Unit 20: The Cult of Celebrity
Tenses
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 2
Daisy's in The Box! Find out what she's doing in there, and remind yourself of the rules of the present simple, present continuous, present perfect and past simple tenses as well as the 'going to' future.
Wayitii marii qabxii 2
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Activity 2
Examples of form
Tenses: examples of form
These are example sentences in the tenses we are looking at in Unit 20.
Read the explanation and complete the activity
Present simple
• I/We/You/They swim.
• He/She/It swims.
• I/We/You/They do not swim.
• He/She/It does not swim.
Present simple questions
• Do I/we/you/they swim?
• Does he/she/it swim?
Present continuous
• I am swimming.
• He/She/It is swimming.
• We/You/They are swimming.
• I am not swimming.
• He/She/It is not swimming.
• We/You/They are not swimming.
Present continuous questions
• Am I swimming?
• Is he/she/it swimming?
• Are we/you/they swimming?
Past simple
• I/He/She/It/We/You/They started.
• I/He/She/It/We/You/They did not start.
Past simple questions
• Did I/he/she/it/we/you/they start?
Present perfect
• I/We/You/They have started.
• He/She/It has started
• I/We/You/They have not started.
• He/She/It has not started.
Present perfect questions
• Have I/we/you/they started?
Going to + infinitive
• I am going to stay.
• He/She/It is going to stay.
• We/You/They are going to stay.
• I am not going to stay.
• He/She/It is not going to stay.
• We/You/They are not going to stay.
Going to questions
• Am I going to stay?
• Is he/she/it going to stay?
• Are we/you/they going to stay?
To do
Now you've had an explanation see if you can complete this activity.
Sentence forms
5 Questions
Organise the words into correct sentences. There are more words than you need
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Activity
Organise the words into correct sentences. There are more words than you need
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It's present continuous, so you need to use the +ing form of the verbQuestion 1 of 5
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Activity
Organise the words into correct sentences. There are more words than you need
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It's present perfect, so you need the past participle of 'see'Question 2 of 5
Gargaarsa
Activity
Organise the words into correct sentences. There are more words than you need
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It's a 'going to' + infinitive sentenceQuestion 3 of 5
Gargaarsa
Activity
Organise the words into correct sentences. There are more words than you need
karaarra buusu
It's a 'going to' questionQuestion 4 of 5
Gargaarsa
Activity
Organise the words into correct sentences. There are more words than you need
karaarra buusu
This is a negative present prefect sentenceQuestion 5 of 5
Excellent! Great job! Carraa badaa! Qabxii argatte:
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Form
Present simple
I swim.I do not swim.
Present simple question
Do you swim?Present continuous
I am swimming.I am am not swimming.
Present continuous question
Are you swimming?Past simple
I started.I did not start.
Past simple question
Did you start?Present perfect
I have started.I have not started.
Present perfect question
Have you started?Going to + infinitive
I am going to stay.I am not going to stay.
Going to question
Are you going to stay?