Tense & aspect
Grammar · C1 · 6 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 30 minGrammar explained: tense & aspectSee English verb forms as time plus aspect (simple, continuous, perfect) and use that system to choose forms accurately.Premium
- Sheet 2 · 30 minTense & aspect: the perfect across time (had, has and will have done)Use present, past and future perfect forms, simple and continuous, to look back from different points in time.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 30 minTense & aspect: continuous forms for change, irritation and politenessUse the continuous for changing situations, irritating habits and polite requests, beyond the basic 'in progress' meaning.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 30 minTense & aspect: present tenses for past and future eventsUnderstand the historic present in stories and jokes, headlines, summaries and 'I hear…', and present forms for future timetables.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 30 minTense & aspect: the future in the past (was going to, would, was to)Talk about the future as seen from the past with was going to, was about to, would, was to and was to have done.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 45 minTense & aspect review: mixed tenses testA marked C1 test on tense and aspect: mixed-tense gap-fill, multiple choice, transformations, a reading text and a writing task.Premium