Academia de Ingles: Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monclova
Academia de Ingles: Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monclova
Academia de Ingles: Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monclova
ACADEMIA DE INGLES
ELABORO:
REVISO:
INDEX
PRESENT TENSES
PAST TENSES
PERFECT TENSES
FUTURE TENSES
REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………………… 46
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TENSES
Present tenses
Simple present: She wants a drink.
Present continuous: They are walking home.
Past tenses
Simple past: Peter lived in China in 1965.
Past continuous: I was reading when she arrived.
Perfect tenses
Present Perfect: I have lived here since 1987.
Present perfect continuous: I have been living here for years.
Past perfect: We had been to see her several times before she visited us.
Past perfect continuous: He had been watching her for some time when she turned and smiled.
Future perfect: We will have arrived in the States by the time you get this letter.
Future perfect continuous: By the end of your course, you will have been studying for five
years.
Future tenses
Simple future: They will go to Italy next week.
Future continuous: I will be traveling by train.
PRESENT TENSES
SIMPLE PRESENT
(See also Verbs -'Regular verbs in the simple present')
Note:
1. he, she, it: in the third person singular the verb always ends in -s:
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
2. Negative and question forms use DOES (=the third person of the auxiliary 'DO') + the
infinitive of the verb.
He wants. Does he want? He does not want.
See also Verbs -'Regular verbs in the simple present', and 'Be, do & have'
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Examples:
he, she, it thinks Does he, she, it think? He, she, it doesn't think.
4. to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as,
until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
BE CAREFUL! The simple present is not used to express actions happening now. See
Present Continuous.
Examples:
1. For habits
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
They watch television regularly.
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3. For general truths
Water freezes at zero degrees.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Her mother is Peruvian.
Exercises.
a. The swimming pool ___________ (open) at 9:00 and ___________ (close) at 6:30 every
day.
b. What time _______________________ (the banks/close) here?
c. I have a car, but I ______________(not/use) it very often.
d. How many cigarettes _________________(you/smoke) a day?
e. ‘’What ______________(you/do)?’’ ‘’I’m an electrical engineer.’’
f. ‘’Where __________________(your father/come) from?’’ ‘’He ___________ (come)
from Mexico.’’
g. It ___________ (take) me an hour to get to work. How long ___________________
(it/take) you?
h. I ___________ (play) the piano, but I _____________ (not/play) very well.
i. I don’t understand the word ‘’deceive’’. ‘’What
_________________________(‘’deceive’’/mean)?
B) Read the sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the information is
wrong.
Example:
The sun doesn’t go around the earth. The earth goes around the
sun.______________________________________________
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a. The sun rises in the west.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
b. Mice catch cats.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
c. Carpenters make things from metal.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
d. The Amazon River flows into the Pacific Ocean.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
C) Use the sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s) in
parentheses (…).
Examples:
Tom plays tennis. (How often?) ___How often does Tom play tennis?___________________
I jog in the morning. (What time/usually?) _____What time do you usually jog?__________
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
The present continuous of any verb is composed of two parts - the present tense of the verb to
be + the present participle of the main verb.
(The form of the present participle is: base+ing, e.g. talking, playing, moving, smiling)
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Affirmative
Subject + to be + base+ing
she is talking
Negative
Interrogative
to be + subject + base+ing
is she talking?
He, she, it is going He, she, it isn't going Is he, she, it going?
Note: alternative negative contractions: I'm not going, you're not going, he's not going etc.
As with all tenses in English, the speaker's attitude is as important as the time of the action or
event. When someone uses the present continuous, they are thinking about something that is
unfinished or incomplete.
• to describe an action that is going on at this moment e.g. You are using the Internet.
You are studying English grammar.
• to describe an action that is going on during this period of time or a trend, e.g.
Are you still working for the same company? More and more people are becoming
vegetarian.
• to describe an action or event in the future, which has already been planned or prepared
(See also 'Ways of expressing the future) e.g. We're going on holiday tomorrow. I'm
meeting my boyfriend tonight. Are they visiting you next winter?
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• to describe a temporary event or situation, e.g. He usually plays the drums, but he's
playing bass guitar tonight. The weather forecast was good, but it's raining at the
moment.
BE CAREFUL! Some verbs are not used in the continuous form - see below.
