PRESENT SIMPLE→’ My granny loves soap operas’

 TIME LINE

Everyday , always

PRESENT

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 When does it take place? Past- Present- Future? PRESENT
 Does it happen usually, regularly, frequently..? YES
 Is it a fact or a general statement? YES
 1st USE ( PRESENT)→’ I’m preparing my PAEG exams’
 TIME LINE NOW

 CONCEPT QUESTION
 Is it taking place now?YES PRESENT

 2nd USE ( FUTURE)→’ I’m seeing the doctor on Monday’ (“diary future”, it’s in my
diary)
 TIME LINE
PLAN NOW MONDAY
D

CONCEPT QUESTION
O

 C
T

Is it taking place now? NO

O
R

 PRESENT FUTURE
 Does it refer to the future? YES
 Is the action taking place in the near future? YES
 Did you make an appointment? YES
 TIME LINE

PAST NOW

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 Does it refer to past? YES
 Is the action finished? YES
 Does it have a time reference referring to the
past? YES
 TIME LINE LAST NIGHT
2 HOURS

NOW

PAST

CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 Does it refer to the past? YES
 Did the action take some time in the past to
be fulfilled? YES
 (UNFINISHED PERIOD OF TIME)→ ‘Have
you seen George this morning?’
 TIME LINE THIS MORNING

GEORGE
ASKING
NOW

 ( DURATION)→ ‘She has worked here for

three years’ DURATION

 TIME LINE
3 years ago NOW
 ( RESULT)→ ‘Oh, you’ve cut your hair’
 TIME LINE
RESULT

PAST NOW

 (EXPERIENCE)→ ‘He’s travelled all round the

world’
TIME LINE
EXPERIENCE

ASIA AMERICA AFRICA
BORN NOW




 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 Does it refer to the future? NO
 Does it refer to the past/present?PAST
 Does the time information refer to an
unfinished period of time?
 Does the time info refer to a period of time
(duration)?
 Does it refer to a result (something different
from the last time I saw it)?
 Does it refer to a life experience
 TIME LINE

YESTERDAY
NOW

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 After matching some of the answers in the
questions above…..
 Has the action taken some time to be
fulfilled?
 TIME LINE

NOW

PAST

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 Are two actions in the past involved? YES
 Does it refer to the action that happened
first? YES
 TIME LINE

NOW

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 After matching the answers to the questions
above….
 Had the action taken some time to be
fulfilled?
 TIME LINE

NOW MONDAY

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 Does it take place in the future? YES
 Will it be finished any time in the future? YES
 Is the exact time information included? YES
 TIME LINE
whole night

NOW FUTURE

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 Does it take place in the future? YES
 Will the action take some time to be fulfilled?
YES
 (PREDICTIONS NOT IN THE INMEDIATE FUTURE)→’The PAEG exam will
change”
 TIME LINE

NOW FUTURE

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS:
 Does it take place in the future? YES
 Is it a plan/intention? NO
 Is something certain? NO

 (DECISIONS AT THE MOMENT OF SPEAKING)→ ‘The phone is ringing. I’ll
answer it’
 TIME LINE

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
NOW
 Did you plan to do it? No ANSWER


 ( PLAN/ INTENTIONS)→ ‘I am going to move
next month’
 TIME LINE
NOW

FUTURE

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS
 Does it take place in the future? YES
 Is it a plan, already made and thought of? YES
 Does it include some time reference? YES
 ( EVIDENCES)→’ It is going to rain’
 TIME LINE
It’s going to rain

NOW

 CONCEPT QUESTIONS

 Does it take place in the future? YES

 Do you have any evidence that this is going
to happen? YES
 Draw Time Lines for the next sentences:
 1. My mother is meeting me at the station at 9 o’clock sharp.

 2. I will be washing my car this afternoon.

 3. Look! That tree is going to fall!

 4. I had walked for a while before you got there.

 5. I study English

 6. She was revising the unit.