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EXERCISE 3. The Simple Tenses. (Chart 1-1) : Be - Ing and

The document provides examples and explanations of the simple and progressive verb tenses in English. It asks the reader to think of general truths and daily activities, and to describe what they did yesterday and will do tomorrow. It then defines and provides examples of the present progressive, past progressive, and future progressive verb tenses. Finally, it asks the reader questions to practice using these tenses, such as describing what they and others are doing currently, what they were doing at a specific time in the past, and what they will be doing at a specific time in the future.

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EXERCISE 3. The Simple Tenses. (Chart 1-1) : Be - Ing and

The document provides examples and explanations of the simple and progressive verb tenses in English. It asks the reader to think of general truths and daily activities, and to describe what they did yesterday and will do tomorrow. It then defines and provides examples of the present progressive, past progressive, and future progressive verb tenses. Finally, it asks the reader questions to practice using these tenses, such as describing what they and others are doing currently, what they were doing at a specific time in the past, and what they will be doing at a specific time in the future.

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EXERCISE 3. The simple tenses.

(Chart 1-1)
Directions: Answer the questions.

1. Can you think of a "general truth"? What are some other general truths?
2. What are some of the things you do every day or almost every day? Name three
activities.
3. What did you do yesterday? Name three separate activities.
4. What are you going to do tomorrow?

Form: be + -ing (present participle)


Meaning: T h e progressive tenses* give the idea that an action is in progress during a particular time.
T h e tenses say that an action begins before, is in progress during, and continues after another time o r
action.

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (a) Tom is sleeping right now. It is now 11:OO. Tom went to sleep at
10:OO tonight, and he is still asleep.
His sleep began in the past, is in
progress at the present time, and
probably will continue.

PAST PROGRESSIVE Tom went to sleep at 10:OO last night.


I arrived at 11:OO. H e was still
asleep. His sleep began before and
was in progress at a particuIar time in
the past. It continued after I arrived.

FUTURE PROGRESSIVE (c) Tom will be sleep in^ when we Tom will go to sleep at 10:OO
arrive. tomorrow night. We will arrive at
11:OO. The action of sleeping will
begin before we arrive, and it will be
7
in progress as a parricular rime in the
future. Probably his sleep will
7 I continue.
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*The progressive tenses are also called the "continuous" tenses: present continuous, past continuous, and future continuous.

I7 EXERCISE 4. The progressive tenses. (Chart 1-2)


Directions: Answer the questions.

1. What are you doing right now? What are your classmates doing right now? What is
happening outside the classroom right now?
2. Where were you at two o'clock this morning? What were you doing?
3. Where will you be at two o'clock tomorrow morning? What will you be doing?

Overview of Verb Tenses 3

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