The verbs in the list below are normally used in the simple form, because they refer to states,
rather than actions or processes:
Senses / Perception
feel*, hear, see*, smell, taste
Opinión
assume, believe, consider, doubt, feel (= think), find (= consider), suppose,
think*
Mental status
forget, imagine, know, mean, notice, recognise, remember, understand
Emotions / desires
envy, fear, dislike, hate, hope, like, love, mind, prefer, regret, want, wish
Measurement
contain, cost, hold, measure, weigh
Others
look (=resemble), seem, be (in most cases), have (when it means to
possess)*
Notes:
1. 'Perception' verbs (see, hear, feel, taste, smell) are often used with 'can': e.g. I can see...
2. * These verbs may be used in the continuous form but with a different meaning, compare:
a. This coat feels nice and warm. (= your perception of the coat's qualities)
b. John's feeling much better now (= his health is improving)
Examples:
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• She wants to see him now.
• I don't understand why he is shouting.
• I feel we are making a mistake.
• This glass holds half a litre.
Exercises:
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
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h. the for same as Is you? Jennifer company working
___________________________________________________
C) Complete these sentences using one of these verbs. You don’t have to use all
the verbs and you can use some of them more than once.
D) A friend of yours is planning to go on vacation very soon. You ask him about his
plans. Use the words in parentheses to make your questions.
E) Ann is going on vacation. Write sentences about her vacation plans. Use the words in
parentheses to write your sentences.
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PAST TENSES
SIMPLE PAST
BE CAREFUL! The simple past in English may look like a tense in your own language, but the
meaning may be different.
Subject Verb
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Be Have Do
Affirmative
a. I was in Japan last year
b. She had a headache yesterday.
c. We did our homework last night.
Affirmative
Subject verb + ed
I washed
Negative
Subject did not infinitive without to
They didn't visit ...
Interrogative
Did subject infinitive without to
Did she arrive...?
Interrogative negative
Did not subject infinitive without to
Didn't you like..?
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Example: to walk, simple past.
Note: For the negative and interrogative form of all verbs in the simple past, always use the
auxiliary 'did''.
to go
a. He went to a club last night.
b. Did he go to the cinema last night?
c. He didn't go to bed early last night.
to give
d. We gave her a doll for her birthday.
e. They didn't give John their new address.
f. Did Barry give you my passport?
to come
g. My parents came to visit me last July.
h. We didn't come because it was raining.
i. Did he come to your party last week?
The simple past is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. Duration is not
important. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past.
You always use the simple past when you say when something happened, so it is associated with
certain past time expressions
Examples:
• frequency:
often, sometimes, always;
• a definite point in time:
last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago.
• an indefinite point in time:
the other day, ages ago, a long time ago etc.
Note: the word ago is a useful way of expressing the distance into the past. It is placed after
the period of time e.g. a week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.
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Examples:
Exercises:
A) Read a sentence abpout the present and then write a sentence about the past.
C) Write questions. A friend has just come back from vacation and you are asking
about it.
D) Put the verb into the correct form. Use the simple past.
Example: I _didn’t go__ (not/go) to work yesterday because I __wasn’t_ (not/be) well.
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a. Tom _______________ (not/shave) this morning because he _________________
(not/have) time.
b. We ________________ (not/eat) anything because we ______________ (not/be)
hungry.
c. I ________________ (not/rush) because I _______________ (not/be) in a hurry.
d. She ________________ (not/be) interested in the book because she
___________________ (not/understand) it.
PAST CONTINUOUS
Affirmative
She was reading
Negative
She wasn't reading
Interrogative
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I was playing I was not playing Was I playing?
You were playing You were not playing Were you playing?
He, she, it was playing She wasn't playing Was she playing?
We were playing We weren't playing Were we playing?
You were playing You weren't playing Were you playing?
They were playing They weren't playing Were they playing?
It is used:
• often, to describe the background in a story written in the past tense, e.g. "The sun was
shining and the birds were singing as the elephant came out of the jungle. The other
animals were relaxing in the shade of the trees, but the elephant moved very quickly.
She was looking for her baby, and she didn't notice the hunter who was watching her
through his binoculars. When the shot rang out, she was running towards the river..."
• to describe an unfinished action that was interrupted by another event or action: "I was
having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang."
