SIMPLE PAST
GAMES
CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES,
PAST OF BE
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH WAS OR WERE
CLICK THE CORRCT ANSWER
IRRGULAR VEBS
Find the correct pairs of matching present and past verbs:
Learn the past tense of irregular English verbs:
Click on the right lily
MULTIPLE CHOISE
ACTION VERBS GAME:
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Formation of Comparative Adjectives
There are two ways to make or form a comparative adjective:
- short adjectives: add "-er"
- long adjectives: use "more"
Short adjectives
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old, fast
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- 2-syllable adjectives ending in -y
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happy, easy
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Normal rule: add "-er"
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old → older
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Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -r
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late → later
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Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant, double the last consonant
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big → bigger
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Variation: if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i
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happy → happier
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Long adjectives
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- 2-syllable adjectives not ending in -y
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modern, pleasant
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- all adjectives of 3 or more syllables
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expensive, intellectual
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Normal rule: use "more"
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modern → more modern
expensive → more expensive
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CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
COMPARE THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES EXERCISES:
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES:
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
PRACTICE THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE:
How much and How many
How much: with non-count nouns
How many: with count nouns.
LET´S PRACTICE:
Complete the blanks with: How much o How many.
Choose the correct answer for each question.
A few and a little:
'a' few and 'a' little mean a small quantity or a small number.
A few: with count nouns
A little: with non-count nouns
Practice:
some, any
some: affirmative statements, offers, requests and in questions when you expect the answer "yes"
any: negative statements, questions
Have you got any bananas? No, we haven't got any. But we've got some oranges.
Let´s practice:
1. Choose the best answer
PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE
For + a period of time
To measure a period of time up to the present, we use the present perfect tense and not the present tense.
I have known her for ten years.
Since + a point in time (in the past), until now.
Since gives the starting point of actions, events or states. It refers to when things began.
I have known her since last summer.
LET´SPRACTICE:
ALREADY-YET
ALREAY: with affirmative statements to indicate completed actions.
Common Position: between the auxiliary (have/has) and the past participle or at the end of the sentence.
I`ve already done myhomework.
I`ve done my homework already
YET: with questions and negative sentences to indicate not completed actions.
Common position: at the end of the sentence.
Have they seen the elephant at the zoo yet?
No, they haven`t seen it yet.
LET´SPRACTICE:
- Complete the following sentences with "yet" or "already".
STILL AND ANYMORE
STILL. with questions and affirmative statements to indicate a continuing not completed action.
Common Position: before the main verb.
Does Carlos still work at that hospital ?
Yes, he still works there.
ANYMORE: with negative sentences to indicate that an action is not continuing..
Common Position: at the end of the negative sentences.
They used top lay soccer in the high school. Now they don´t play soccer anymore.
LET´SPRACTICE:
- Choose the best answer.
PAST PERFECT TENSE
The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
Examples:
· I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
LET`S PRACTICE.
- Choose the right answer.
- Sellect the correct answers below
- Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
- Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
FUTURE PERFECT
We use the future perfect when an action will be complete at a specific time in the future.
I will have finished my project by the weekend.
This time next year I will have graduated.
We use the future perfect to predict the present.
Don't bother going to see him, he'll have left.
LET`S PRACTICE.
- Choose the best answer.
- Fill in the verbs in brackets in the Future Perfect.
- Change the verb into the correct form, then press "Check" to check your answers
PRESENT SIMPLE AND EXPRESSIONS OF FREQUENCY
The simple Present Tense is used to talk about habitual actions, specially when the following expressions are used:
- ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY:
Always, usually, often, sometimes,seldom, never.
Adverbs of frequencies are used before the verb, except with the verb to be. They`re used after the verb to be.
They always play soccer.
She is often late.
- Expressions of frequency:
- Every day, once a week/ month/year, twice a week/month/year, three times a week/month/year.
They are used at the end of the sentence.
W e go to the movies once a week.
Let`s practice:
1. develpoe these exercises
3. Fin ten adverbs of frequency in the crossword.
4. Choose the best answer.
test
The Present Continuous Tense
The structure of the present continuous tense is:
subject
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auxiliary verb
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main verb
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be
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base + ing
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Look at these examples:
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subject
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auxiliary verb
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main verb
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+
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I
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am
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speaking
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to you.
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+
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You
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are
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reading
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this.
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She
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is
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not
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staying
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in London.
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We
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are
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not
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playing
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football.
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Is
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he
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watching
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TV?
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?
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Are
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they
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waiting
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for John?
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Let`s practice:
1. Write correct sentences in present continuous
- Click on the RIGHT sentence
- http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/present_cont_2.htm
- Mix exercises
