The Past Perfect, Future simple & Progressive Tense!

The past perfect is a tense used to...

• to refer to an specific something that ocurred in the past

• • A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now.

• to talk about something that happened before something else that is also in the past

• To describe an action that started in the past and was interrupted by another action

You don't use the past perfect in one of these situations...

•      To refer to an action or state that began in the past and that is prior to another past action.

• When you’re not trying to convey some sequence of past events

• To say what someone has said

• For actions that happened at a specific time in the past.

Choose the correct structure of past perfect

• Subject + had + past participle of the verb + ....

• Subject + have + past participle of the verb + ...

• Subject + past participle of the verb + ...

• Subject + had + been + present participle (verb+ing) + since/for (if needed) + the rest of the sentence

We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather ____________ (plant) many years before.

• had planted

• have planted

• has planted

• haven't planted

The future simple is used to...

• To make offers, such as when you offer to help someone

• To refer to temporary actions and events that will be in progress at a particular time in the future

• To predict a future event

• To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes

Choose the correct structure of future simple

• Subject + will + base form of the verb + ...

• Subject + would + base form of the verb + ...

• Subject + will+ be + Verb ING + ...

• Subject + will+ have + Verb in past participle + ...

¡You better move on!, we __ (be) late for today's class

What does future progressive tense indicates?

• That an action is currently happening or is still unfinished

• That an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future.

• That something will happen in the future

• That something will be completed before a specific time in the future

Which of the following is the correct structure of future progressive

• Subject+ will + be + verb end in -ED +...

• Subject + will + be + the root form of the verb + ...

• Subject + will + be + the present participle (the root verb + -ing) + ...

• Subject + Helping verbs (will + have) + Past participle form of the main verb + ...

Have you heard about Laura? ... ¡She ___ (come) home for Christmas!