Learning activity 4.

Present, past and future practice

Present simple

Find the words in the wordsearch and write them in the lines below.
Conjugate the verbs in present simple, then complete the text.

Oliver (1) _____ 14 and he (2)________ in California. He (3) _________ to school

in the mornings and in the afternoons he (4)_________ a sport: volleyball. He
(5)__________ playing volleyball a lot, so he and his friends are on the volleyball
team.

They (6) ___________ volleyball every day. He (7) ___________ T.V. series so he
(8) ___________ them for halft an hour. In the evening he and his family (9)
___________ about the day. A ten o´clock he (10) _____________ to bed.

Present continuous

Write sentences in present continuous as indicated: affirmative (+), negative (-)

and interrogative (?)

1. Watch / Hilary/ on TV at this moment / sports

(?) _______________________________________________.

2. Class/ take / they / in the gym/ Physical Education

(+) _______________________________________________.

3. Play / very well / my friends /today

(-) ________________________________________________.

4. Right now / read/ you / what

(?) ________________________________________________.
5. His husband / in the U.S.A. / work / this month
(+) ________________________________________________.

6. Chat on line / Karen / now

(-) ________________________________________________.

Present perfect

Use the prompts given and write sentences in present perfect. Use a preposition,
adverb or definite time expression to complete the ideas.

Example: Snoopy/climb/ his house: Snoopy has climbed onto his house

1. Brian/play/tennis/he was a child

_____________________________________________

2. Susan/read/her new book / 2 hours

______________________________________________

3. I/find/some money in the street

_______________________________________________
4. Ever/ try / you / bungie jumping?

_______________________________________________

5. Be / never / I / abroad / last year

________________________________________________

6. Laura / sushi / eat not/ ages

_________________________________________________

Past simple

Circle the correct form of the verb in past simple to complete the ideas.

Example: Hellen is an English teacher .She sing / sang / sung in class yesterday.

a) Joseph is very happy .He wined / wins / won the soccer match.

b) Tom and Peter have a hangover. They drank / drunk / drinked a lot of wine
last night.

c) Jim is crying. He playing / played / plays tennis and he lost the match.

d) I’m terrified, I heared / heard / hear a strange noise.

 e) Monica and I go / goed / went to the Olympic Games last year.

f) My father gived / gave / given me a present for my birthday.

g) The class begin / begined / began at 9 ó clock.

h) You wrote / writed / written many letters to your friends when you were in
Europe.

Past continuous

Read the table and with this information write the phrases in the affirmative or
negative of past continuous form.
What were you doing yesterday at 8 o’clock?

I Play the guitar

You Not watch TV
He Not read
She Laugh with her husband
It Not snow
We Have breakfast
They Chat
Jack Play
Jeny Not work
 1. I was playing the guitar.
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Past perfect
Write sentences in past simple and past perfect according to the ideas given.

1. First I cleaned the house, then my guests arrived.

________________________________________________________________.

2. First the class finished, then the student come to the classroom.
_________________________________________________________________.

3. Cindy first finished her homework, then she went out.

_________________________________________________________________.

4. First Tony saw his door open, then he called the police.
_________________________________________________________________.
 Future will
Create a comic describing how you think the world will be in ten years. Write short
sentences describing your ideas by using the simple future will.
 Future going to

Write the verbs in future tense with going to.

1. Mr. Potts (sell) _________________________ his house.
2. His brothers (learn) _____________________ French.
3. My father (build) _______________________ a tree house for my brothers.
4. She (move) ______________________ to another town.
5. Our friends (spend) ______________________their next holidays in the
Caribbean.

Write negative sentences using future (going to).

1. I (tell/not) _____________________ you the secret.
2. She (ring/not) ________________________ me.
3. We (invite/not) _______________________ him to our party.
4. Henry (work/not) __________________________ a road.
5. Her husband (lend/not) ______________________her any more money.

Write questions in future (going to).

1. (They/paint/the room) ________________________________?
2. (What/you/do) ______________________________________?
3. (you/help/me) ______________________________________?
4. (read/ Mary / a book) ________________________________?
5. (the boys / swim/ in the school) ______________________________?