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GRAMMAR REVIEW
She lives in Scotland.

Take a look at the sentences in the box.

She writes every night before going to sleep.

Why do those sentences use different tenses?

She is thinking about building a children library in her house.
She wrote her first book when she was 6 years old.
She was traveling on a train when she got the idea of Harry Potter.
She has written over 50 books in total.
Her life has changed dramatically.
GRAMMAR ANALYSIS
Sentences

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She lives in Scotland.
She writes every night
before going to sleep.

o

She is thinking about
building a children
library in her house.

o

She wrote her first book
when she was 6 years
old.

o

She was traveling on a

train when she got the
idea of Harry Potter.

o
o

She has written over 50
books in total.
Her life has changed
dramatically.

Functions

Tenses

Pattern

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GRAMMAR REVIEW EXERCISE
Complete the sentences using one of these forms :
 PRESENT SIMPLE (I work)
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I’m working)
 PAST SIMPLE (I worked)
 PAST CONTINUOUS (I was working)
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6.

We can go out now. It ___________________ (not/rain) anymore.
Ann ________________ (wait) for me when I _________________ (arrive)
What _________________ (you/do) in your spare time? Do you have any
hobby?
Mary usually ______________ (phone) me on Fridays but she
________________ (not phone) me last Friday.

Yesterday evening the phone _________________ (ring) three times while we
__________________ (have) dinner.
Linda was busy when we ______________ (go) to see her yesterday. She
_______________ (study) for an exam. We ________________ (not stay) there
very long.

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You can turn off the TV. I _______________(not/watch) it.
When I first ________________(tell) Tom the news, he
__________________(not/believe) me. He _____________(think) that I
______________(joke).
David is very lazy. He ______________ (not/like) hard work.

Where __________________(your parents/go)for their holiday last year?
I ___________________ try to fi d a jo at the o e t. It’s ery diffi ult.
I’ ery tired. I ________________ ot/sleep ell last ight.
__________________ you/take the us to ork e eryday? No. I usually
_______________(drive) my car. But today my sister _______________(use)
the car, so I_______________(take) the bus.

Present perfect (I have done)
Or
Past simple (I did)
1. I _______________ (finish/my assignment). I _____________ (do) it during the weekend.
2. _______________ you / see a ghost? Yes, I _____________ see o e he I as a kid. It
was in my gra d other’s a kyard. But I _______________ ot/tell a yo e u til o .
3. Are you studyi g or orki g? A tually, I ______________ graduate u i ersity ut I
______________ ot/start orki g yet. Oh, he ________________ you/graduate ?
About three o ths ago.
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