REVIEW OF TENSES

(Simple present, present continuous, present perfect, Simple past, Past continuous, Past Perfect,
Simple Future, Future Perfect)

Tense/Use Form

Simple present Form: Sub+verb

Use: Habits and routines I drink
‫نستعمله للتحدث عن العادات و األشياء التي نقوم بها‬ You drink
.‫بشكل روتيني‬ He drinks
Example: She drinks
Karima eats an apple for dinner every It drinks
day. We drink
You drink
They drink

Present continuous Form: Sub+am/is/are+verb-ing

Use: something happening now or future I am drinking
plans. You are drinking
‫نستعمله لوصف شيء يحدث اآلن أو األشياء التي‬ He is drinking
.‫نخطط لها في المستقبل‬ She is drinking
Example: It is drinking
Look! It is raining. We are drinking
You are drinking
They are drinking

Present perfect Form: Sub+have/has+ past participle of verb

Use: with ‘yet, just, so far, already, still, Irregular verb Regular verbs
never, since, recently’. I have drunk I have worked
‫نستعمله مع تعابير الوقت فوقه أو ألشياء حدثت في‬ You have drunk You have worked
.‫الماضي لكن لها عالقة بالحاضر‬ He has drunk He has worked
Example: She has drunk She has worked
I have never visited Oujda. It has drunk It has worked
We have drunk We have worked
You have drunk You have worked
They have drunk They have worked

Simple past Irregular verb Regular verbs

Use: something that happened in the past. Form changes depending Form: Sub+verb-ed
.‫نستعمله عندما نتحدث عن شيء حدث في الماضي‬ on verb
Example: I drank I worked
He worked here last year. You drank You worked
He drank He worked
She drank She worked
It drank It worked
We drank We worked
You drank You worked
They drank They worked

Past continuous Form: Sub+was/were+verb-ing

Use: long action in the past or two I was drinking
simultaneous actions in the the past. You were drinking
)‫نستعمله عندما نتحدث عن حدث يتطلب وقتا (طويل‬ He was drinking
‫في الماضي أو عندما يتزامن حدثين طويلين في‬ She was drinking
.‫الماضي‬ It was drinking
Example: We were drinking
While Ahmed was watching TV, his You were drinking
sister was reading a book. They were drinking
 REVIEW OF TENSES
(Simple present, present continuous, present perfect, Simple past, Past continuous, Past Perfect,
Simple Future, Future Perfect)

Past perfect Form: Sub+had+ past participle of verb

Use: when we have two actions in the Irregular verb Regular verbs
past, we use it for the first one to happen. I had drunk I had worked
‫ أحدهما‬.‫نستعمله عندما يكون لدينا حدثان في الماضي‬ You had drunk You had worked
.‫يسبق اآلخر زمنيا‬ He had drunk He had worked
Example: She had drunk She had worked
Thomas had lived in Hamburg for two It had drunk It had worked
years before he moved to Berlin. We had drunk We had worked
You had drunk You had worked
They had drunk They had worked

Simple future Form: Subject+will+verb

Use: something that we expect will I will drink
happen in the future. You will drink
.‫نستعمله للحديث عن شيء نتوقع حدوثه في المستقبل‬ He will drink
Example: She will drink
She will come next week. It will drink
We will drink
You will drink
They will drink

Future perfect Form: Sub+will have+past participle of verb

Use: an action that will finish before a Irregular verb Regular verbs
specific time in the future. I will have drunk I will have worked
‫نستعمله للحديث عن حدث سينتهي قبل وقت محدد في‬ You will have drunk You will have worked
.‫المستقبل‬ He will have drunk He will have worked
Example: She will have drunk She will have worked
By 2023, I will have gotten my university It will have drunk It will have worked
degree. We will have drunk We will have worked
You will have drunk You will have worked
They will have drunk They will have worked
Regular verbs ‫ ال بد من التمييز بين‬Past Participle ‫ أو األزمنة التي تتطلب استعمال‬Simple Past ‫عندما يتعلق األمر ب‬
.‫ (األفعال التي تتغير أو ال تتغير عند صرفها‬Irregular Verbs ‫) و‬work :‫ مثال‬.‫ عند صرفها‬-ed- ‫(األفعال التي نظيف عليها فقط‬
.)drink :‫مثال‬
Verb Simple past Past participle Verb Simple past Past participle
Work Worked Worked Drink drank drunk
PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSE:
1. The smiths ………………….. (come) to Morocco in December 2010. By the end of 2020,
they ……………………. (be) living in Morocco for 10 years.
2. The city council …………………… (build) a new stadium 2 years ago.
3. Before he became a doctor, Hamid …………………….. (work) as a biology teacher.
4. At the moment, a foreign NGO ……………………… (prepare) a huge irrigation project in
Chtouka to help small farmers.
5. My boss …………………….(send) him for a free training in Germany next September.
6. In 2 years time, Morocco …………………….. (launch) its 3rd surveillance satellite.
7. ‘(you/visit) ………………………. The Louvre museum when you were in Paris last month?’
8. We …………………………… (start) working on this song two months ago. By the end of
this week, we ……………………….. (finish) all the rehearsals. I hope the audience
………………………… (enjoy) it when we sing it.
9. I waited for her because she ………………………(tell) me she was coming.
10. Now, my classmates and I ………………………. (work) on our school project. So far, we
……………………. (finish) the first part. By the end of the semester, we
………………………… (complete) the whole project.