Simple Tense

Using the present simple tense to describe simple facts in the present
Fill in the blank with the correct present simple tense of the verb in parentheses.
It usually ________________ (take) the moon about 27 days to orbit the Earth.
Using the Future Simple tense
Fill in the blank with the future form of the verb in parentheses.
Jenna ________________ (brush) her hair as soon as she gets dressed. will brush
Using Present Simple negative (do not)
Fill in the blank with the present simple negative form of the verb in parentheses.
Sandra_________________________(not eat) olives every lunch time
Using Present simple with future meaning ( Grammar H , pg 29)
Using the past simple tense of irregular verbs
Fill in the blank with the correct past simple tense of the verb in parentheses.
All the students in Sara’s class ________________ (catch) a terrible virus last week. caught
Using Past Simple Negative ( did not )
Progressive Tense
Forming the present participle of verbs ending in -e
Fill in the blank with the present participle form of the verb in parentheses. Please do not
distract me; I am ________________ (concentrate) on my homework. concentrating
Forming the present participle of verbs ending in -ie
Fill in the blank with the present participle form of the verb in parentheses.
Yara was ________________ (tie) her shoelaces when she spotted the earrings she lost two
days ago. tying
Forming the pp - verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant
Fill in the blank with the present participle form of the verb in parentheses.
The technicians are ________________ (fix) the broken post across the street.
Using the present progressive tense
Complete the following sentence with the present progressive form of the verb in
parentheses.
He ___________ (watch) a tennis match this afternoon. is watching
Using the negative form of the present progressive tense
Complete the following sentence with the present progressive negative form of the verb in
parentheses.
I ___________ (not watch) TV because I am doing my homework. am not watching or I'm not
watching
Recognizing and using the past progressive tense
Complete the sentence with the past progressive of the verb in parentheses.
I ______________ (listen) to the radio when the doorbell rang. was listening
Recognizing and using the past progressive negative
Complete the sentence with the past progressive negative of the verb in parentheses.
I ____________ (not sleep) when you came home last night. was not sleeping or wasn't
sleeping
Recognizing and using the past progressive with the Past Simple
Complete the following sentence using the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
While I ___________ (send) a text message, the school bus arrived. was sending
Using the future progressive tense
Complete the sentence with the future progressive of the verb in parentheses.
You _________ (step) on your toys if you do not clear the floor soon.
Recognizing and using the future progressive negative
Complete the following sentence with the future progressive negative form of the verb in
parentheses.
She __________ (not go) back to the dance class because she didn’t enjoy it.
Perfect Tense- Gramma H , exercises book page 14
 Comprehensio : Genghis Khan pages 32-37 & 38-43
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Vocabulary : Genghis Khan pages 32-37 & 38-43
Spelling : Genghis Khan pages 26-31
Grammar : Unit 3: Tenses & Voice: Perfect Progressive Tenses and The Passive
Voice
V6 The Perfect Progressive Tenses (p24)
V6.1 The Present Perfect Progressive (p24)
V6.1.1 The Present Perfect Progressive Negative (p25)
V6.1.2 The Present Perfect Progressive – recently or lately (p25)
V6.1.3 The Present Perfect Progressive – specific uses (p26-27)
Anthology : Poetry – The Horses of the Sea (Lessons 1 & 2)
You must always use lately with the present perfect tense. It shows that the situation you are talking
about is still continuing. You can use recently like this, too: I’ve been very busy lately / There hasn’t
been much rain recently.

You can also use recently with the simple past tense to talk about something that happened not long
ago. They recently got married.

So, the main difference in usage between ‘recently’ and ‘lately’ is that ‘recently’ can be used with the
simple past, but ‘lately’ cannot.

Additional differences are the ones you have pointed out for us, Gandalf: ‘recently’ can come before
past participles, but ‘lately’ cannot; ‘recently’ can be compared, but ‘lately cannot.

There are other points to consider about ‘recently’ and ‘lately.’ For example, informally, ‘lately’ can be
used with the simple present or present progressive:

She seems to be happy lately.

He’s being very careful lately.
In sentences like these, ‘recently’ cannot be used.
The present perfect continuous (also called present perfect progressive) is a verb tense which is used
to show that an action started in the past and has continued up to the present moment. The present
perfect continuous usually emphasizes duration, or the amount of time that an action has been taking
place. Read on for detailed descriptions, examples, and present perfect continuous exercises.
We use the present perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued
up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be
used with the present perfect continuous.

USE : Duration from the Past Until Now

The present perfect continuous is formed using has/have + been + present participle.

Form of Present Perfect Progressive

POISITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

I / you / we / they I have been I have not been Have I been

speaking. speaking. speaking?

he / she / it He has been He has not been Has he been

speaking. speaking. speaking?

Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have "active forms" and "passive forms."
You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English.

Active Form In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the
thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active.

[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]

Passive Form

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing
the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you
think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use
the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is
doing the action.

[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

Active Recently, John has been doing the work.

PASIVE Recently, the work has been being done by John

Recently, Lately

You must always use lately with the present perfect tense. It shows that the situation you are talking
about is still continuing. You can use recently like this, too: I’ve been very busy lately / There hasn’t
been much rain recently.

You can also use recently with the simple past tense to talk about something that happened not long
ago. They recently got married.
 

So, the main difference in usage between ‘recently’ and ‘lately’ is that ‘recently’ can be used with the
simple past, but ‘lately’ cannot

‘recently’ can come before past participles, but ‘lately’ cannot; ‘recently’ can be compared, but ‘lately
cannot.

You can also use the present perfect continuous WITHOUT a duration such as "for two weeks."
Without the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of "lately." We often use the words
"lately" or "recently" to emphasize this meaning.