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CCQs For Grammar

This document contains a series of questions (called CCQs) to help summarize when different tenses should be used in English grammar. It provides examples for the present continuous, present simple, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses. For each tense, it lists 3-4 questions that test whether the context involves an ongoing action, past experience, future plans, or other criteria to identify the appropriate tense.

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CCQs For Grammar

This document contains a series of questions (called CCQs) to help summarize when different tenses should be used in English grammar. It provides examples for the present continuous, present simple, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses. For each tense, it lists 3-4 questions that test whether the context involves an ongoing action, past experience, future plans, or other criteria to identify the appropriate tense.

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CCQs for Grammar Presentation

Note that:

1) Some learners will prefer the timelines. Some – the questions (CCQs). So, it’s better to combine
both.
2) Should we cover all possible meanings? – No (see the level requirements and Language Bank)
3) How can we know which meaning to cover exactly for your group? – See Language Bank at the
back of SB.

Present Continuous – Look! They’re painting the wall! (action at the moment of speech – A1)

Is it happening now? /Y/


Can you see it? /Y/
Is the painting over/finished? /N/
Is it in the past, present or future? /Present/

Present Continuous - My friend is coming from Manchester on Saturday. (future arrangements – A2+)

Is it about past, present or future? /future/


Has this friend already arranged his trip? /Yes/
Was it his spontaneous decision? /No/

Present Continuous - She’s always complaining. (annoyance or irritation because the same action is
happening regularly – B2/C1)

Does she complain all the time? (Yes)


Is she complaining right now? (Not necessarily)
Is the speaker annoyed that she complains a lot? (Yes)
Present Simple – She is a shop-assistant. She works in a shop. (routines and regular actions – A1)

Has she got a job? /Y/


Is she working now? /We don’t know/
Is it her daily routine? /Yes/

Present Perfect – I’ve climbed Mount Everest. (past experiences when we don’t know/say when
exactly this happened – A2).

Did it happen in the past? /Yes/


Is it your experience? /Yes/
Is it something that you have for all your life? /Yes/
Do we know which day exactly this happened? /No/

Present Perfect – It’s been rainy a lot in Australia.

Did it happen in the past? /Yes/


Do we know when it started? /No/
Do we know when it stopped? /No/
We can see the rain or the water? /Water/

Present Perfect – I’ve written this essay very well.


Did it happen in the past? /Yes/
Am I still writing? /No/ Can I see the result now? /Yes/
Is the result important? /Yes/ Is the process important? /No/
Do you know the exact day when it happened? /No/

Present Perfect Continuous - It’s been raining all day long.

Did it happen in the past? /Yes/

Is it still true now? /Yes/

Do we think it may continue? /Maybe/

Present Perfect Continuous – He’s been working here since 2008.

Do we know when he started working? /in 2008/

Is he still working there? /Yes/

Past Simple – I saw my friend last night. (things that started and finished in the past – A2)

Did it happen in the past? /Yes/


Is he with his friend now? /No/
Is the action finished? /Yes/

Past Continuous Tense – I was fishing at 10 o’clock. (A2+)

Did I start fishing before 10? /Yes/


Was I fishing after 10? /Yes/
Was this action in progress at 10? /Yes/

Past Continuous Tense – He was watching TV when she came in.

Did it happen in the past? /Yes/


Did he watch TV before she came in? /Yes/
Did he continue watching when she came in? /Maybe/
Which action was longer: ‘was watching’ or ‘came in’?
/was watching/

Past Perfect – I had fallen asleep before you arrived.

Are we talking about past? /Yes/

How many actions are there in the past? /two/

Did both actions happen at the same time? /No/

Which happened first? /had fallen/

Past Perfect Continuous – They had been having a party for 3 hours when their mother came.

Are we talking about past? /Yes/

How many actions are there in the past? /two/

Was their mother with them when the party started? /No/
Which action happened earlier? /had been having/

Which action was longer? /had been having/

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