• to express a change of mind: e.g. "I was going to spend the day at the beach but I've
decided to go on an excursion instead."
• with 'wonder', to make a very polite request: e.g. "I was wondering if you could baby-
sit for me tonight."
More examples:
a. They were waiting for the bus when the accident happened.
b. Caroline was skiing when she broke her leg.
c. When we arrived he was having a bath.
d. When the fire started I was watching television.
Note: with verbs not normally used in the continuous form, the simple past is used. See list in
Present continuous.
Exercises:
A) Here is a list of some things that Ann did yesterday ( and the times at
which she did them.
Now write sentences saying what she was doing at these times.
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a. At 9:00 she was having breakfast.______________
b. At 9:30 ___________________________________
c. At 11:00 __________________________________
d. At 1:00 ___________________________________
e. At 3:00 ___________________________________
f. At 5:00 ___________________________________
B) A group of people were staying in a hotel. One evening the fire alarm
went off. Use the words in parentheses to make sentences saying what
each person was doing at the time.
C) Make sentences from the words in parentheses. Put the verbs into the
correct form: simple past (I did) or past continuous (I was doing).
Example: (I/fall/asleep when I/watch/TV) __I fell asleep when I was watching TV.___
D) Put the verb into the correct form: past continuous or simple past.
Example: While Tom _was cooking_ (cook) dinner, the phone _rang_ (ring).
a. George _______________ (fall) off the ladder while he _________________ (paint) the
ceiling.
b. Last night I _________________ (read) in bed when suddenly I ________________
(hear) a scream.
c. ______________________ (you/watch) TV when I called you?
d. Amy _____________________ (wait) for me when I __________________ (arrive).
e. I _____________________ (not/drive) very fast when the accident _____________
(happen).
f. I _________________ (break) a plate last night. I _____________________ (wash)
when it ________________ (slip) out of my hand.
g. Tom _________________ (take) a picture of me while I _____________________
(not/look).
h. We ___________________ (not/go) out because it ____________________ (rain).
i. What _______________________ (you/do) at this time yesterday?
j. I __________________ (see) Carol at the party. She ____________________ (wear) a
new dress.
E) Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the
appropriate tenses (simple past or past continuous).
PERFECT TENSES
PRESENT PERFECT
Affirmative
Subject to have past participle
She has visited
Negative
Subject to have + not past participle
She hasn't visited
Interrogative
to have subject past participle
Has she visited..?
Interrogative negative
to have + not subject past participle
Hasn't she visited...?
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Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I have walked I haven't walked Have I walked?
You have walked You haven't walked Have you walked?
He, she, it has walked He, she, it hasn't walked Has he,she,it walked
We have walked We haven't walked Have we walked?
You have walked You haven't walked Have you walked?
They have walked They haven't walked Have they walked?
BE CAREFUL! There may be a verb tense in your language with a similar form, but the meaning
is probably NOT the same.
1.An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present. Example: I have
lived in Bristol since 1984 (= and I still do.)
2. An action performed during a period that has not yet finished. Example: She has been to the
cinema twice this week (= and the week isn't over yet.)
3. A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now. Example: We have
visited Portugal several times.
4. An action that was completed in the very recent past, (expressed by 'just'). Example: I
have just finished my work.
5. An action when the time is not important. Example: He has read 'War and Peace'. (the result
of his reading is important)
Note: When we want to give or ask details about when, where, who, we use the simple past.
Example: He read 'War and Peace' last week.
Examples:
5. When the precise time of the action is not important or not known.
a. Someone has eaten my soup!
b. Have you seen 'Gone with the Wind'?
c. She's studied Japanese, Russian and English.
Exercises.
A) You are writing a letter to a friend and giving news about people you
both know. Use the words given to make sentences and put the verb into
the correct form.
Dear Chris, lots of things have happened since I last wrote to you.
a. Fred/go/Brazil ______________________________________________________
b. Jack and Jill/decide/to get married ______________________________________
c. Suzanne/have/a baby ________________________________________________
d. Liz/give up/smoking _________________________________________________
e. George/pass/his driving test ___________________________________________
B) Read the situation and then write an appropriate sentence. Use the verb
given.
Example: Tom is looking for his key. He can’t find it. (lose) _He has lost his key.__
a.
