Common Verb Tense Mistakes and Corrections
Present Simple and Present Continuous
1. It is costing us a fortune costs a fortune. / I am loving love sitting every moment. / But we desagree disagree on / why they are disagreeing. / People are preferring prefer to use / and prefer to stay. / She is having has a shower. / Brother has owns three / He owns three cars. / People are owing owe.
Past Simple and Present Perfect
2. Passes to Coles who shoots just over. / A man comes home. His wife is waiting. She says to him: / Rice is cooking. You chop up. You put them.
1. Research has shown that cicling cycling / just appeared in my garden / that I have reached a / my car has dissapeared disappeared / they agreed to lower / he wrote his last / we have solved / Malcolm continued to divide / parents moved to the US.
2. Houses has have risen dramatically. / Rose every year. / He wrote a Green / I have worn / has have survived many / village survived the storms / this has been / I was surprised / we have stayed in the / we stayed with / I last saw you / I have never seen anyone.
3. II / III / III / I / I / III / II / I / II.
1. Australia have has discovered / has developed a video / Cousteau invented de the aqualung / has produced software / Grigg discovered.
Past Simple and Present Perfect (Continued)
2. People have asked / police asked me / she worked in the / has worked hard / I have enjoyed skiing / once enjoyed the / father received so / have received over 50 / has sold more copies / we sold the house / I have regretted moving to / I regreated regretted inviting.
2. She crased crashed her car. / I have worked really / eruption started all / there have been three / I haven’t missed a committee / I wore shorts / a deal has happened / we have spent 200 / he rescued the girl.
Present Perfect Continuous
1. Troops have been risking / has been helping / I have been very / we have been thinking of / I have been carrying this suitcase / has been holding city-wide.
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
1. (palbras arriba) Words above: File has disappeared / have been disappearing / has been giving / has given / Italy have has moved into / have been moving / he has been claining claiming that / has clained claimed over 5000 / have been stopping motorists / has sttoped stopped i as many as I can.
3. Children have enjoyed travelling / it has been snowing / have been playing / I have never understood why / I haven’t read / have been putting a lot of.
Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous
1. Where she had been staying with friends. / Sue had been cycling quite fast. / Alex had been smoking cigars. / Because she hadn’t been attending classes. / He hadn’t been paying his bills. / He hadn’t been trying to steal the car.
2. Had been carrying all the / had carried them 500 / we has had applied for visas / had been applying for jobs / he had flown all the / it had been flying / she had been working for / he had finally worked his way.
3. Had been suffering from / I had seen the view / war had been fighting since / I had known Megan / we had been talking about / it had broken down since / has had always areed agreed.
Future Simple, “Be Going To”, and Future Continuous
1. Tim is oing going to retire. / I think I will talk. / People will never the / I will see you. / I am going to paint it. / I am going to be sick. / This office will re-open. / Will have a good / we are going to eat / will leave from / like it looks like it’s going to collapse. / They are goin going to increase. / I will show you. / I will phone him at.
2. I will tell your / we will miss the train. / I will gave give / will catch a cold. / He will die. / Joe will take / you will be made very.
Future with “Be Going To” and Present Continuous for Future
1. I am oing going to sit on / is starting at two / I am going to complain to the / is going to stop me / are meeting for talks / it is increasing its / you are you going to answer / I am teaching a physics / I’m going to get more / are playing Colombia.
Present Simple and Future Simple for Scheduled Events
1. Opens ah at the Grand. / She will become an / week starts on / we talk to / I will walk over / beins begins at three / is available / us doors will open automatically / we leave Amsterdam / we won’t reach Sydney.