END-OF-YEAR MEMORY BOOK PROJECT

 

END-OF-YEAR MEMORY BOOK

 

1- ALL ABOUT US – Present Simple

Description of the members of your group:

Name, age, physical appearance and personality, hobbies, favourite film/TV series and song, favourite subject.

 

2- OUR CLASSES – Present Simple (except*)

High school and classroom description

Best class atmosphere

What we want to remember about our classes

What we are going to miss about our classes* (subjects, classmates, teachers)

 

3- BEST MOMENTS – Simple Past

Describe the best memory from a school activity and the best memory from a class

 

4- OUR SUMMER PLANS – “Be going to”

Describe your plans for the summer

 

5- OUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE – Future Simple (“Will”)

What jobs will you have in the future?

What will your lives be like?

GRAMMAR - ENGLISH VERB TENSE REVIEW

1. PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present Simple: 
Adverbs or expressions of frequency, days of the week.

STATIVE VERBS - CATEGORIES: 1. Emotions and feelings: LOVE, LIKE, DISLIKE, HATE, HOPE, PREFER, WANT. 2. Thought and opinion: THINK, BELIEVE, FORGET, KNOW, REMEMBER, UNDERSTAND, (DIS)AGREE, MEAN, RECOGNISE, REALISE, SEEM, SUPPOSE. 3. Perception and senses: SEE, HEAR, FEEL, SMELL, TASTE, SOUND, TOUCH. 4. Possession: HAVE, OWN, BELONG. 5. Prices and measures: COST, MEASURE, WEIGH

Present Continuous: now, right now, at the moment // this … these + time expression (this week, these days)// nowadays, currently, at present // next …, today, tonight, tomorrow (Present Continuous with future meaning)// With expressions like Look!, Listen!

2. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE (have – has + v-ed/ 3^rd column) – PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS (have – has been + v-ing)

P.P. Simple: 

- To talk about quantity: “How much?/How many?”

Example: I have attended 5 yoga classes.

- We also use the Present Perfect Simple with "stative verbs", “be” and “have”. 

Example: I have been to London very often.

- When we indicate the result of something. 

Example: As a result, I have studied English.

P.P. Continuous: Emphasis on time: “How long?”.

- Particles to measure time: “For”, “Since”  

Example: I have been living here for five years.

- Repetitive actions: Focus on continuity.

Example: I have been going to clases since I left college (focus on time not number of classes).

What has been here stated can also be applied to the contrast between the PAST PERFECT SIMPLE (HAD / HADN’T + V-ED/3RD COLUMN) and the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS (HAD/HADN’T BEEN + V-ING).

3. PAST SIMPLE – PAST CONTINUOUS

Contrast in a sentence:

When + Simple Past, Past Continuous: When Mary came in, I was watching TV.

While / As + Past Continuous, Past Simple: As/While he was driving, he suddenly saw a car crash.

Two actions expressed in the Simple Past: (acciones concatenadas). I watched TV and then I went  to bed.

Two actions expressed in the Past Continuous: (acciones simultáneas): While I was cooking, he was watching TV. It was so unfair!.

Past Simple (one simple clause):

Yesterday, last night, ago, past years / decades (e.g.: in the 80s) / centuries (e.g.: in the 19^th century).

Past Continuous (one simple clause):

Yesterday/last ….. at + hour // all day yesterday


4. PAST PERFECT (former action) - PAST SIMPLE (latter action)

Contrast in a sentence:

- Past Perfect/ Past Simple:

After + Past Perfect: After I had written the e-mail, I turned off the computer.

“I regretted / was sorry that” + Past Perfect: I regretted / was sorry that I had been rude to him.

……. because + Past Perfect: I apologized because I had been rude to him.

- Past Simple/ Past Perfect:

Before / By the time + Past Simple: Before I turned off the computer, I had written the e-mail.

……….until + Past Simple: I hadn’t spoken in English until I went to England.

Time expressions:

Before / By (the time) / When / Until + Past Simple.

After / As soon as + Past Perfect.

5. PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT?

Past Simple (one simple clause): Definite time in the past.

Yesterday, last …, ……ago, in + past year/century.

Present Perfect (one simple clause): Indefinite time in the past. Actions beginning in the past and continuing up to now, repetitive actions, personal experience. 

Time expressions:

So far, over the years, lately, recently, in the last…, before.

Ever, just, already (affirmative), yet (negative, interrogative) / For, since.

6. FUTURE TENSES

Future Simple (will): Predictions (no evidence), far in time (+ one year), spontaneous decisions.

Examples: I hope – I suppose – I think – I promise – I imagine - I am sure/certain that…

Future “be going to”: Predictions (evidence), ± within a year, planned actions / intentions.

Examples: I’ve decided / planned…

Future perfect: Will have + V-ed/ 3^rd column. A COMPLETED action at a certain future time. 

By this time, by the end, in two years,...

Future continuous: Will be +V-ing. Action IN PROGRESS at a certain future time. 

