2. Quick review about the present tense
RULES
-Subject + root verb
I drink tea every morning and evening.
He/She/ it + root verb + ‘s’
Every day he walks to school.
A third person subject (he/ she/ it) + a root verb ending in either ch, sh, o, s or
x + ‘es’
She washes our clothes.
A third person subject (he/ she/ it) + root verb ending ‘y’ is replaced by ‘I’ + ‘es’
This child cries all the time.
3. Present progressive describes an ongoing action that is happening at the same
time the statement is written. Am/is/are + ‘-ing’.
The socialist is examining the effects of discrimination.
Present perfect tense describes an action that happened at an indefinite time
in the past and continue in the future. Has/ have + past participle + ‘-ed’ or
irregular verbs.
Women have voted in presidential elections since 1921.
Present perfect progressive describes an action that began in the past,
continues in present and may continue in the future. Has/have been + present
participle + ‘-ing’.
The CEO has been considering a transfer to the state of texas.
4. Quick review about the past tense
Past tense expresses an action or situation that was started and finished in the
past. Verb + -ed. The irregular verbs have special past tense forms that we have
to memorize.
W.W.II ended in 1995
Ernest Hemmingway wrote “The Old Man and the Sea”.
We also have: did and was/were
Past progressive tense describes a past action which was happening when
another action occurred. Was/were + verb + ‘-ing’.
The explorer was explaining the lastest discovery in Egypt when protest began
on the streets.
5. Past perfect tense describes an action that took place in the past before
another past action. Had + past participle of the verb.
By the time the troops arrived, the war had ended.
Past perfect progressive tense describes a past, ongoing action that was
completed before some other past action. Had been + present perfect of the
verb ‘-ing’.
Before the dudget cuts, the student had been participating in many
extracurricular activities.
6. Class Activity #1
Go to the following link and answer all the questions about Present and Past
Tense, once you have finished them please let the teacher know for a quick
review.
Time: 20 minutes
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs17.htm
7. Class Activity #2
Read the following story about “Uncle Spider”
There will be underlined Simple Present and Simple Past tenses that you will
have to identify (when the teacher ask for it).
Let´s have some fun!
8. The spider is the hero of many West African tales. Nobody knows why a
spider, of all creatures, should be so honored. Some say the
spider represents a legendary warrior of ancient times, a man renowned
for his cunning as well as for his valor. Others say the spider is a solar
symbol, perhaps because its legs radiate out from a central orb, like
the rays of the sun.
Here is a spider tale from northern Nigeria.
When Mother hyena was away, Anansis, the spider, went to her den and
informed her cubs that he was their uncle, For-you-all. "Wake me up when
your mother brings food," he said and curling up in a corner, went to sleep.
Presently Mother hyena came with meat which she gave to her cubs,
saying: "This is for you all."
9. The cubs woke up the spider and gave him the meat which he
devoured. Motherhyena brought meat twice more, on each occasion
saying, "This is for you all," while handing over the food to her cubs.
Each time, the cubs dutifully woke up Anansis and gave him the meat.
In the evening when Mother hyena came home the cubs started crying for
food.
"Still hungry after all the meat I gave you?" she asked, surprised.
"Uncle ate it all!" they wailed. The spider, realizing that it was time to
run, darted out of the cave and sprinted away.
"That's Uncle For-you-all!" shouted the cubs.
"Is he!" said their mother, grimly, and bounded after the spider. Anansis
rushed into Dog's house and sat beside him.
10. "I've just finished eating," said the dog. "I've nothing to offer you."
"That's all right," said the spider, "I've already eaten. That's why I'm
here."
The hyena came in just then.
"Which of you was the rascal I was chasing!" she demanded.
The spider pointed to the dog. "He has been running," he said. "See
how he's panting with his tongue hanging out."
The hyena pounced on the dog that twisted away and jumped out
of the window. The hyena followed him. The uncle spider, knowing
that it would be a long time before the dog got back, stretched out
on his bed for a short snooze.
11. Thank you
guys!
Please do not forget to practice at home!