Sue’s hair was dirty. Now it is clean. (wash)
____________________________________________
b. Tom weighed 190 pounds. Now he weighs 170. (lose weight)
____________________________________________
c. The car has just stopped because there isn’t any more gas in the tank. (run out of gas)
_____________________________________________
d. This morning Bill was playing football. Now he can’t walk and his leg is in a cast. (break)
_____________________________________________
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a. She’s ________ out for lunch-she’ll be back at two o’clock.
b. Have you ever ________ to Prague?
c. I’ll speak to him tomorrow. He’s _________ home.
d. He’s just ________ been to the bank, so you could ask him to lend you some money.
e. Where have you ________? I’ve been waiting you for an hour.
f. His parents are very worried. He’s _________ missing for a week now.
g. I can’t find it-I had this morning but it’s _________.
h. I’ve _________ in meetings all day.
Example: (you/hear/from George recently?) _Have you heard from George recently?_
Affirmative
She has been / She's been running
Negative
She hasn't been running
Interrogative
Has she been running?
Interrogative negative
Hasn't she been running?
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time. He/she is interested in the process as well as the result, and this process may still be
going on, or may have just finished.
Examples:
a. She has been waiting for you all day (=and she's still waiting now).
b. I've been working on this report since eight o'clock this morning (=and I still haven't
finished it).
c. They have been traveling since last October (=and they're not home yet).
2. Actions that have just finished, but we are interested in the results:
a. She has been cooking since last night (=and the food on the table looks delicious).
Note:
Exercises.
A) Read the situation and then write a sentence with the present perfect
continuous.
Example: Your friend’s hands are covered with grease. (you/work/on the car?)
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a. You see a little boy. His eyes are red and watery. (you/cry?)
_________________________________________________
b. You just arrived to meet your friend, who is waiting for you. (you/wait/long?)
_________________________________________________
c. Your friend comes in. Her face and hands are very dirty. (what/you/do?)
_________________________________________________
D) Present prefect and present perfect continuous. Choose the correct answer.
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___ The action is finished.
___ The person has no idea if the person has eaten snails.
E) Put the verb into the correct form: present perfect simple or present perfect
continuous.
Example: I _have lost_ (lose) my key. Can you help me look for it?
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You look tired. _ Have you been working (you/work) too hard?
PAST PERFECT
Affirmative
She had given.
Negative
We hadn't asked.
Interrogative
Had they arrived?
Interrogative negative
Hadn't you finished?
In these examples, Event A is the first or earliest event, Event B is the second or latest event:
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Event A Event B
When they arrived we had already started cooking
c.
Event B Event A
He was very tired because he hadn't slept well.
d.
Event B Event A
Exercises.
A) Complete these sentences using the verbs in parentheses. You went back
to your home town after many years, and you found that many things
were different.
Example:
Mr. And Mrs. Davis were in an airplane. They were very nervous as the plane took off because
they (never/fly) __had flown before._______
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b. We arrived at the theater late. (the movie/already/begin)
__________________________________________________________________
c. They weren’t eating when I went to see them. (they/just/finish/their dinner)
__________________________________________________________________
d. I invited Ann to dinner last night, but she couldn’t come. (she/already/make plans/ to do
something else)
___________________________________________________________________
e. I was very pleased to see Diane again after such a long time. (I/not/see/her for five
years)
___________________________________________________________________
D) Put the verb into the correct form: past perfect or simple past.
Examples: ‘’Was Tom there when you arrived?’’ ‘’No, he _had gone _ (go) home.’’
‘’Was Tom there when you arrived?’’ ‘’ Yes, but he went_ (go) home soon afterward.’’
a. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody _________________ (go) to bed.
b. I felt very tired when I got home, so I _________________ (go) straight to bed.
c. Sorry I’m late. The car ________________ (break) down on my way here.
d. There was a car by the side of the road. It _______________ (break) down and the
driver was trying to repair it. So we ________________ (stop) to see if we could help.
E) Complete the following text with the correct tense: past perfect or simple
past.
I can't believe I (get) _____________ that apartment. I (submit) _______________ my application last
week, but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show) _____________ up to
take a look around, there were at least twenty other people who (arrive) _____________ before me.
Most of them (fill, already) ________________ out their applications and were already leaving. The
landlord said I could still apply, so I did.
