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Topics covered in todays

webinar:
Grammar - basic verb tenses:

Simple present
Present progressive
Simple past
Simple future

Basic Verb Tenses

LINC Blended Course
Week 2 Webinar
Janet Kwong
Fall 2016

Verb Tenses
We use them to express time
Verbs are words that show action or
states of being
3 basic times: past, present, and
future

Simple Present

Examples

Present Progressive

Examples

Note: Non-action verbs

Present progressive tense is almost
never used with non-action verbs:

be, have, feelings, thinking verbs, and the

5 senses
She is hungry.
(NOT She is being hungry.)

What were the 4 categories of stative

verbs in the video?
English Grammar in Use video:
https://youtu.be/nFdXIenda98

Common Mistakes
Should I use the Present Simple or
Present Continuous?
Learn English Tenses video (start at 4:45):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
AEBRIBtq7q0

They build a school beside my house.

Practice Time!

Simple Present or Present Continuous?

A Trekking Journal September 6, 2016

Today (be) 1.____________ the second day of my trek around

Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted and my legs (shake)
2.______________ ; I just hope I am able to complete the
trek. My feet (kill, really) 3. __________________ me and my
toes (bleed) 4. ____________, but I (want, still) 5.
____________ to continue.
Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn.
Everything (be) 6. ____________ so different, and I (try) 7.
____________ to adapt to the new way of life here. I (learn) 8.
______________ a little bit of the language to make
communication easier; unfortunately, I (learn, not) 9.
_______________ foreign languages quickly. Although I
(understand, not) 10. _________________ much yet, I believe
that I (improve, gradually) 11. ___________________.

Simple Past

Examples

Practice Time!
Video:

Learn SIMPLE PAST TENSE through movies (start at 3:22)

https://youtu.be/3CGh8f_utWM

Instructions: Watch the video. As you watch, write down as

many simple past tense verbs as you can.

Regular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Simple Future

Examples

Note: No 2 wills.
Rule:
use future tense in the independent clause,
and simple present in the dependent clause.
I will graduate when I finish my exams.
When I finish my exams, I will graduate.

Practice Time!
will or be going to?
1.

A: It is so cold in here!
B: I (turn) ______________ the air-conditioning off.

2.

I think Trump (be, not) _____________ the next President.

3.

After I graduate, I (attend) _______________ medical

school and become a doctor.

4.

A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone about our hotel

room. It is simply too small for four people.
B: That man at the service counter (help)
________________ you.

5.

As soon as the weather clears up, we

(walk) ___________________ down to the beach and go
swimming.

Extra Practice
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/
verbtenseintro.html
https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar
/tenses-comparison/futuretenses/exercises

Ill be adding these websites into our Moodle

in the General Information section.

Extra Practice on our Moodle

course:

Other ways to indicate

time
Context
I went to a great party last weekend.
We ate lots of food, and danced all
night.

Notice other verbs

They asked for directions, but still got
lost.

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