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Simple past vs Present perfect
Study sheet + homework- B&W (photocopiable) version + A4 format included ( fully editable)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
The Past Perfect Tense: Use and Form + Practice: Past Simple or Past Perfect? - Inductive Approach
Students analyse 3 sentences and infer the rules of the Past Perfect Tense - FORM and USE. Then they solve different types of exercises with ascending difficulty: filling in the gaps just with the Past Perfect, cross the wrong Tense out; gap filling this time with both tenses and joining sentences. The exercises were taken from and inspired by many...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
PAST TENSES (PAST SIMPLE-PAST CONTINUOUS-PAST PERFECT-PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS) -KEY INCLUDED
Students read the brief grammar explanation and then fill in the blanks in the sentences with the right past form of the verbs in brackets. I hope you like it and find it useful. Have a wonderful Wednesday! Hugs!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past simple or past perfect?
It�s a worksheet with a short grammar explanation on the use of the past simple and the past perfect. There are also some activities to practise. Key included!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
The future perfect - Grammar guide & lots of exercises (fully editable - keys included)
I prepared this ws to use with my low advanced students this week, with a grammar guide and lots of exercises to practice. It�s completely editable to better fit your needs and the keys are included in the second page. Hope it�s useful. Thanks for downloading it!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
simple past or present perfect
Exams are close and my students have to repeat the difference between simple past and present perfect... I created this worksheet in dialogue-style so that it�s easier for them to understand the difference. Hope it�ll be useful for you as well :)
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Form and use of the Past Perfect continuous followed by an exercise in which students have to fill in the blank spaces with a suitable verb from the list in the past Continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous.I hope you like it and find it useful. Thanks a lot for all your nice comments. Have a wonderful Sunday! Hugs!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Tenses
A worksheet to revise tenses.Six exercises:A.Simple Present-Present Continuous,B.Simple Present-Present Continuous-Simple Future, C.Simple Past-Past Continuous,D.Simple Past-Present Perfect Simple-Present Perfect Continuous,E.Simple Past-Past Perfect Simple-Past Perfect Continuous,F.Fill in the correct word. BW version and Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
PAST SIMPLE-PAST CONTINUOUS-PAST PERFECT (B&W VERSION+KEY INCLUDED)
Students fill in the blanks in the sentences with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect of the verbs in brackets. THE KEY IS INCLUDED. I hope you like it and find it useful. Have a wonderful Thursday. Hugs!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
REPHRASING: FOR- SINCE- AGO- JUST- ALREADY- YET
REPHRASING EXERCISES TO PRACTISE THE USE OF FOR- SINCE- AGO- JUST- ALREADY- YET. ANSWER KEY INCLUDED!!! HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
TENSES - REVISION OF ALL TENSES (180 Questions)
All the verb tenses are included in this worksheet. IF a student is able to do ths worksheet , that means she knows tenses very well !! GREAT WORKSHEET! check out my other printables for the answer key.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Looking for a job
Reading comprehension exercises about jobs; past simple vs. present perfect; future with will and going to; adjectives+prepositi ons; writing about the students� ideal workplace.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading

 


 
Simple Past or Present Perfect? - An Inductive Approach
Students are led to infer the rules of use and form followed by exercises. 2 PAGES. KEY INCLUDED. They read some sentences and complete the tables with the simple past and the present perfect tense (affirmative, negative and interrogative forms). After inferring the rules of the use by matching the sentences at the top with the right meaning, they...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
PAST PERFECT TENSE
Again a worksheet designed about tenses for you. ( of course again )There is a there is a short grammar guide about past perfect tense for your students. Then there is an amuzing exercise where your students will read the notes about Ted�s life and make sentences as in the example with �after� and the past perfect tense.Hope you find it useful and ...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?
BRIEF GRAMMAR EXPLANATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO TENSES FOLLOWED BY AN EXERCISE IN WHICH STUDENTS FILL IN THE BLANKS IN THE SENTENCES WITH ONE OF THESE TWO TENSES. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT AND FIND IT USEFUL. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 

 


Past Simple vs Present Perfect Game
This game will help your students practise the use of these tenses. They�ll practice andhave fun.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