I (try) _____________ to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They (want)
_____________ me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I
(have) ______________ some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me.
I (end) ______________ up listing my father as a reference.
It was total luck that he (decide) ______________ to give me the apartment. It turns out that the
landlord and my father (go) ______________ to high school together. He decided that I could have
the apartment before he (look) _____________ at my credit report.
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PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Examples:
Affirmative
She had been trying
Negative
We hadn't been sleeping
Interrogative
Had you been eating
Interrogative negative
Hadn't they been living
Examples:
This form is also used in reported speech. It is the equivalent of the past continuous and the
present perfect continuous in direct speech:
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Jane said "I have been gardening all afternoon." Jane said she had been gardening all
afternoon.
When the police questioned him, John said "I was working late in the office that night." When
the police questioned him, John told them he had been working late in the office that night.
Exercises.
Example: The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other had a cut lip.
a. Tom was watching TV. He was feeling very tired. (he/study/hard/all day)
He___________________________________________________________________
b. When I walked into the room, it was empty. But it smelled of cigarettes.
(somebody/smoke/in the room) ___________________________________________
c. When Mary came back from the beach, she looked very red from the sun. (she/lie/in the
sun too long) __________________________________________________________
d. The two boys came into the house. They had a football, and they were both very tired.
(they/play/football) _____________________________________________________
e. Amy wok up in the middle of the night. She was frightened, and she didn’t know where
she was. (she/dream) ___________________________________________________
Example: We began playing football. After half an hour there was a terrible storm.
We _had been playing for half an hour _ when _there was a terrible storm.__
a. The orchestra began playing at the concert. After about ten minutes a man in the
audience suddenly began shouting.
b. I had arranged to meet Sue in a café. I arrived and began waiting. After 20 minutes I
realized that I had come to the wrong café.
c. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins went to live in the south of France. Six months later Mr. Jenkins died.
C) Put the verb into the correct form: past perfect continuous or past
continuous.
Examples: Sue was leaning against the wall, out of breath _she had been running._ (run)
I tried to catch Sue but I couldn’t. She _was running __(run) very fast.
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a. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He _____________________ (look) for his
contact lens.
b. We _________________________ (walk) along the road for about 20 minutes when a car
stopped and the driver offered us a lift.
c. When I arrived, everyone was sitting around the table with their mouths full. They
___________________________ (eat).
d. When I arrived, everyone was sitting around the table and talking. Their mouths were empty
but their stomachs were full. They ______________________________ (eat).
e. When I arrived. Ann _________________________ (wait) for me. She was annoyed because I
was late, and she __________________________ (wait) for a very long time.
D) Put the verbs into the correct form: past perfect continuous or past
perfect.
I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because the show started at
8:00. I (try) _________________ to get tickets for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it.
By the time I finally left the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I (have)
________________ five cups of coffee and I (wait) _________________ over an hour. I had to leave
When I arrived at the theater, Kathy (pick, already) _________________ up the tickets and she was
waiting for us near the entrance. She was really angry because she (wait) _______________ for more
than half an hour. She said she (give, almost) ________________ up and (go) __________________ into
Kathy told me you (be) __________________ late several times in the past and that she would not
make plans with you again in the future. She mentioned that she (miss) ________________ several
movies because of your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. And in the future, I suggest
you be on time!
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FUTURE PERFECT
Affirmative
I will have left
Negative
They won't have gone
Interrogative
Will we have seen?
Interrogative negative
Won't he have arrived?
Examples:
Exercises.
A) What will life be like in the year 2100? Complete the sentences using the
future perfect tense.
Example:
By the year 210, the world’s population _will have increased (increase) to around 30,000 million.
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a. Life _____________________ (become) more automated then.
b. Computers ____________________ (take over) many of the jobs that people do today.
c. The earth’s supplies of oil, coal and gas _______________________ (run out).
d. _______________________ (scientists/find) other sources of energy?
e. How ___________ education __________________ (change)?
f. ______________________ (we/find) a way to feed all the people in the world?
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FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Affirmative
I will have been working
Negative
I won't have been working
Interrogative
Will I have been working?
Interrogative negative
Won't I have been working?
Examples:
a. I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.
b. By 2001 I will have been living here for sixteen years.
c. By the time I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty
years.
d. Next year I will have been working here for four years.
