)

f) Ana __________swimming________(Swim)

g) I _listening___________(Listen) to music

h) Tom ___writing_______________(write) a report

i) The Birds _____singing_____________(Sing)

j) Mum ___making_______________(Make) a Cake

3) Correct the mistakes

a) We are looking for a new flat

b) I am playing tennis now

c) George and Mary are Watching tv

d) What are you doing?

e) You aren’t listening to the teacher

f) He is reading a Magazine

4) Choose 5 people (members of your family, friends, wife, husband, children, etc) and describe
what are they doing?
My brother is watching Tv.

Mi mother is cooking a delicious dinner.

Brenda is dancing in the room.

Mark is playing her guitar.

I am doing the homework.

Present Simple
Exercises

1) Write the third person singular of the verbs in the list in the correct box Dance, brush, open, try,
fix, buy, put, kiss, like, dry, go, catch, wash, sit, fly, copy, teach, play, pass, begin, say

-S -ES -IES
Dances Brushes Tries
Opens Fixes Buies
Puts Kisses Dries
likes Goes Flies
sits Catches Copies
begins Washes Plaies
Teaches saies
passes

Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple.

a) I ___plaies________(play) football with my friends on Sundays

b) Tina __walkes_________(walk) to school every day

c) We ___goes________(go) to bed at 10’oclock every night

d) Penguins __lives_________(live) in the Antarctic

e) Tony ___studies________(study) maths at the university

f) John and Peter ___visites________(visit) their grandparents every week

g) Sally __speakes_________(Speak) Spanish

h) Mike _does__________(do) his homework every evening

i) Susan __washes_________(wash) her hair every day

j) Water ____boiles_______(boil) at 100° Celsius.

Correct the mistakes

a) He don’t speakes English

b) He is swims every morning

c) Does you works in a bank?

d) I haves dinner now

e) Mark walkes to school every day

f) Kate is likes Pizza

g) The sun is rises in the east

h) Susan and Michael lives in London

i) We are needs some sugar

Describe briefly your daily routine. Take into account, adverbs of frequency nd the present simple.
______________

My name is Yuli Carolina

I usually wake up at 7:00, I get out of bed at 10 and then I

take a shower. After the shower I usually have a cup of
coffee and sometimes cereal or bread.
I drive to work and I usually leave home at 5:45, I get to
work around 6:50 pm.

Exercises 1) Fill in was, wasn’t, were or weren’t

a) ______was___Marilyn Monroe a famous actress? Yes, she __was______

 b) __was_______Alfred Hitchcock an actor? No, he __ wasn’t ________ He ___was______ a
famous director

c) ____Was_____ Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin directors? No, they wasn’t ________
__________. They ___was_______ composers.

d) _____was______ Thomas Edison a singer? No he __ wasn’t ________ ________. He

_____was____ an inventor.

e) _______were__ Abraham Lincoln and George Washington presidents of the USA? Yes, They
________were_____

Write the past simple of the verbs in the correct box Laugh, tidy, travel, stay, plan, hate, cry, rob,
pull, love, study, dance, kiss, drop, change, enjoy, try, live, prefer, cook, hurry.

-ed -d
Laughed,traveled,stayed,pulled,danced,kissed Hated,changed,lived.
Prefered,cooked.
-ied Double consonant + ed
Tidied,cried,studied,enjoied,tried,hurried. planned,robbed,dropped.

Write the past simple of the verbs

1. Run__runed_____ 2. Make__maked____ 3. Break __breaked_____

4. Read _read_____ 5. See __seed_____ 6. Drink __drinked_____

7. Feed ___feed____ 8. Eat _fated______ 9. Come _comed______

10. Find _______ 11. Say _saied______ 12. Take _taked______

13. Drive _drived______ 14. Steal _steale______ 15. Write writed_______

16. Wake _wakes______ 17. Bring _bringes______ 18. Leave _leaved______

19. Sleep __sleeped_____ 20. Swim __swimmed_____ 21. Know __knowed_____

22. Give ____gived___

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple
1. ______you are goed__________to school yesterday (you/go)

2. He ______reade_______________an interesting book last month (read)

3. I looked for my keys but I ____did not find_________ find them (not/find)

4. I wasn’t hungry so I __did not eat__________anything (not/eat)

5. __________Did you___ ring_________the bell? (you/ring)

6. What ___did they have______________for breakfast? (they/have)

First put the verbs into the interrogative form of the past simple, then match the questions to the
answers.

