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Key Vocabulary
1.Auxiliary verb (‘awg-zil-yuh-ree’) or helping verb)

a.‘to be,’ am/ is /are (was/were)


b. do/does (did)
c. have/has (had)

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1 A world of difference

Present Simple
The kids are at camp.

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Present Continuous

They are enjoying the activities.

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Present Perfect (Simple)
Tells about the past but has a
connection to the present

They have eaten lunch today.


They have gone to school this week.
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Present Perfect Continuous
An action that started in the past but is
still in progress

Main verb + ing

They have been playing games.

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Present Simple Passive
A more formal and indirect style of speech
The focus changes from the subject to the
object

‘to be’ + past


participle

Active: The children are served lunch at noon.

Passive: Lunch is served at noon to the


children
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1.Continuous tenses always
use ‘-ing’

2.Perfect tenses always use


‘has, have, or had’’

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Present Tenses

1.Present Simple

1.Present Continuous = ‘to be’ verb + main verb + ing

2.Present Perfect = has/have + past participle

1.Present Perfect Continuous = has/have + been + past


participle

1.Passive Simple Present = ‘to be’ verb + past participle

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Select the correct tense
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Simple Passive

Where are you?

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Select the correct tense
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Simple Passive

We’ve been waiting for an hour!

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Select the correct tense
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Simple Passive

Computer games are


played by many kids.

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Which tense is used? Page 3 Present
Simple

Present
1. In which country do men and women live the longest?
Continuous

3. If you are standing on the equator, how many hours of


daylight do you have? Present
Perfect

9. How many people have won the Nobel Peace Prize


Passive
since it started in 1901? Simple
Present
11. Which language is spoken by the most people in the
world?

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Today’s Lesson:

Auxiliary Verbs vs Full Verbs

Asking Yes/No Questions

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Auxiliary verbs: These are used to form tenses, and to
show forms such as questions and negatives.

Examples:

I am playing soccer now.

Did you see the movie yesterday?

We have never been to America.

Where do you come from?

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Full Verbs: These are all other verbs in the language,
for example, play, run, eat, sleep, read, walk, etc.

Do, ‘to be,’ and have can be used with full verbs with
their own meaning

I had a pet dog.

He is at school right now.

We did our homework.

MT training was fun.

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Making Yes/ No Questions

1.Use an auxiliary verb to start your sentence.

am, is are, was, were = ‘to be’ verbs

do, does, did

Has, have, had

2. Choose a subject (pronoun or noun). Make sure aux. verb and


subject agree.

Homer Simpson you the student they Bart and Lisa

3. Add a main verb to complete the meaning.

eat drink drive play dance watch use


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Question: Did Homer Simpson drink Duff
today?
Answer: Yes, he did drink Duff today.

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