Exercises.
A) Complete the sentences with the future perfect or future perfect continuous.
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e. We _______________________ be/married) a year on July 15th.
f. If it doesn’t come tomorrow, I _______________________ (be) without the projector for
a month.
g. _______________________ (she/be) pregnant for 5 months this week?
B) Complete the conversations using the future perfect or the future perfect
continuous.
1.
Janet: Isn't that exciting? It has got to be the most unbelievably difficult sporting event in the
world.
Jack: I know. By the time they finish the course, they (raft) _____________________ more than 150
miles down a raging river, (hike) ____________________ through 80 miles of jungle, (climb)
Janet: And don't forget that they (move) _______________________ for at least eight days straight.
2.
Anne: I am going to finish my degree next June. By the time I graduate, I (go)
Anne: By the time I finally finish studying, I (be) ______________________ a student for over 13
years.
3.
Max: She (cook) ________________________ for over seven hours by the time everyone arrives for
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4.
Mike: It's 6:00, and I have been working on my essay for over three hours.
Sid: Do you think you (finish) ________________________ by 10:00? There's a party at Donna's
tonight.
_________________________ on it for more than seven hours, and I don't think I am going to feel like
going to a party.
5.
Fred: By the time they finish their trip across Yosemite National Park, they (hike)
Fred: When we pick them up, they (eat) ________________________ camping food for days, and I am
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FUTURE TENSES
SIMPLE FUTURE
Affirmative
I will go
I shall go
Negative
They will not see
They won't see
Interrogative
Will she ask?
Interrogative negative
Won't she take?
Contractions:
I will I'll We will we'll
You will you'll You will you'll
He,she, will he'll, she'll They will they'll
*NOTE: shall is slightly dated but can be used instead of will with I / we.
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Simple future, function
The simple future refers to a time later than now, and expresses facts or certainty. In this case
there is no 'attitude'.
b. (with I/we) to express a spontaneous decision: I'll pay for the tickets by credit card.
c. to express willingness: I'll do the washing-up. He'll carry your bag for you.
d. (in the negative form) to express unwillingness: The baby won't eat his soup. I won't leave
until I've seen the manager!
e. (with I in the interrogative form) to make an offer: Shall I open the window?
f. (with we in the interrogative form) to make a suggestion: Shall we go to the cinema tonight?
g. (with I in the interrogative form) to ask for advice or instructions: What shall I tell the boss
about this money?
i. (with you) to give an invitation: Will you come to the dance with me?
Will you marry me?
Shall is mainly used with I and we to make an offer or suggestion (see examples (e) and (f)
above, or to ask for advice (example (g) above).
With the other persons (you, he, she, they) shall is only used in literary or poetic situations, e.g.
"With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes."
Exercises.
A) Derek is 18 years old now. What will he be like in 10 years from now?
How will his life be different then? Complete what Derek says using
will/won’t.
Example: I hope I/have a job in 10 years’ time.
I hope I’ll have a job in 10 years’ time.
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B) Complete the sentences using I’ll or I won’t and the verbs in the list.
a. ‘’I haven’t got any money.’’ ‘’haven’t you?’’ Oh. ______________ you some if you like.
b. ‘’The telephone is ringing.’’ Oh. ________________ it.’’
c. I’m a bit cold. I think ______________ a sweater.
d. ‘’Would you like something to eat?’’ _______________ anything at the moment, thank
you. I’m not very hungry.’’
e. ‘’I’m going out for a walk,’’ ‘’It’s raining.’’ ‘’Oh, is it? Well, ______________ out now,
then, _________________ until it’s stopped.’’
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FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Affirmative
I will be asking
Negative
She won't be leaving
Interrogative
Will they be retiring?
Interrogative negative
Won't we be staying?
a. to project ourselves into the future and see something happening: This time next week I will
be sun-bathing in Bali.
b. to refer to actions/events that will happen in the normal course of events: I'll be seeing Jim
at the conference next week.
c. in the interrogative form, especially with 'you', to distinguish between a simple request for
information and an invitation: Will you be coming to the party tonight? (= request for
information) Will you come to the party? (= invitation)
d. to predict or guess about someone's actions or feelings, now or in the future: You'll be
feeling tired after that long walk, I expect.
