Activity 3.2.2: Uses of tenses 1. Match each type of tense in A to its use in B and compare your answers with your neighbor's Each tense has more than one use. A 1. Present simple 2. Past simple 3. Present perfect 4. Past perfect B a. expresses an experience that happened at some time in one's life b. makes clear that one action in the past happened before another action in the past c. expresses an action that happens again and again d. expresses a finished action in the past e. expresses an action that began in the past and still continues f. expresses a fact that is true for a long time g. expresses a past action that has a present result h. expresses a past situation or habit i. expresses a fact that is always true 2. Work in pairs and decide what use the verb in each sentence expresses. a. I go to work by car. b. Ronaldo comes from Portugal. c. He works in a bank. d. I went to Adama last week. e. When I was a child, we lived in a small house by the sea. Every day I walked for miles on the beach with my dog. f. I did not go to the cinema because I had seen the film before. g. We have lived in the same house for 25 years. h. Have you ever had an operation? i. What have you done to your lip?(It's bleeding) 3. Complete the blank spaces using the verbs given in brackets a. I work for a company that printers. (make) b. This photo of her on holiday last year.(take) c. I her since 2008. (not see) d. I the newspaper every morning.(read) e. When I visited her she bed-ridden for six months. (be) f. Janet home. (go) g. She many awards for her contribution to classical music.(win) h. The boys were playing games when it raining. (start) i. How long you a social activist? (be)

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Activity 3.2.2: Uses of tenses 1. Match each type of tense in A to its use in B and compare your answers with your neighbor's Each tense has more than one use. A 1. Present simple 2. Past simple 3. Present perfect 4. Past perfect B a. expresses an experience that happened at some time in one's life b. makes clear that one action in the past happened before another action in the past c. expresses an action that happens again and again d. expresses a finished action in the past e. expresses an action that began in the past and still continues f. expresses a fact that is true for a long time g. expresses a past action that has a present result h. expresses a past situation or habit i. expresses a fact that is always true 2. Work in pairs and decide what use the verb in each sentence expresses. a. I go to work by car. b. Ronaldo comes from Portugal. c. He works in a bank. d. I went to Adama last week. e. When I was a child, we lived in a small house by the sea. Every day I walked for miles on the beach with my dog. f. I did not go to the cinema because I had seen the film before. g. We have lived in the same house for 25 years. h. Have you ever had an operation? i. What have you done to your lip?(It's bleeding) 3. Complete the blank spaces using the verbs given in brackets a. I work for a company that printers. (make) b. This photo of her on holiday last year.(take) c. I her since 2008. (not see) d. I the newspaper every morning.(read) e. When I visited her she bed-ridden for six months. (be) f. Janet home. (go) g. She many awards for her contribution to classical music.(win) h. The boys were playing games when it raining. (start) i. How long you a social activist? (be)

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1. Match each type of tense in A to its use in B:A1. Present simple2. Past simple3. Present perfect4. Past perfectBa. expresses an experience that happened at some time in one's life - 2. Past simpleb. makes clear that one action in the past happened before another action in the past - 4. Past perfectc. expresses an action that happens again and again - 1. Present simpled. expresses a finished action in the past - 2. Past simplee. expresses an action that began in the past and still continues - 3. Present perfectf. expresses a fact that is true for a long time - 1. Present simpleg. expresses a past action that has a present result - 3. Present perfecth. expresses a past situation or habit - 2. Past simplei. expresses a fact that is always true - 1. Present simple2. Work in pairs and decide what use the verb in each sentence expresses:a. I go to work by car. - c. expresses an action that happens again and againb. Ronaldo comes from Portugal. - f. expresses a fact that is true for a long timec. He works in a bank. - c. expresses an action that happens again and againd. I went to Adama last week. - d. expresses a finished action in the paste. When I was a child, we lived in a small house by the sea. Every day I walked for miles on the beach with my dog. - h. expresses a past situation or habitf. I did not go to the cinema because I had seen the film before. - g. expresses a past action that has a present resultg. We have lived in the same house for 25 years. - e. expresses an action that began in the past and still continuesh. Have you ever had an operation? - g. expresses a past action that has a present resulti. What have you done to your lip? (It's bleeding) - g. expresses a past action that has a present result3. Complete the blank spaces using the verbs given in brackets:a. I work for a company that makes printers. (make)b. This photo of her was taken on holiday last year. (take)c. I have not seen her since 2008. (not see)d. I read the newspaper every morning. (read)e. When I visited her she had been bed-ridden for six months. (be)f. Janet went home. (go)g. She has won many awards for her contribution to classical music. (win)h. The boys were playing games when it started raining. (start)i. How long have you been a social activist? (be)

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