PRESENT TENSE (VERB1)
People who have malaria usually feel very sick,
with a high fever and shaking chills.
ALWAYS-OFTEN-NORMALLY
EVERY-USUALLY-MOST- A/AN
Some people who have malaria experience cycles
of malaria "attacks."
Apple does not manufacture
devices on its own but
gets the job done through contract manufacturers.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
(ING)
Currently bees are
work
ing diligently at storing
as much nectar as possible.
NOW-NOWADAYS-CURRENTLY
FOR THE TIME BEING-THESE DAYS
Nowadays, immigrants are
fac
ing different
types of challenges.
The Turkish economy is accelerating in growth
rates THESE DAYS.
NO “ING”
•INVOLVE-INCLUDE-CONTAIN …
•HAVE-EXIST-OWN-BELONG TO…
•LOVE-HATE-LIKE…
•UNDERSTAND-FORGET-KNOW…
SIMPLE PAST TENSE (VERB2)
Until recently, scientists thought
that the fetus
played no active role in its own birth process.
ONCE-UNTIL RECENTLY-LAST
ANCIENT-FIRST-EARLY-AGO
SUDDENLY-HITLER-THOSE
Women and children once worked in poor conditions.
Early humans did not
have strong claws to help
them him fight
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (HAVE
VERB3)
The number of lions has decreased
by more
than 40 percent over the last years.
RECENTLY-LATELY-TIMES-SO FAR
FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS-UP TO NOW
UP TO NOW – UP UNTIL NOW
During the last few years, the awareness
of the pollution and
the global warming has
dramatically
increased
.
•Recent research has revealed that children with
autism spectrum disorder have anomalies in their
eye structure.
•In the last two decades, the population of Istanbul
has doubled.
•Since the war began in Syria, we have lost a
number of soldiers. (no tense harmony)
•Cancer has become so prevalent that almost all
of us have had some personal experience with it
•Over the last weekend I diddid sport.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
(WAS/WERE+ING)
Yesterday at two o’clock in the afternoon, I was
studying in the library.
WHEN-WHILE-
While the old woman was watching TV, she had
an heart attack and died on the couch.
Early Humans were eating more
foods high In
protein And low In starch and grains !!!!!!!!!!
When I saw him, he was studying for about 2
hours. !!!!!!!!!!
PAST PERFECT (HAD V3)
By the end of the day, we had sold over 100
books.
After the army had invaded the city, the
inhabitants changed their way of life.
I had eaten sushi before.
By 1800, the system had changed completely.
BY-BY THE TIME-AFTER-WHEN
BEFORE-ALREADY
*The student is playing on the computer.The student is playing on the computer.
*The student has been playing on the *The student has been playing on the
computer for an hour.computer for an hour.
*The doctor was working. *The doctor was working.
*The doctor had been working for 2 weeks.*The doctor had been working for 2 weeks.
SIMILAR TENSESSIMILAR TENSES
EXCEPTIONS
•It is high time you started studying.
•I wish you helped me.
•I would rather you spoke less.
•We Turks have been living in Anatolia
since the Byzantine army was defeated.
FIND THE MISTAKES AND CORRECT THEM
•Turkish people are cooking very well.
•The workers had gone on strike last year.
•The singer is showing a great
performance on the stage for an hour.
•Before the second world war, Hitler has
planned every detail carefully.
•By the time I arrived home, my father has
already finished painting my room.
TRUE / FALSE???
In the 1890s, the organization that is
now the Smithsonian Institution had
given Scidmore a Kodak camera to
document her travels across India,
Japan, China, and the Indonesian island
of Java.
TRUE / FALSE???
The Celts or Celtic peoples from Western
Europe, who came to be also known as
Gaels, invaded Ireland subduing the
previous inhabitants sometime between
about 600 and 150 BC.
TRUE / FALSE???
Since the adoption of the Palermo
Protocol, a growing number of
stakeholders, including a majority
of the world’s governments,
enacted comprehensive laws to
hold human traffickers criminally
accountable and provide care to
survivors.
TRUE / FALSE???
Alzheimer's disease is a neurological
disorder in which the death of brain
cells is causing memory loss and
cognitive decline.