PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE FOR TIME CONTRAST.

Hi, everyone!!

Today we are going to practice a very useful topic that is TIME CONTRAST.

When we want to compare how things have changed over time, we used different tenses like: past, present and future. So, today we are going to see these tenses and some expressions that we can use to talk about different aspects and how they have changed over the time.

Let's start by looking at the following chart with the grammar explanation: 

Here are some examples with different topics:

Here you have some comon time expressions:

You can also watch the video below to learn more time expressions:

First activity.

Watch the video and answer the following questions. Make sure to use time expressions.

1. How the world population has changed since 1913?

2. How the car industry has changed in 100 years?

3. How has pollution affected wild life?

Second activity.

In this exercise you can practice the correct use of the verbs. Read carefully and fill in the blanks with the verbs in parenthesis.

1. In twenty years I (be) _______________ 45 years old.

2. Now, I (be) _______________ 25.

3. Christmas (be) __________________ on Saturday this year.

4. Jack (like) _____________ going dancing. Last week he (go) ___________ to a disco and (spend) ________________ four hours there.

5. Bye for now. I (see) __________________ you in two weeks.

Third activity.

Describe how your life have changed in the past ten years. Write sentences using past, present and future. Don´t forget to use time expressions.