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)

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