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8th Grade
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Present tenses
All types

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Objectives
To explain the rules for using different forms of present tense
To identify and use different forms of past tense
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Poll
How many tenses are there?
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9
12
16
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https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-verb/the-tenses/v/present-tense-verbs-the-parts-of-speech
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Tense Chart
Rules of verb tenses
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Present tenses - examples
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Multiple Choice
Many birds of Europe ... South to Africa in winter.
Are flying
Fly
Flies
has flown
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Multiple Choice
The weather ... very cold in Moscow in the winter.
Get
Is getting
Has got
Gets
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Multiple Choice
Don't forget to take your umbrella. It ... outside.
Rains
Raining
Has been raining
Is raining
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Multiple Choice
Justin ... a book about his adventure in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.
Write
Has written
Is writing
Writes
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Multiple Choice
I ... them three times, but I still haven't received a reply.
Am writing
Have written
Write
Writing
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Multiple Choice
We ... three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have.
are having
have
have had
has
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Multiple Choice
We ... four tests so far this week. We require a great and long holiday!
have had
are having
had
have been having
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Multiple Choice
It's ten p.m. I ... for three hours and probably won't finish until midnight.
have studied
am studying
study
have been studying
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Multiple Choice
She ... to several specialists about her problem, but nobody knows why she is sick.
talks
has talked
have talked
is talking
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Multiple Choice
The telephone ... for almost a minute. Why doesn't someone answer it?
has been ringing
is ringing
has rung
rings
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Open Ended
What did I learn today?
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Open Ended
How useful this learning can be?
Present tenses
All types

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