V3 the present tense

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The Present Tense

The Present Tense

Grammar

- Present Simple

- Present Continuous

- Present Perfect

- New: Gerund

Goals for today:

- Know the Present tenses and how they differ

- Know what the Gerund is and how it works

- Ending unit 2

Present Simple
Use/Rule/Signalwords/Example sentence

Present Continuous
Use/Rule/Signalwords/Example sentence

Present Perfect
Use/Rule/Signalwords/Example sentence

In what tense is this sentence?
"They are working on the street now."

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Perfect

In what tense is this sentence?
"Her grandparents often eat dinner at 4 o'clock"

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Perfect

In what tense is this sentence?
"They have waited there for 30 minutes."

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Perfect

In what tense is this sentence?
"I am still very tired at the moment."

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Perfect

Fill in:
"She always ..... for drinks on Friday" (to go)

Fill in:
"They ..... a movie together as we speak." (to watch)

Fill in:
"He ..... in the UK since 2003" (to live)

Fill in:
"Jesse and Liza ......... here for almost 5 years" (to work)

Fill in:
"Mark ........ the game at 10 every night " (to join)

Which tense give you the most trouble?

1. Simple
2. Continuous
3. Perfect
4. None. I'm a genius

The 'Gerund'

Basically the '-ing' form

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Exercises

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1-4 vocab

5-6 tenses

Use  SIGNAL WORDS to identify the right tense!!!!!

Goals for today:

- Know the Present tenses and how they differ

- Know what the Gerund is and how it works