READING COMPREHENSION COURSE

TENSES REVIEW WORKSHOP

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1. Identify in which tense is written each one of the following sentences ( present simple, present continuous, past simple, past
progressive, present perfect, future tense

A. Jhon visits his mom every weekend. Simple present

B. Richard and Sean studied English ten years ago. past simple
C. I´m an engineer. present simple
D. Jonattan was watching T.V while his father was sleeping. past continuous
E. Rosemary is going to travel to Europe next year. future tense
F. Sue visited her mum in Cartagena several times. past simple
G. My relatives were happy yesterday. past simple
H. Zunilda loves playing tennis. present simple
I. Ivan and Mary were playing video games yesterday. past continuous
J. Rita wanted to live in Cali but it wasn´t possible. past simple

2. Scramble the following sentences

a. Does/ read/ Johnny/ this / a/ week/book?

Does Johnny read a book this week?
b. ?/ Are/ professors/ aware/ those/ their/ of/ mission
Are those professors aware of their mission?
c. Some/ need / reading/ practice/ skills
Reading skills need some practice
d. Did/ Peter/ play/ basketball/ alive/ he/ when/was/?
Did Peter play basketball when he was alive?
e. My/ were/ paying/ students/not/to/ my/attention/classes.
My students were not paying attention to my classes
f. They/did/ live/ In/ last/ Argentina year/ ?
Did they live in Argentina last year?
g. I/ help/ with/ her/ will/my/chores/mom
I will help my mom with her chores
h. She/ learn/ does/ easily/ languages/?
Does she learn languages easily?
i. Was/ little/ sick/ /week/ my/last/? (Aquí le falta el sujeto)
Was my little child sick last week?

3. Write the positive, negative or question form to each set of sentences.

a. (+) We are English students

(-) We are not English students

(?) Are we English students?

b. (+) They run in the park every day.

(-) They don’t run in the park every day.

(?) Do they run in the park every day?

c. (+) John studies English and French.

(-) John doesn’t study English and French.

(?) Does John study English and French?

d. (+) Carlos is writing a letter

(-) Carlos isn’t writing a letter.

(?) Is Carlos writing a letter?

e. (+) Peter and Karla are dancing in the disco

(-) Peter and Karla are not dancing in the disco

(?) Are Peter and Karla dancing in the disco?

f. (+) Thomas won the lottery

(-) Thomas didn’t win the lottery

(?) Did Thomas win the lottery?

g. (+) Marcos was studying for his math exam.

(-) Marcos was not studying for his math exam

(?) Was Marcos studying for his math exam?

h. (+) Sandra has visited three countries.

(-) Sandra hasn’t visited three countries

(?) Has Sandra visited three countries?

i. (+) They have worked all day long

(-) They haven’t worked all day long

(?) Have they worked all day long?

j. (+) You will travel to Europe next year

(-) You won’t travel to Europe next year

(?) Will you travel to Europe next year?