Present Tenses

     Read the following sentences.

·         What verbal tense is it?     Pr. S.    Pr. C.     Pr. P.

·         Match them with one of the uses of the present tenses.

	Verbal tense	Uses
1.       It’s raining right now.
2.       I have lived in Barcelona for 10 years.
3.       I do yoga twice a week.
4.       Prices are going up.
5.       My brother has never worked abroad.
6.       Water boils at 100ºCelcius.
7.       She’s always late.
8.       How often do you have toasts for breakfast?
9.       What are you doing on Friday night?
10.   He often goes out with my brother.
11.   I’ve lost my keys.
12.   I’m painting my flat these days.
13.   I live in a small flat.
14.   How long have you worked there?
15.   I’m having dinner with some friends tomorrow night.
16.   I’ve just seen your sister in the street

*State verbs and verbs describing feelings are not normally used in the present continuous: be, like, want, know, need, have (possession)

Present perfect		Catalan translation	Spanish translation
?  YET	Have you finished yet?	ja	ya
-   YET	Not yet. I haven’t finished yet.	encara	todavia
+  ALREADY	Yes, I have already finished.	ja	ya

Future Tenses: explanatory video on YouTube

Here you have a helpful and clear explanation of future verbal tenses.

Don't miss this charming teacher explaining all the future tenses with a cool British accent!

Happy learning! 

Future Forms

We have the following future forms:

Present continuous 

am/is/are + going to + infinitive

will + infinitive

Read the sentences below and decide which sentence refers to...

1. an arrangement
2. a plan or intention
3. a prediction (based on clear evidence)
4. a prediction (based on your opinion)
5. a promise
6. an offer
7. a spontaneous decision

My sister is going to buy a car. 

I'll carry that bag for you.  

We are going to get married. 

We are getting married on July 12th. 

I'll have the steak. (at the restaurant)

I think you'll love the film. 

It's going to rain. (the sky is very dark)

I won't tell anybody where you are. 

Can you change the sentences above into the negative form?

Grammar revision

Can you tell the difference between the following pair of sentences?
Think about it and if you are not clear about any of them, ask me in the next revision class.

• He must be a good musician. 
• He must have been a good musician.

• He might not have existed.
• He can't have existed.

• You must have seen the film about King Arthur.
• You should have seen the film about King Arthur.

• You don't have to do it.
• You musn't do it.  

• I have lived in Barcelona for 10 years. 
• I lived in Barcelona for 10 years. 

• When Desi got home, her parents went to bed.
• When Desi got home, her parents had gone to bed.

• I'm going to paint my room.
• I'm going to have my room painted. 

• I wish I knew that.
• I wish I had known that. 

Past verbal tenses

The other day I was surfing the Internet and I found by chance this great power point presentation created by an English teacher and I thought I should share it with you. So here it is.
It presents all the verbal tenses in the past. We have not studied the past perfect continuous yet, because this is in the 2nd of Batxillerat syllabus, but have a look at the other tenses for revision.
The Dark Past