4. PAST TENSE = We use past tense to
indicate a past habit already completed.
For example:
I eat pizza yesterday.
5. PRESENT TENSE = We use present
tense to express habits or general truth .
For example:
I play cricket everyday.
6. FUTURE TENSE = We use future
tense to indicate an action which
hasn’t taken place.
For example:
It will rain tomorrow.
7. PAST PRESENT FUTURE
I killed a snake. He gets early in the
morning.
I will buy a computer
tomorrow.
They went to cinema. I am playing cricket. You will be feeling well
tomorrow.
She was crying yesterday. They are not reading their
lessons.
I will have left for home by
the time he gets up.
He had taken the exam
last year.
She has learnt a lesson. You will have started a
job.
I had been waiting for
him for one hour .
I have been studying since
3’o clock.
I will have been waiting
for him for one hour.
8. PAST PRESENT FUTURE
SIMPLE S + V2 + O S + V1 + O S + Will / Shall
+V1 + O
CONTINUO
US
S + Was / Were
+ V1 + ing + O
S + Is/Am/Are +
V1 + ing + O
S + Will
be/Shall be +
V1 + ing + O
PERFECT S + Had + V3 +
O
S + Has/Have +
V3 + O
S + will
Have/Shall
have + V3 + O
PERFECT
CONTINUO
US
S + Had + Been
+V1 + ing + O +
Since/For
S + Has/Have +
Been + V1 + ing
+ O + Since/For
S + Will
Have/Shall
Have + Been +
V1 + ing +
Since/For
9. Tom (1)______ a member of the school choir . He(2)
______ a choir member since Primary 1 . Last month ,
his choir leader (3)______ him to represent his school
in a competition. Before the competition , Tom and
the other choir members(4) ______ to attend many
training seasons . Some days , when he was tired ,
after(5) ______ hard to school , he (6)______ like going
but he knew that his teacher wouldn’t let him (7)
______ part if he was absent . He practiced so hard that
he almost(8) ______ his voice . Luckily it came back
just in a time .
ANSWERS : 1)Is 2) has been 3) choose 4) had 5) working
6)didn’t feel 7)take 8) lost.