BWS_Module 3_to complete

How do I write the negative?

Change these sentences to make them negative:

I. Present Simple: *

II. Present Continuous: *

III. Present Perfect: *

IV. Present Perfect Continuous: *

How do I ask a question?

Change these sentences to ask questions:

I. Present Simple: *

II. Present Continuous: *

III. Present Perfect: *

IV. Present Perfect Continuous: *

Practice 1:

Choose the correct sentence a-c to follow the sentence given:

1. Please don’t make so much noise. *

a) I try to work.
b) I’m trying to work.
c) I have been working.

2. Ahmad lived in Germany for 5 years. *

a) He speaks German well.
b) He’s speaking German well.
c) He has spoken German well.

3. Francis is looking for her key. She can’t find it anywhere. *

a) She has been losing it.
b) She has lost it.
c) She loses it.

4. I see John drinking from the water fountain. He is tired and out-of-breath *

a) He is running.
b) He has run.
c) He has been running

Practice 2:

Write sentences that apply to your own life or work:

1. Something that is generally true: *

2. Something that is temporary: *

3. Something that started in the past and continues now: *

4. An activity that has recently stopped: *

How does one write the negative?

Rewrite each sentence to make it negative:

I. Present Perfect: *

II. Past Simple: *

III. Past Continuous: *

IV. Past Perfect: *

V. Past Perfect Continuous: *

VI. Would + verb: *

VII. Used to + verb: *

How does one write the question?

Rewrite each sentence to ask a question:

I. Present Perfect: *

II. Past Simple: *

III. Past Continuous: *

IV. Past Perfect: *

V. Past Perfect Continuous: *

VI. Would + verb: *

VII. Used to + verb: *

Write sentences that apply to your own life or work:

1. An event in the past: *

2. The background to that event: *

3. Something that had happened before that event: *

4. An activity that had recently stopped or was interrupted by that event: *

5. A habit from the past that you don’t do anymore: *

Practical exercise

Practise using ‘will’ and ‘going to’ in sentences of your own. *

Now let us think about some more time forms.

Think about the future and write sentences that are true for your workplace. Use complete sentences and try to use these forms:
shall+ subject, let’s, the present simple, the present continuous, subject + will, going to, subject + will have been

1. A scheduled event this month or year *

2. An intention *

3. What will you be doing at 3pm today? *

4. Volunteer to lead a project *

5. How productive are you? What will you have done by 5pm today? *

6. Ask someone’s opinion about starting a meeting now *

7. What’s on your schedule for tomorrow? (Start with I) *

Consider these sentence types and how they differ in meaning from one another.

Two examples have been given for each form.

1. Shall I close the window?
Shall we start?

2. My plane leaves at 11h30.
The meeting starts in 45 minutes.

3. I’m afraid I can’t do 11h00. I’ll be boarding the plane then.
The government will be making a statement about the water crisis later today.

4. He is meeting with his team on Monday morning.
He’s presenting to the board on Wednesday.

5. We’re late. The meeting will already have started by the time the plane lands.
If we win again next year, we will have been No.1 in our industry for 10 years straight!

6. I’ll spearhead the project.
I’ll help you with that.

7. I’m going to start work at 8am every day this week.
I’m going to discuss this with Sandra.