(At) this time …, in the next decades, for the next weeks, Next X (day) between (time) and (time)…

PRACTICE - ENGLISH VERB TENSE REVIEW

 1. USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS:   

1.  The assistant is speaking too quick. I ______________________ (not understand) him.

2.  I can’t carry this suitcase. It __________________ (weigh) too much.

3.  ___________ your parents’ house ____________________ (belong) to you now?

4.  Look! Michelle ________________________ (wear) a really beautiful dress.

5.  At the moment this house _____________ (cost) too much. I can't afford to buy it.

6.  Look! Michelle ________________________ (wear) a really beautiful dress.

2. USE THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

1.  She _______________ always ____________________________ (play) tennis.

2.  I ________________________________ (work) since I left college.

3.  They _______________________________ (attend) four business meetings.

4.  How long ________________ you _______________________________ (swim)?

5. As a result of her success, she ___________________________ (write) an autobiography. 

6. How much ice cream ______________ you ______________ (eat)?

3. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES, USING THE PAST SIMPLE, THE PAST CONTINUOUS OR THE PAST PERFECT OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:  

1. After Janet __________________________ (finish) her homework, she __________________________ (go) out with her friends.

2. As the students ___________________________ (chat), the teacher _____________________ (enter) the classroom.

3. By the time we ____________________________ (arrive) at the airport, the plane _____________________________ (leave).

4. Jane ___________________________ (not catch) a tram until she _______________________ (travel) to Cologne.

5. I__________________________________ (sit) on the sofa when a sudden noise ______________________________ (wake) me up.

6. I ______________________ (be) sorry that I __________________________ (speak) to her so rudely.

4. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES, USING THE FUTURE SIMPLE, "BE GOING TO", FUTURE PERFECT OR FUTURE CONTINUOUS OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:  

1.  Sam drives too fast. He _____________________________ (cause) an accident one of these days!

2.  At this time next week, I ______________________________ (sunbathe) in Hawaii.

3.  Is that book only 3 euros? I _________________________ (buy) it!

4.  By the end of June, the students ____________________________ (finish) the exams. 

5.  I am sure that you ______________________________ (succeed) in your new career.
6.  It _________________________________  (rain) in London for the next weeks, so take your umbrella. 

GRAMMAR - FUTURE TENSES CHART

FUTURE TENSES	USES	AFFIRMATIVE FORM	NEGATIVE FORM	INTERROGATIVE FORM
SIMPLE FUTURE: WILL	a) Predictions. b) Spontaneous decisions. c) Distant future. - In + year, in a few years, in the future. - I think (know, suppose, imagine, expect) / I am sure (positive, certain, afraid) / I promise ... - Maybe, perhaps, probably	S + WILL + V + Cs. - I think it will rain. - I’ll lay the table. - He will study Law in 2030.	S + WILL NOT (WON’T) + V + Cs. - I think it won't rain. - I won't lay the table. -He won’t study Law in 2030.	WILL + S + V + Cs? - Will he study Law in 2030?
BE GOING TO	a) Planned action for the future, intentions. b) Predictions based on evidence / something about to happen (evidence). - Next week/month/year, in + month / in a few days / weeks... - I (have) plan(ned), I have decided ...	S + BE + GOING TO + V + Cs. - I am going to study in Liverpool next year. - Look at these clouds! It's going to rain. - My sister is going to have a baby in three months.	S + BE + NOT + GOING TO + V + Cs. - I am not going to study in Liverpool next year. - She is so lazy! She isn’t going to pass the exams.	BE + S + GOING TO + V + Cs? - Am I going to study in Liverpool next year? - Are you going to give up smoking after Christmas?
P.CONTINUOUS (future meaning): BE + V-ING	- Future arrangements. → ALWAYS add a temporal expression: tonight, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, on + day of the week, this week(end) / month....	S + BE + V-ing + Cs + time expression. - She's having dinner with Joe tonight.	S + BE + NOT + V-ing + Cs + time expression. - She isn't having dinner with Joe tonight.	BE + S + V-ing + Cs + time expression? - Is she having dinner with Joe tonight?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS:  WILL BE + V –ING	- Action IN PROGRESS at a certain future time. - (At) this time, next X between (time) and (time), in the next decades, for the next weeks, during...	S + WILL BE + V-ing + Cs. - You’ll be working at this time tomorrow.	S + WILL NOT / WON’T BE + V-ing + Cs. - You won’t be working at this time tomorrow.	WILL + S + BE + V-ing + Cs? - Will you be working at this time tomorrow?
FUTURE PERFECT: WILL HAVE + V-ED/3rd column	- The action is COMPLETED  at a certain future time. - By this time, by the end of..., in two years,...	S + WILL HAVE + -ED/3rd column  - You’ll have finished by ten o’clock.	S + WON’T HAVE + -ED/3rd column - You won’t have finished by 10 o’clock.	WILL +S + HAVE + ED/3rd column? - Will you have finished by 10 o’clock?