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Simple and Continuous Tenses

Dolores Kamrada

Created on April 28, 2021

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Simple and Continuous Tenses

Look at the following cartoons. What do you think is happenning in these pictures? Hover over the icon to see what is happenning there!

Unit 1

Text Compositions

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Unit 1

Text Compositions

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Unit 1

Text Compositions

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Unit 1

Text Compositions

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Unit 1

Text Compositions

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Choose the right form of the verbs in the following sentences. Click on the icon to choose a verb form!

Question 1/5

I think you’ve spelt / been spelling her name wrong.

been spelling

spelt

Question 2/5

Right!

No officer, I haven’t drunk / been drinking but I think someone has stolen / been stealing my steering wheel.

drunk been drinking

stolen been stealing

Question 3/5

Right!

I’m really upset. I paid for an ‘A’ but I’ve lost / been losing the receipt.

been losing

lost

Question 4/5

Right!

Stay away or you’ll break / be breaking it.

be breaking

break

Question 5/5

Right!

Five minutes from now, our friends on Facebook will read / be reading all about this.

be reading

read

Let's analyse these sentences!

You have spelt her name wrong. ✓ Present Perfect

Subj + have/has + V3

He has been drinking. Present Perfect Continuous

~~~~~~~~~~~~●──────────── now

Subj. + have/has been + -ing

Someone has stolen my steering wheel. ✓ Present Perfect

Subj + have/has + V3

I have lost the receipt. ✓ Present Perfect

Subj + have/has + V3

You will break it. ✓ Future Simple

Subj. + will + V1

They will be reading about this in 5 minutes. Future Continuous

──●──────~~~~~~~~~~~~──────

now in 5 minutes

Subj. + will be + -ing + time

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets. 1 A: What are the police doing outside? B: I called them. Our neighbours ……………………………………..……………. (argue) again. 2 A: Are you looking forward to leaving prison? B: I can’t wait. This time next week I’ll …………………………..…………… (lie) on the beach. 3 Have you ……………………………………… (break) something? 4 A: I’ll give you a call over the weekend. B: OK, but don’t call me on Sunday evening. I’ll…………………………… (do) my daughter’s homework. 5 Don’t drive so fast. You’ll…………………………………. (lose) your licence if the police catch you. 6 A: I’ve ……………………………………… (run) out of petrol. Maybe I can borrow Diana’s car. B: You’ll…………………………………………… (get) into trouble.