Lesson 65: Unit 120 - Tense Revision

About this lesson

In this lesson you will revise and consolidate all the main tenses in English — Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous and Future Simple. You will focus on the correct use of each tense and the differences between them. You will also practise the prepositions of time: after, for, from, since and on. Through practical exercises you will improve your ability to recognise and correctly use the verb tenses in real situations.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Revise the use of the Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous.
• Distinguish when to use a perfect tense and when the simple past.
• Use the passive voice correctly in different tenses.
• Use the prepositions of time correctly: after, for, from, since, on.
• Recognise key words (yesterday, for, since, already, while) that point to the correct verb tense.
• Build grammatically correct sentences with verbs in different tenses.

Lesson vocabulary

• senior All seniors 55 and older are invited to a special meeting.
• nonprofit organization He has been the director of a nonprofit organization for several years.
• dedicated to The organization is dedicated to making the golden years fun and interesting.
• golden years The organization is dedicated to making the golden years fun and interesting.
• available Carter will identify the services and activities that are available to seniors locally and statewide.
• statewide He will identify services available locally and statewide.
• nominal fee Testing for cataracts is offered four times a year for a nominal fee.
• homebound Volunteers deliver meals to seniors who are homebound because of illness or injury.
• inexpensive The city also provides inexpensive dinners called Meals on Wheels.
• strength training The center has also been offering strength training classes since last year.
• osteoporosis An active body helps prevent osteoporosis.
• by chance I found his shop by chance long ago.
• damage Luckily, no other damage was done.
• keep good time I have had this watch for many years and it has always kept good time.
• look after I have been looking after it carefully.

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