Table of Contents
Week 1 | English Grammar
Day 4 |I am doing (present continuous)
Day 5 |Are you doing? (present continuous questions)
Day 6 |I do/work/like (present simple)(present continuous questions)
Week 2 | English Grammar
Day 1 |I don't... (present simple negative)
Day 2 |Do you...? (present simple questions)
Day 3 |I am doing (present continuous) I do (present simple)
Day 4 |I have... and I've got...
Day 6 |Worked/got/went etc (past simple)
Week 3 | English Grammar
Day 1 |I didn't... did you...? (past simple negative and questions)
Day 2 |I was doing (past continuous)
Day 3 |I was doing (past continuous) and I did (past simple)
Day 4 |I have done (present perfect 1)
Day 5 |I've just... I've already... I haven't...yet (present perfect 2)
Day 6 |Have you ever...? (present perfect 3)
Week 4| English Grammar
Day 1 |How long have you...? (present perfect 4)
Day 3 |I have done (present perfect) and I did (past)
Day 4 |Is done, was done (passive 1)
Day 5 |Is being done, has been done (passive 2)
Day 6 |Be/have/do in present and past tenses
Week 5| English Grammar
Day 1 |Regular and irregular verbs
Day 2 |What are you doing tomorrow?
Week 6| English Grammar
Day 2 |Must, mustn't, don't, need to
Day 6 |Do this! Don't do that! Let's do that
Week 7| English Grammar
Day 2 |There is... There are...
Day 3 |There was/were... There has/have been... There will be...
Day 6 |Have you? Are you? Don't you? etc
Week 8| English Grammar
Day 1 |Too/either/so am I/neither do I etc
Day 2 |Isn't/haven't/don't etc (negatives)
Day 3 |Do they? Is it? Have you?
Day 4 |Forming questions (who/what/why/where/when/which)
Day 5 |What...? Which...? How...?
Day 6 |How long does it take...?
Week 9| English Grammar
Day 1 |Do you know where...? I don't know what... etc
Day 2 |He/she said that... He/she told me that...
Day 3 |Work/working Go/going Do/doing
Day 4 |I want you to... I told you to...
Day 5 |I went to the shop to...
Day 6 |Go to... Go on... Go for... Go -ing... Get…
Week 10| English Grammar
Day 4 |I/me He/him They/them etc
Day 6 |Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc
Week 11| English Grammar
Day 1 |Myself/yourself/themselves etc
Week 12| English Grammar
Day 2 |All/most/some/any/no/none etc
Week 13| English Grammar
Day 2 |If we go... if you see... etc
Day 3 |If I had... If we went... etc
Day 4 |A person who... A thing that/which (relative clauses 1)
Is = present
Has been = present perfect
Example: She is in Spain. (=present, she is in Spain right now)
Example: She has been to Spain. (=present perfect, she has been to Spain but, she is back now)
Present simple | Present perfect simple |
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Mum and dad are on holiday. | Mum and dad have gone on holiday |
My brother lives in Leicester. | How long has your brother lived in Leicester? |
I have a new house. | I have bought a new house. |
Are you married? | How long have you been married? |
I work at a school. | I have worked at a school for five years. |
Is she a teacher? | How long has she been a teacher? |
More examples of present perfect simple:
- How long have you known Emma?
- How long have you had your car?
- How long have you lived in Castleford?
- How long has he been working as an engineer?
- How long has she been at the supermarket?
- How long have you slept for?
Present continuous | Present perfect continuous (have been + -ing) |
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I am watching television. | How long have you been watching television? |
I am learning to speak Spanish. | How long have you been learning to speak Spanish? |
I am reading Pride and Prejudice. | How long have you been reading Pride and Prejudice? |
He is sleeping. | How long has he been sleeping? |
She is crying. | How long has she been crying? |
It is snowing. | It’s been snowing all night. |
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It is snowing. |
The weather is shining. |
John and Kate are married. |
My brother has gone on holiday. |
My aunty and uncle live in Canada. |
My sister is a teacher. |
I work at the chemist. |
I’ve known Susan since I was a baby. |
Jonathan is learning to speak to Mandarin. |
2. Fill in the missing gaps in the sentences using the present perfect (=has/have + past participle)
1. My mum and dad on holiday to America. They gone since last Sunday.
2. I Ben and Emma since primary school. We to the same primary and secondary school.
3. My sister learning to speak French because she is going to France next month.
3. Use the appropriate words in the missing gaps.
have you lived, lives,has been,work,have known,I have bought,have worked
1. My sister in Spain. She is studying Spanish with her friend Rosie. I Rosie since I was 5.
2. Spencer with Jamie. They have worked together for 2 years.
3. How long in Australia?
4. a new dress for prom
5. He to Thorpe park.
4. Challenge: Create 4 of your own questions beginning with ‘How long……?’