AGUSTINIANO CIUDAD SALITRE SCHOOL
ENGLISH AREA
FIRST TERM
GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES REVIEW
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
We use the present perfect to talk about past actions or experiences with a result in the present.
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT
I
1st 2nd
Person
AUXILIARY
have (‘ve)
YOU
WE
VERB IN PAST
PARTICIPLE
cleaned
finished
have not- haven’t
started
sung
HE
SHE
REGULAR
swum
THEY
3rd Person
COMPLEMENT
has (‘s)
IRREGULAR
gone
has not- hasn’t
IT
QUESTIONS
AUXILIARY
SUBJECT
VERB IN PAST
PARTICIPLE
COMPLEMENT
I
1st 2nd
Person
Have
you
we
they
he
3rd Person
Has
she
It
?
WARNING!
FOR AND SINCE
We use for and since to talk about how long something has been happening
FOR
We use for when we mention a period of time.
SINCE
We use since when we mention a point in time in the past,
when something began.
Examples:
for a long time, for a second , for two
minutes, for years ,for ages, for three days
Examples:
since 2003, since last January, since 4 o'clock, since July, since
breakfast time
TIME EXPRESSIONS
MEANING
ALREADY
(YA)
Y
YET
(YA, TODAVIA
AUN)
JUST
(
(JUSTO-POR POCO)
EVER
(ALGUNA VEZ)
NEVER
(NUNCA-JAMAS)
POSITION
EXAMPLE
At some time before
now, maybe earlier
than expected
before the verb in
past participle or at
end of sentence
At some time before
now, questions and
negative statements
end of question or at
end of the negative
sentence
At any time before
now, questions and
negative statements
before the verb in
past participle
He has just eaten.
At any time before
now, questions and
negative statements
before participle in
question or negative
sentence
Have you ever traveled?
At no time before
now
before the verb in
past participle
I have already eaten.
I have eaten already
Have you eaten yet?
I haven’t eaten yet.
I haven’t ever traveled.
I have never traveled
FUTURE
We use Will in future to express a spontaneous decision, an assumption with regard to the future or an action
in the future that cannot be influenced.
ESTRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
QUESTIONS
SUBJECT+WILL+VERB IN PRESENT
SIMPLE + COMPLEMENT
SUBJECT+WONT+VERB IN PRESENT
SIMPLE + COMPLEMENT
WILL+ SUBJECT+ VERB IN PRESENT
SIMPLE + COMPLEMENT?
EXAMPLE
We will help you
We wont help you
Will we help you?
RESOURCES
Here you will find useful links to practice:
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/present-perfect-experiences
http://eslkidsworld.com/Interactive%20games/Grammar%20Games/Present%20Perfect/present%20p
erfect%20quiz.html
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present_perfect-exercises.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_perfect_statements.htm
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/readings/presentperfectreading.html
FOR AND SINCE
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/g_presperf.html
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1D.html
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5876
PRESENT PERFECT TIME EXPRESSIONS
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/advanced-level-present-perfect-tense
http://www.englishgrammar.org/present-perfect-tense-exercise-2/
http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/still-already-yet-exercises.html
FUTURE
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/grammar/jumbled-future-will-have-to-1.htm
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/willfuture/exercise1.html
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/willfuture/exercise2.html
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/willfuture/exercise3.html
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/willfuture/exercise4.html