The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1 - Presentation and practice 1 for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 2 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli
Question
Read the sentences and answer the questions below to revise your knowledge of the simple and the continuous tenses.
Can you point out which sentences are in the present and which are in the past? Can you explain how these tenses are formed?
Answer
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Present continuous - It is formed by using the present tense of the verb "to be" (am / are / is) with the present participle of the main verb (sitting).
Past simple - It is formed by using the past tense of the main verb (moved).
Present simple - It is formed by using the base form of the main verb (do) in the present tense.
Past continuous & Past simple - "was rinsing" is in the past continuous tense, formed by using the past tense of the verb "to be" with the present participle of the main verb.; "almost fell" is in the past simple tense, formed by using the past tense of the main verb.
Past continuous - "was rinsing" and "was doing" are formed similarly to the previous example (4).