Name: _____________________________________________ Level: ________________ Date: ________________

TIME CONTRASTS – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: Use the time expressions below and/or some of your own to
describe events using time contrasts between the past, present and future:
Past: in the past / a few years ago / some years ago Present: now / today / this year / these days / nowadays
Future: soon/ in the next years/ in the future / in a few years

_In the past_ , _video games_ _didn’t_ _have_ _good graphics_ .

TIME EXPRESSION SUBJECT AUXILIARY___&___VERB COMPLEMENT
ACCORDING TO TENSE (PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE)

The time expression can also be at the end of the sentence, but we don’t use a comma ( ,) in that case.
CATEGORIES PAST PRESENT FUTURE

In the past, video games didn't

VIDEOGAMES have good graphics.
   

 Nowadays, movie producers

MOVIES  
spend fortunes on CGI.
 

 Virtual classes will become a big

EDUCATION     part of regular education in the
near future.

REAL CONDITIONAL: Also called first conditional. It’s a sentence with two clauses. We use the “if clause” to express
a possible situation in the present, and the “main clause” to express a possible consequence using the future.
If _I_ _don’t work_ _all night_ , _I_ _won’t_ _be able to finish_ _the project_ .
SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT SUBJECT FUTURE VERB COMPLEMENT
SIMPLE PRESENT (WILL/MAY/MIGHT) BASE FORM
_ _ _ _

IF CLAUSE COMMA ( ,) MAIN CLAUSE

The main clause can also be at the beginning of the sentence, but then we don’t use a comma ( ,) in that case.
Write the correct form of the verb in the following sentences:
1. I ____________ (go) to the cinema if I ____________ (finish) homework early.
2. If we ____________ (have) money for the summer, we____________ (go) to Spain.
3. They ____________ (donate) to charities if they ____________ (collect) enough money.
4. If you ____________ (get) back late, I ____________ (be) angry.
5. If we ____________ (eat) all this cake, we ____________ (feel) sick.
Complete the following sentences with your own ideas:
6. If ________________________________________________ , I will cook dinner at home.
7. ________________________________________________ if my friends want to play soccer.
8. ________________________________________________ if I don’t hurry.
9. I will take a taxi if ________________________________________________.
10. ________________________________________________ if you don’t come with me.
WRITING: Write a paragraph of about 60-80 words describing how was Ecuador different 100 years ago in education,
transportation or communications, and how it will change in the next 100 years.
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