Lesson 9: Unit 153 - Revision. Tenses.
A revision of all the main English tenses (Present, Past, Future and their forms) through five connected texts with "open the brackets" exercises.
About this lesson
In this lesson we review all the English tenses — Present Simple, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Future with 'will' and modal structures. We work with five authentic texts in which you have to choose the correct verb tense according to the context. The teacher explains the logic behind each choice — whether a story from the past is being told, whether the action continued up to a certain point or whether the situation is in the present. The aim is to consolidate your ability to recognise and use the tenses correctly in different contexts — conversation, narrative and description.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Revise and consolidate the use of the Present Simple, Past Simple and Future with 'will'.
- Distinguish the Past Simple from the Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.
- Recognise the Past Continuous within a narrative about the past.
- Use the Present Perfect for actions connected to the present.
- Identify the Third Conditional and apply it correctly.
- Open the brackets and choose the appropriate verb tense according to the context of the text.
Lesson vocabulary
- to open a disco I told you I was going to open a disco.
- to get started I know it will take a lot of money to get started.
- to pay back I will pay it back soon, I promise.
- to share the profits You can join me as a partner and we will share the profits.
- on horseback I had been passing on horseback through country with little life or beauty.
- within view of I found myself within view of the House of Usher.
- to look upon I looked upon the scene with complete sadness.
- to fall in love They fell in love the moment they met.
- to repair He has repaired her television set.
- to enroll on They enrolled on a music course.
- to look forward to On Saturday nights they look forward to practising together.
- to have difficulty in They were both having difficulty in reading music.
- to make progress Since then they have made a lot of progress.
- to overcome a problem They decided to take a course together to overcome this problem.
- to suggest Their teacher has suggested that they give a concert for the elderly.
In other languages: Български