The tense system

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The tense system

The tense system?

Can you recognize the following tenses?

We have worked really hard.

1. Present perfect
2. Present perfect continuous
3. Past simple
4. Present continuous

The sun was shining brightly.

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Past continuous

I 'd never seen a ghost.

1. Past perfect
2. Past perfect simple
3. Present simple
4. Present perfect simple

Amy and John are walking to school.

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past perfect
4. Present perfect

You never listen to the teacher!

1. Present continuous
2. Past simple
3. Present simple
4. Present perfect

Past

Present

Simple

Continuous

Perfect

Perfect continuous

I play

I played

I am playing

I was playing

I had played

I have played

I have been playing

Do you still know your irregulars?

To bear

To write

To fall

To hold

Can you form the tenses yourself?

Form the 3rd person plural

past perfect of 'to go'

Form the 2nd person plural

past simple of 'to be'

Form the 2nd person singular

present continuous of 'to fly'

Form the 3rd person singular

present perfect of 'to give'

Pay attention to these frequently made mistakes

Correct the common mistake:

 she writed

Correct the common mistake:

 he write

Correct the common mistake:

Did you wrote?