BACCALAUREATE EXAM EXERCISES : ENGLISH TENSES

BACCALAUREATE EXAM EXERCISES : ENGLISH TENSES


THE SIMPLE PRESENT

This is without doubt the most important tense in the English language and we use it in a great number of very different situations in our lives. To encourage you to have a look at the below thorough description of the Present Simple, I must say that this tense is relatively easy to understand for people learning English, which is also why it is the best tense to learn first.

Use :

1.Facts and generalization

2.Habits and routines

3.Permanent situations

4.State verbs (e.g. be, have, think, know)

5.Fixed / official arrangement that we can't change ( schedules and timetables )

Note: Apart from all the above uses, this tense is also used in:

1. Zero Conditional- If it rains, I stay at home.

2. First Conditional - We won't get our pocket money, if we don't pass this exam.

3. In sentences after "when", "before", "till", "after", "as soon as"

Before you leave, please take the keys.

After you clean your teeth, go to bed.

When you get back home, please call me.

A/ Examples:

Use 1 : The earth goes around the sun.

A dog is an animal.

Morocco is in North Africa.

Use 2 : I learn English twice a week.

He never has breakfast at home.

She usually watches her favourite TV programme in the evening.

Use 3 : He comes from China.

She teaches Russian in Moscow.

Use 4 : I have two pens.

I think it will rain.

Use 5 : The course starts in April.

The Baccalaureate exam begins on June 2nd and ends on June 4th.

B/ Examples:

Use 1: Is Honduras in South America?

Does the Earth go around the moon?

Use 2: Does Majd often play football?

Use 3: Do you know who my friend is?

What do you do? (what's your occupation?)

C/ Examples:

Use 1:The Earth does not go around the moon.

Use 2:He doesn't go to the cinema at all.

Use 3:They don't live in Marrakech anymore.

Use 4:I don't like winter.

To describe how often an action that takes place, you can use adverbs of frequency.

For example :

•always

•never

•frequently/often

•usually

•seldom/rarely

•nowadays

•every week/year

•sometimes/occasionally

•from time to time

Examples

I always go shopping on Sundays.

I never eat anything after 10 p.m.

My computer freezes from time to time.