This document provides examples for using different verb tenses in English, including present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, future, and more. Each section explains how to form and when to use the tenses in example sentences. For example, one section compares "Many tourists stay at the hotel in the winter" with past tense "Many tourists stayed at the hotel in the winter". The document aims to review and practice different English verb tenses.

1. Revision of tenses
4º ESO
CPI Tino Grandío
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2. Review of tenses
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3. Review of tenses - 1
• Many tourists __________________ (stay) at
the hotel in the winter, but my parents
____________________ (not / stay) there.
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4. Review of tenses - 1
• Many tourists stay at the hotel in the winter, but
my parents aren’t staying there.
– stay: present simple because it is a habitual action
– aren’t staying: present continuous because it refers to
the present period: these days
• Many tourists stayed at the hotel in the winter,
but my parents didn’t stay there.
– stayed: past simple because it is a past action
– didn’t stay: past simple because it is a negative past
action
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5. Review of tenses - 2
• What ________________ (they / do) now?
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6. Review of tenses - 2
• What are they doing now?
– are they doing:
• present continuous because the verb tells us about this
moment
• Remember: AUX + SUBJ +VERB in questions
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7. Review of tenses - 3
• We __________________ (visit) the Louvre
Museum last Christmas but we
_______________ (not / visit) the Eiffel Tower.
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8. Review of tenses - 3
• We visited the Louvre Museum last Christmas
but we didn’t visit the Eiffel Tower.
– visited: past simple for finished actions in a
finished time (last Christmas)
– didn’t visit: past simple negative
• Didn’t + infinitive
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9. Review of tenses - 4
• While they _________________ (travel)
around the USA, they ________________
(stay) in cheap hostels.
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10. Review of tenses - 4
• While they were travelling around the USA,
they stayed in cheap hostels.
– were travelling: past continuous for actions in
progress in the past
• After while
– stayed: past simple for finished actions in a
finished time
• regular past form
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11. Review of tenses - 5
• __________________ (Henry /swim) in the
river at the moment?
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12. Review of tenses - 5
• Is Henry swimming in the river at the
moment?
– Is Henry swimming: present continuous for
actions in progress at present
• AUX + SUBJ + VERB
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13. Review of tenses - 6
• Listen! Sarah _________________ (play) the
piano.
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14. Review of tenses - 6
• Listen! Sarah is playing the piano.
– is playing: present continuous for actions taking
place at this moment
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15. Review of tenses - 7
• Yesterday morning we _____________ (come)
to school, _____________ (have) a lecture by
the Guardia Civil and _________________
(finish) our classes but we ________________
(not / have) a sandwich.
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16. Review of tenses - 7
• Yesterday morning we came to school, had a
lecture by the Guardia Civil and finished our
classes but we didn’t have a sandwich.
– came / had / finished / didn’t have : past simple
forms for finished actions in a finished time
– didn’t have: negative past form of verb have
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18. Review of tenses - 8
• Last year Rafael Nadal
_____________________ (not / win) many
tournaments but now he
___________________ (play) much better.
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19. Review of tenses - 8
• Last year Rafael Nadal didn’t win many
tournaments but now he plays much
better.
- didn’t win: past simple for finished actions in
the past (last year=
- plays: present simple – 3rd person singular (+-s)
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20. Review of tenses - 9
• On Mondays and Tuesdays we
_________________ (have) a ten-minute
break and we _____________________
(not / go) to the library because Silvia
_____________________ (not / lend) any
books to students.
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21. Review of tenses - 9
• On Mondays and Tuesdays we have a ten-
minute break and we don’t go to the
library because Silvia doesn’t lend any
books to students.
- have: present simple for habitual actions (on
Mondays and Tuesdays)
- don’t go: negative present simple (don’t + inf)
- doesn’t lend: negative present simple in the
3rd person (doesn’t + inf.)
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22. Review of tenses - 10
• I have phoned my sister. We
________________________ (buy) a
present for our mother’s birthday.
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23. Review of tenses - 10
• I have phoned my sister. We are going to
buy a present for our mother’s birthday.
- are going to buy: present continuous for
planned future actions
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24. Review of tenses - 11
• Last week, while the teacher
__________________________ (read) a
book, we ______________________(not /
use) our mobile phones.
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25. Review of tenses - 11
• Last week, while the teacher was reading a
book, we didn’t use our mobile phones.
- was reading: past continuous for progressive
actions in the past
- didn’t use: past simple: negative finished
action in the past
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26. Review of tenses - 12
• What
__________________________________
(the primary students /do) now? They
__________________________ (play)
football in the pavilion.
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27. Review of tenses - 12
• What are the primary students doing now?
They are playing football in the pavilion.
- are the primary students doing: present
continuous for actions happening now *
questions: AUX + SUBJ + VERB
- are playing: present continuous for actions
happening now
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28. Review of tenses - 13
• Next summer my classmates
_____________________ (go / probably) to
a larger secondary school in Lugo but we
________________________ (not /go) to
the school in Piringalla.
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29. Review of tenses - 13
• Next summer my classmates will probably
go to a larger secondary school in Lugo but
we won’t go to the school in Piringalla.
- will probably go: future simple for predictions
or unplanned actions * adverb between
auxiliary and verb
- won’t go: future simple for predictions (won’t +
inf)
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30. Review of tenses
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31. Review of tenses - 14
• My mother ________________________
(like) to swim in the summer but she
______________________ (not / like)
swimming in the river.
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32. Review of tenses - 14
• My mother likes to swim in the summer but
she doesn’t like swimming in the river.
- likes: present simple (3rd person –s) for habitual
actions
- doesn’t like: negative present simple (doesn’t
like)
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33. Review of tenses - 15
• ____________________ (you / find) the
lost cat yesterday afternoon? No, I haven’t
found it yet. My brother thinks it
____________________ (be) away from
home.
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34. Review of tenses - 15
• Did you find the lost cat yesterday
afternoon? No, I haven’t found it yet. My
brother thinks it is away from home.
- did you find: question in the past simple for
finished past actions (AUX + SUB + VERB)
- is: present simple for present actions
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35. Review of tenses - 16
• She ____________________ (switch) on
the TV while we ____________________
(dance) in the garden.
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36. Review of tenses - 16
• She switched on the TV while we were
dancing in the garden.
- switched: past simple for brief action that
interrupts the longer one * regular verb
- were dancing: past continuous for actions in
progress in the past (was/were + -ing)
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37. Review of tenses - 17
• Surprisingly, the babies
_____________________ (not / cry) while
our neighbours _____________________
(have) a noisy party.
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38. Review of tenses - 17
• Surprisingly, the babies didn’t cry / weren’t
crying while our neighbours were having a
noisy party.
- didn’t cry: past simple for short action
interrupting the longer one
- weren’t crying: past continuous for
simultaneous action
- were having: actions in progress in the past
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39. Review of tenses - 18
• Last year my grandparents
________________________ (not / have)
any holidays: they
______________________ (not / go) to
Palencia or Burgos.
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40. Review of tenses - 18
• Last year my grandparents didn’t have any
holidays: they didn’t go to Palencia or
Burgos.
- didn’t have: negative past simple (didn’t + inf)
for finished action in the past
- didn’t go: finished action in the past
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41. Review of tenses - 19
• Be quiet! ______________________ (not /
speak) to me anymore!
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42. Review of tenses - 19
• Be quiet! Don’t speak to me anymore!
- don’t speak: negative imperative (don’t + inf)
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