This is the first time I've been to Paris. (2) I've never been to Paris before.
We haven't been on holiday for years. (1) The last time we went on holiday was years ago.
Answer key - Present time - Exercise 2
This has never happened to me before. It's the first time.
He has already been abroad three times this year.
I've just spoken to Kate. She says hi.
I have loved you since the day I met you.
Whenever I ring her, the line is busy, and she never calls me back.
Have you heard what I've just said? Are you still listening to me?
Bill has been trying to open that can of tuna for the last half an hour.
We've always wanted to go to Spain but have never been able to afford it.
I still haven't done my homework.
When does the postman usually come?
Have you done the dishes yet?
They're always quarrelling about stupid things. It's getting on my nerves!
Where were you? I've been looking for you for ages!
Hold on for a second. I'm just brushing my teeth.
My children rarely get sweets. Only on special occasions.
Answer key - Present time - Exercise 3
Why are you continually disturbing me?
Correct.
I've been listening to music since I came home.
She has been to Egypt twice. / She went to Egypt twice last year.
How long have you been waiting here?
Correct.
Correct.
Sam has been sitting on that bench for three hours.
Correct.
Correct.
Answer key - Present time - Exercise 4
This is the fastest car I have ever driven.
What are you thinking about right now?
Have you ever made a website?
I haven't had/taken a sauna for two years.
It's three months since I last wrote to Tim.
Leyla has been working as a waitress for two weeks.
How long have they been engaged?
Jill is still taking/doing the test.
When do they serve breakfast at the hotel?
Ted is always biting his nails.
Answer key - Present time - Exercise 5
Do you do any sport? How long have you been doing it?
Have you been to the cinema or theatre recently? What did you see?
Is there a website that you visit regularly? How often do you visit it?
Have you ever lost something very important to you? How did it happen?
Are you watching any TV series right now? How long have you been watching it?
Where do you live? How long have you been living there?
Is there a restaurant or bar that you often go to? When do you usually go there?
Have you ever been abroad? Which foreign countries have you been to?
Are you learning another language at the moment? How long have you been learning it?
What is your daily routine during the week? What do you do at weekends?
Future time
Guiding questions: future time
Future simple
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
BE GOING TO
Present simple for fixed future events (schedules, timetables and itineraries)
Present continuous for fixed future arrangements
The difference between WILL, BE GOING TO and the present continuous for future events
Other expressions referring to future time
Future time clauses
Revision questions: future time
Exercises: future time
Guiding questions: future time
Which tenses can be used to express future time?
What kinds of future events can be expressed with the present continuous tense?
What do be going to and the future simple tense have in common?
What is the difference between the future perfect and the future perfect continuous tenses?
What is the difference between the future continuous and the future perfect continuous tenses?
Besides tenses what other structures can be used to refer to future time?
Future simple
Form: future simple
Future simple for intentions (offers, promises and decisions)
Future simple for predictions
Future simple in complex sentences
Form: future simple
WILL + VERB
The future simple is formed with the modal will + simple infinitive without to in all persons.
Affirmative
Subject
Auxiliary
Verb (simple infinitive)
I
will
help.
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
The following contracted forms are often used in spoken and in informal written language:
I will
»
I'll
you will
»
you'll
he/she/it will
»
he'll/she'll/it'll
we will
»
we'll
you will
»
you'll
they will
»
they'll
Negative
Subject
Auxiliary
not
Verb (simple infinitive)
I
will
not
help.
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
The contracted form won't is often used instead of will not in spoken and in informal written language.
Interrogative
(Question word)
Auxiliary
Subject
Verb (simple infinitive)
(When)
will
I
help?
you
he/she/it
we
you
they
In British English, shall is often used instead of will in the first person in affirmative sentences with no change of meaning. Shall is more formal than will:
Well, we
shall see
tomorrow.
In first person interrogatives, shall expresses offers:
Shall
I
open
the window?