Past tenses for Progress Reports
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Debra Hardstaff
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Past tenses for Progress Reports
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Progress Reports
Give background information (Past Simple - the task given)
Describe global tasks (Present continuous - we are working on ..)
Explain what has already been done ( Present Perfect)
Say what happened when something was being done (Past perfect)
Explain what will be done at a future moment. (Future Perfect)
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Multiple Choice
Yesterday I ____________ to create the best website ever.
am asked
am asking
was asked
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When we are saying what someone else said we use:
the passive voice "I was asked" and not "I asked" because I didn't speak.
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Multiple Choice
Two days ago my boss ______ me to create the best website ever.
was asking
asked
has asked
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Multiple Choice
I _____ to accept the challenge.
decided
was deciding
have been deciding
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The decision WAS made at a moment in the past so we use the PAST SIMPLE
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Multiple Select
Yesterday I decided to create a website.
When will you start?
An hour ago.
I started this morning.
In an hour
I have started
For one hour
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We use the PRESENT PERFECT (I have started) to talk about a past event ...
with an implication in the present. I am busy/I am working!!
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Poll
Day 2
The homepage looks good.
Yes, I ...
was busy yesterday
have been busy
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Fill in the Blanks
I
Type answer...
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Multiple Select
_______ suitable photos for the site?
Did you have found
Did you find
Have you found
Did you found
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Multiple Choice
Has the text been validated by the client?
No it wasn't
Yes they did
No they didn't
Yes it has
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Open Ended
Have you decided which transition to use between the pages?
(short answer is fine)
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Multiple Choice
I've lost all today's work?
What ______ when it disappeared?
was you doing
were you doing
did you doing
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Multiple Choice
Why are you angry?
The client wants me to change the font.
The client is king, right?
Yes, but I had already asked which font.
Yes, but I asked which font before.
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We use the PAST PERFECT to describe an implication in the past ...
from an action that had already happened.
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Fill in the Blanks
I
Type answer...
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Poll
What would you do?
Invoice anyway and contact the bailiff
Try to use the site for someone else
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You decide to invoice
and chase the payment through the courts
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Multiple Select
How much does the client owe you?
I have chased up 2000€
They owe 2000€
I invoiced 2000€
They will pay 2000€
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Multiple Select
How long have you been waiting for the payment?
In 4 months
4 months
4 months ago
It's been 4 months
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Multiple Choice
When will your claim go to court?
In 2 months.
2 months in the future.
I have 2 months
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Multiple Select
How long will you have waited?
I will have waited since 6 months
I will have waited for 6 months
I will have waited since the end of the website creation
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With the perfect tenses we use FOR to talk about a period of time and
since to say when the action started.
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Progress Reports
Give background information (Past Simple - the task given)
Describe global tasks (Present continuous - we are working on ..)
Explain what has already been done ( Present Perfect)
Say what happened when something was being done (Past perfect)
Explain what will be done at a future moment. (Future Perfect)
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Case Study
Individually, write a progress report about a project (or an imaginary project) which can be personal or work-related.
As usual, I expect the work to be done seriously but the subject doesn't have to be serious.
Past tenses for Progress Reports
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