Lesson 2 students book
Language focus past and present tenses
1) Study these sentences from the listening, then answer the
questions.
a Which time does each sentence refer to: the present or
the past?
b What are the names of the tenses?
1 ince I...
More
Lesson 2 students book
Language focus past and present tenses
1) Study these sentences from the listening, then answer the
questions.
a Which time does each sentence refer to: the present or
the past?
b What are the names of the tenses?
1 ince I started the job two years ago, I ve met important
people from all over the world.
2 Yesterday I was interviewing business leaders in
Cairo.
.
.
.
.
.
3 Now I work for a well-known Egyptian company that
writes computer programs.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
4 At the moment, I m doing research on a computer
program for an Australian company.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2) Now study the sentences again and answer these
questions.
a Which past verb refers to:
1 an action which started and finished in the past?
I.
started, [past simple)
2 something that happened for a period of time in the
past?
3 something that is part of a person s
experience? .
Less