More examples:
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b. events/actions in normal course of events:
I'll be going into town this afternoon, is there anything you want from the shops?
Will you be using the car tomorrow? - No, you can take it.
I'll be seeing Jane this evening - I'll give her the message.
d. predicting or guessing:
You'll be feeling thirsty after working in the sun.
He'll be coming to the meeting, I expect.
You'll be missing the sunshine now you're back in England.
Exercises.
a. 8:30 _____________________________________________________________
b. 11:00 ____________________________________________________________
c. 13:30 ____________________________________________________________
d. 15:30 ____________________________________________________________
e. 16:30 ____________________________________________________________
f. 17:30 ____________________________________________________________
B) Complete these sentences using the future continuous and the verbs given.
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ENGLISH IRREGULAR VERBS LIST
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dwell dwelt,dwelled dwelt,dwelled 2
eat ate eaten 3
fall fell fallen 3
feed fed fed 2
feel felt felt 2
fight fought fought 2
find found found 2
fit fit, fitted fit, fitted 2
flee fled fled 2
fling flung flung 2
fly flew flown 3
forbear forbore forborne 3
forbid forbade forbidden 3
forget forgot forgotten 3
forgive forgave forgiven 3
forsake forsook forsaken 3
freeze froze frozen 3
get got got 2
gild gilt, gilded gilt, gilded 2
gird girt, girded girt, girded 2
give gave given 3
go went gone 3
grind ground ground 2
grow grew grown 3
hang hung hung 2
have had had 2
hear heard heard 2
hide hid hidden 3
hit hit hit 1
hold held held 2
hurt hurt hurt 1
keep kept kept 2
kneel knelt knelt 2
know knew known 3
lay laid laid 2
lead led led 2
leap leapt, leaped leapt, leaped 2
learn learnt learnt 2
leave left left 2
lend lent lent 2
let let let 1
lie lay lain 3
light lit lit 2
lose lost lost 2
make made made 2
mean meant meant 2
meet met met 2
melt melted melted, molten 3
mow mowed mown, mowed 3
pay paid paid 2
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plead pled, pleaded pled, pleaded 2
put put put 1
quit quit quit 1
read read read 1
rend rent rent 2
rid rid rid 1
ride rode ridden 3
ring rang rung 3
rise rose risen 3
rise rose risen 3
run ran run 2
say said said 2
see saw seen 3
seek sought sought 2
sell sold sold 2
send sent sent 2
sew sewed sewn 3
shake shook shaken 3
shear sheared shorn, sheared 3
shed shed shed 3
shine shone shone 2
shoe shod, shoed shone 3
shoot shot shone 3
show showe shown 3
shrink shrank shrunk 3
shut shut shut 1
sing sang sung 3
sink sank sunk 3
sit sat sat 2
sleep slept slept 2
slide slid slid 2
sling slung slung 2
slink slunk slunk 2
slit slit slit 3
smell smelt smelt 2
smite smote smitten 3
sneak snuck, sneaked snuck, sneaked 2
speak spoke spoken 3
speed sped, speeded sped, speeded 2
spell spelt spelt 2
spend spent spent 2
spill spilt spilt 2
spin spun spun 2
spit spat spat 2
split split split 1
spoil spoilt, spoiled spoilt, spoiled 2
spread spread spread 1
spring sprang sprung 3
stand stood stood 2
steal stole stolen 3
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stick stuck stuck 2
sting stung stung 2
stride strode stridden 3
strike struck struck 2
swaear swore sworn 3
sweep swept swept 2
swim swam swum 3
swing swung swung 2
take took taken 3
teach taught taught 2
tear tore torn 3
tell told told 2
think thought thought 2
throw threw thrown 3
thrust thrust thrust 1
tread trod trodden 3
tread trod trodden 3
undergo underwent undergone 3
understand understood understood 2
undertake undertook undertaken 3
wake woke woken 3
wear wore worn 3
weave wove woven 3
weep wept wept 2
wet wet, wetted wet, wetted 2
win won won 2
wind wound wound 2
withdraw withdrew withdraw 2
wring wrung wrung 2
write wrote written 3
References :
Digby Beaumont & Colin Granger. (1992). English Grammar. An Intermediate Reference and
Practice Book. Oxford: The Heinemann.
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