Grammar Practice: Tenses for Factual Information in Academic Texts
Grammar Practice: Tenses
Test your knowledge of present & past tenses for factual information.
Grammar Rules
- Present Simple: Use for general facts and timeless truths.
Example: Water freezes at 0°C. - Past Simple: Use for completed events in the past.
Example: The Industrial Revolution started in Britain. - Present Progressive: Use for changing situations or actions happening now.
Example: The climate is changing rapidly. - Past Progressive: Use for actions in progress at a specific time in the past.
Example: In the 1980s, scientists were discovering the hole in the ozone layer.
သဒ္ဒါစည်းမျဉ်းများ
- Present Simple: ယေဘုယျအမှန်တရားများနှင့် အချိန်တိုင်းမှန်ကန်သောအချက်များအတွက် သုံးပါ။
ဥပမာ: ရေသည် 0°C တွင် ခဲသည်။ (Water freezes at 0°C.) - Past Simple: အတိတ်တွင် ပြီးဆုံးသွားသော ဖြစ်ရပ်များအတွက် သုံးပါ။
ဥပမာ: စက်မှုတော်လှန်ရေးသည် ဗြိတိန်တွင် စတင်ခဲ့သည်။ (The Industrial Revolution started in Britain.) - Present Progressive: လက်ရှိဖြစ်ပေါ်နေသော သို့မဟုတ် ပြောင်းလဲနေသောအခြေအနေများအတွက် သုံးပါ။
ဥပမာ: ရာသီဥတုသည် လျင်မြန်စွာ ပြောင်းလဲနေသည်။ (The climate is changing rapidly.) - Past Progressive: အတိတ်က အချိန်တစ်ခုတွင် ဖြစ်ပျက်နေဆဲ လုပ်ဆောင်ချက်များအတွက် သုံးပါ။
ဥပမာ: ၁၉၈၀ ခုနှစ်များတွင် သိပ္ပံပညာရှင်များသည် အိုဇုန်းလွှာအပေါက်ကို ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိနေခဲ့ကြသည်။ (In the 1980s, scientists were discovering the hole in the ozone layer.)
📝 Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.
📝 Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
1. According to recent data, renewable energy use ______ worldwide.
2. Leonardo da Vinci ______ the Mona Lisa in the 16th century.
3. The sun always ______ in the east.
4. Look! The number of online students ______ quickly.
5. Shakespeare ______ many famous plays.
6. In the early 2000s, social media ______ increasingly popular.
7. The Industrial Revolution ______ society in many ways.
8. He couldn't answer the phone because he ______ a shower.
9. Every year, scientists ______ new species in the rainforest.
10. In the past, most students ______ their essays by hand.
📝 Exercise 3: Correct the Mistakes
Find the error in each sentence and type the correct verb form.
1. Last century, the population was growing dramatically.
2. Right now, I read a fascinating article about A.I.
3. Photosynthesis is being the process plants use to convert light.
4. The Earth is rotating on its axis once a day.
5. The Berlin Wall was falling down in 1989.
6. At the moment, scientists develop new vaccines.
7. Water is consisting of hydrogen and oxygen.
8. While the volcano erupted, villagers were evacuating.
9. Columbus was sailing to America in 1492.
10. I am thinking that this is a difficult problem. (opinion)
📚 Academic Vocabulary
| English Word | Myanmar (Burmese) | Example Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| Implement | အကောင်အထည်ဖော်သည် | The government will implement a new policy. |
| Significant | သိသာထင်ရှားသော | There was a significant increase in sales. |
| Researcher | သုတေသီ | The researcher studied the ancient documents. |
| Renewable | ပြန်လည်ပြည့်ဖြိုးမြဲ | Solar and wind are renewable energy types. |
| Challenge | စိန်ခေါ်မှု | Climate change is a major challenge for us. |
| Data | အချက်အလက် | We need to analyze the data carefully. |
| Essential | မရှိမဖြစ်လိုအပ်သော | Digital literacy is an essential skill today. |
| Analyze | ဆန်းစစ်သည် | Economists analyze market trends. |
| Conduct | ဆောင်ရွက်သည် | They will conduct an experiment tomorrow. |
| Transform | ပြောင်းလဲစေသည် | The internet transformed communication. |