Lab Activity: The Principles of Mayer Zaman University Educational Technologies - ELT 210 Section 1 Instructor: Zulfi Erken

1. Name: Sylapberdi Rejepov
Instructor: Zulfi Erken
Subject: Educational Technology

2. TENSES IN ENGLISH
Content:
 SIMPLE TENSE:
* Present Tense* Past Tense * Future
 CONTINUOUS TENSE:
Tense
* Present Cont. * Past Cont. * Future Cont.

3. SIMPLE TENSE
Present Simple Tense
 Form: S (subject)+V (verb)+O (object)
 Something happens repeatedly
 Signal Words
(always, every, never, normally, often, seldom, s
ometimes, usually)
 Examples: A: He speaks.
N: He does not speak.

4. SIMPLE TENSE
Past Simple Tense
 Form: S+V (+ed)+O. Example: I was in trouble.
 Action in the past taking place once, never or
several times
 Actions taking place one after another
 Action taking place in the middle of another action
 Signal Words: yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in
1990, the

5. SIMPLE TENSE
Future Tense

6. SIMPLE TENSE
Future Tense (cont.)
 Planned Future Tense vs. Unplanned Future Tense
 Form: be
(am/are/is) +going to +
infinitive
 Ex: I am going to work
 Form: will + infinitive
 Ex: I am will write an
essay

7. CONTINUOUS TENSE
Present Continuous Tense
 We use the present continuous to talk about activities
happening now. For example, the kids are watching TV. I
, because I am tired.

8. CONTINUOUS TENSE
Past Continuous Tense
 Form: S + was/were + V + ing + O
 Examples: I was playing . You were doing that.
 The action happened in the past but now it
stops, does not continue anymore.

9. CONTINUOUS TENSE
Future Continuous Tense

10. CONTINUOUS TENSE
Links and Videos about Continuous Tense
 Continuous Tenses:
 Present Cont. * Past Cont. * Future Cont.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO_nRFnTg1U
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuxtI_AIDg8
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A4n2P34-vM

12. TENSES IN ENGLISH