PAST PERFECT TENSE ( warm up + rules + exercises ) + (20 slides)
It is a very useful powerpoint with 20 slides including a warm-up section with real and interesting pictures, explanation of rules and practice section.Enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


past perfect exercise (part 1 of 2 parts)
This ppt contains the brief explanation of past perfect tense and some exercises. I made this using the form or the exercise in the book "Fundamentals of English Grammar written by Betty S.Azar and Stacy A.Hagen". I used free images at Google and divided this ppt into two parts because of the size of the file.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Magic Squares
Try this game to practice Present Perfect and Past Simple. You can play on your own, in pairs or in groups.New ideas, new funny pictures. All instructions are given on the 2nd slide (out of 23). Hope,you�ll find my PPT useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Verb tenses Jeopardy
All tenses, but simple vocabulary. Colourful clip art. Have fun.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Perfect Simple and Continuous Part 2 of 3
Only works well in combination with the other two parts It is not meant to work on its own.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past or Present Perfect?
�Who wants to be a millionaire� quiz featuring two tenses: Simple Past and Present Perfect. Easy and fun activity to check students� grammar. Have fun!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Present Perfect or Past Simple
10-page PPT to practise the use of present perfect and past simple. Students have to put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


past perfect exercise (part 2 of 2 parts)
This is the second part of two parts for past perfect exercise. I divided this ppt into two parts because of the size of the file. You can paste this to the first part or edit (copy slides and change the sentences into another sentences) this to make Ss solve more exercises.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


PAST PERFECT - GAME
This is a great ppt about Past Perfect. Students are going to learn this tense playing with it. Good luck, dear friends!!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The Halloween Story
It�s a Halloween related game. Fill in the gaps with the Present Perfect or the Simple Past form of the verbs given in the Story of Halloween. Help the Druids illuminate the forest and the witch brew her magic soup. Answers appear to the next click, so it�s an oral exercise. Fully animated. Have fun.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Perfect Simple and Continuous Part 3 of 3
This is the final part of an older ppt I uploaded with the rules and examples fot the uses of the Past Perfect tenses. It can work without the two previous parts as it is the practice section, and it is fully editable. The rules and examples, fully interactive and editable can be found here: http://www.es lprintables.com/powe rpoint.asp?id=5339...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Present Perfect Jeopardy
A fine jeopardy game to revise or practise the Present Perfect with for/since, yet/already/ ever/never,so far, contrast it with Simple past. Have fun :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Present Perfect Tense VS Past Simple Tense
This PowerPoint can help you to explain the difference between these two tenses. It contains - form, usage, examples and exercises.It can be used for revision too. I usually prepare the exercises as a worksheet. Hope you find it useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past perfect
Examples given to illustrate the use of past perfect tense
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past and Present Perfect
Some gap filling and multiple choice exercises to help students with the differences between present perfect and simple past. Hope it�s useful :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Verb Tenses Review
Verb tense review exercise covering Present and Past simple, continuous, perfect; and future with will and going to.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


4 exercises 51 sentence PAST SIMPLE & PAST PERFECT SIMPLE PASSIVE VOICE
this online exercise provide additional practice for ss (Past Tenses in Passive Voice).
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Unit 5 - Language focus
3 tasks: 1. verb tenses (present perfect or past simple); 2. Choose the correct relative pronoun to fill in the gap; 3. verb tenses (in passive or active)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100

 


PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE
It contains useful exercises to study the past simple and participle forms of some irregular verbs and also some exercises to practice with the present perfect construction of verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


Present Perfect & Simple Past
Two fill-in-the blanks stories to practice the use of present perfect and simple past.
Level: intermediate
Age: 3-100

 


Present perfect or past simple?
Choose the correct verb tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100

 


Revising adjectives and verb tenses
It�s an activity for students to revise adjectives with negative prefixes and verb tenses. I hope you find it useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Steffi Graf: Overview
This exercise is mainly to practise reading comprehension as well as to test language awareness (word order in questions and parts of speech. The first activity is a True or False. Then, in the second one the student has to write the correct question for the given answers. Something which is really difficult for students at beginner levels! Then, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100

 


Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple
Your students will be able to check their ability to choose the right tense. 14 sentences -23 gap fills
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100

 


Exercises for past tenses (Past Simple - Continuous - Perfect)
General exercises on the Past Simple, Continuous and Perfect. This worksheet is to help the student understand when we use each of these tenses.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-14

 


Brad Pitt BIOGRAPHY Past simple or Present perfect?
Read, put the verbs in the right form and choose the correct answer, complete IRREGULAR VERBS LIST and answer the questions! Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100

 


Present Perfect Simple or past Simple
This material consists of 2 exercises more than 50 examples.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Lance Armstrong - Survivor (present perfect vs. past simple)
Also see the worksheet on the same theme: http://www.eslprinta bles.com/printable.a sp?id=351034#thetop This exercise is about the inspiring life-story of Lance Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer to win 7 Tours de France. It will reinforce when to use the present perfect or the past simple, (i.e. events with current relevance vs. finishe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100

 


Past and Past Perfect
Past perfect is usually hard for students
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14

 

 

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