1. What time __did you get up____________________ (you/get up) this morning?

2. When _____did she moved_________________ (she/move) to London?

3. Why _____did he go_________________ (he/go) to Paris?

4. Where __________did he see___________ (he/see) the film?

5. Whose Car ____ did she drives_______________ (she/drive) this morning?

6. Who ________they invited_____________(they/invite) to dinner?

7. What __________did you haved____________ (you/have) for lunch?

a. Four years ago ___ b. At the cinema ___ c. Pizza ___ d. At 8 o’clock ___ e. Jean and Tom ___ f.
For a holiday ___ g. Robert’s ___

2.4 Past Continuous

Exercises

1) Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous

A: What ______happenning_______(happen) at the time of the robbery?

B: Well, I ___sitinf__________(sit) in my office. I __talking_______(talk) to an employee. Some of

the staff ____puting__________(put) food onto the shelves. Several
customers__doing__________(do) their shopping and a cashier
___standing_____________(stand) behind the till.

A: Can you tell me anything about the robbers?

B: yes, They____wearing__________(wear) black masks and they ___holding___________(hold)
guns. They _______shouting______(shout).

Match column A with Column B

3) Correct the mistakes

a) Tom was washing the car when the fire started

b) Nelly was studying while her sister was listening to music

c) Harried was opening the door and always walked into the house

d) We were having lunch at a lovely restaurant while we were on holiday

e) Brian drinked tea at five o’clock yesterday afternoon

f) Dad was repared the TV while mum cooked dinner

g) I was buies a new dress for my party yesterday

h) While Jeff built the fence, he hurt himself

i) While the teacher were speaking, the students was listened to him
) What were the following people doing yesterday at 4:00 o’clock p.m.?

a) Your sister/brother______________________________________

my sister was cooking whilw my brother played her guitar

b) Your father____________________________________________

my father was watching TV

c) Your Mother___________________________________________

My mother was studing

d) Your best friend_________________________________________

my best fríen was eating potatoes.

e) Your boyfriend/husband/girlfriend/wife_____________________

my boyfrien was talking in the ihone.

2.5 Present Perfect

1) Write the past participle of the following verbs a) See seen b) Cut c) Work worken d) Leave
leaven e) Feed f) Bring g) Swim h) Buy i) Drink j) Go k) Catch l) Read m) Arrive n) Make o) give p)
sing q) teach r) ring s) do t) eat

Ask and answer questions using the prompts as in the example

a) My friend has opened (open) a flower shop in the village.

b) I ________have no do do_______(not/do) my homework yet

c) The baker __has ___baked___________________(bake) many loaves of bread

d) ___________have you send____________________(you/send) aunt Margaret a birthday card

yet?

e) Grandma ___has _watered _________________ (water) the flowers

f) I _________has losed____________________(lose) my gloves

g) He ___has not finished____________________(not/finish) his lunch yet

h) Beth ____has knited________________(knit) a beautiful red sweater.

Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect

A: What have you done (you/do) so far?

B: Lots of things. I _______cleaned________(clean) the house, I ______cooked___________(cook)

Lunch and I ___taked___________(take) the dog for a walk. What about you? I
______watered___________(water) the flowers, I __washed_______________________(wash)
the dishes and I _______cuten__________(cut) the grass.

Exercises 1) Fill in the blanks with will or will not

a) You are late. You won’t get there in time

b) The Ice-cream is melting. I __will________ put it in the freezer

c) Perhaps Tom __will______start looking for a better job

d) I ______will__________be able to help you tomorrow because I’m busy

e) We haven’t got any milk. I __will not_______________buy some

f) Put on your coat or you __ will____________get cold

g) I’m afraid I _____will_________have time to go shopping with you next Saturday

3) Fill in the short answers

a) Will they go camping next week? Yes, they will

b) Will Tom buy a car next year? No, ___he Will not________

c) Will Fiona go to a concert tonight? No,__she Will not______

d) Will the children decorate the cake? Yes, __they will___________

e) Will mother be back in an hour? No, ___she Will not____________

f) Will you help me fix the tv? No, __I Will not___________

) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of be going to and the verbs in brackets

a) I _____am going to_________________(buy) a new car next month

b) When _you going to tidy________________(you/tidy) your bedroom?

c) Bob ___going to play_______________(play) football on Saturday because he has hurt his leg

d) Barry and Jason ___going to visit_______________(visit) their grandparents on Sunday

e) Monica _____going to sing____________(sing) in the concert. She has a sore throat

f) I ___am going to walk___________________(walk) to school today. I’ll take the bus

g) ____you going to help_______________________(you/help) me wash the dishes after lunch

Describe what are your plans for the next month? How do you see yourself in 5 years? For next
month I …

I could travel on vacation to go with my family to

the beach, I could finish my degree and find a
better job, I would also like to have a business
where I could sell my crafts to other countries and
thus help many women in my community have a job,