🔴Take
Take with time (it + takes + person + time)
طول کشیدن /به طول انجامیدن
🔵It takes Alan 20 minutes to get to work.

🔵It takes Maria 45 minutes to get to work.

🔵I go to school /class every day. It takes me 30 minutes.

🔵I do homework every day. It took me two hours yesterday.

🔵A: How long does it take to get to the airport?
B: An hour by taxi.
🔴Take
with courses, exams, etc.
امتحان دادن /گذراندن(دوره) و ...
🔵Are you taking an English course? Yes.
🔵Do you have to take an exam?
Yes, at the end of the course.
🔵I want to take Italian lessons.
🔴Take with bus, train, etc.
برای توضیح استفاده از وسایل نقلیه یا تاکسی یا اتوبوس یا مترو
🔵How do you get to work?
I take the bus.

🔵In New York you can take the subway to the World Trade Center.

🔵A: How does Nick get to work?
B: He takes the traia.
🔴Take something with you
بردن چیزی با خود
🔵Are you going out? Take an
umbrella. It's raining.

🔵Are you going to the beach? Take some water with you.

🔵I'm sorry, but you can't take
your camera into the museum.

Useful expressions Can I take a photograph/photo/picture here?

[Verse 1: Sia]
I was bound, was tied
Hadn't seen a light so long
Thought I lost my fight
Couldn't find my way back home
And I found the light stepping out of me
I was bound, and tied
Waiting for daylight and I....

[Pre-Chorus 1: Sia]
Bang my head against the wall
Though I feel light headed, now I know I will not fall
I will rise above it all
Found what I was searching for
Though I feel light headed
I should have failed, and nailed the floor
Instead I rose above it all

[Chorus 1: Sia]
Oh, oh, oh
Bang my head against the wall
Oh, oh, oh
Instead I rose above it all
(Bang my head against the wall)
(Bang my head against the wall)
(Bang my head against the wall)
(Bang my head against the wall)

[Verse 2: Fetty Wap]
(ZooVier, 1738)
I been climbing up the wall, going through it all, baby
It's so hard to live your life when you gave it up, baby
For the fans and the cameras
Different places, adventures
And the stress that it brings, start to wonder if it's worth it
I live life like it's perfect
My children are smiling and that makes me happy
Cause how I was living, I swear it had me
Bouncing my head off the wall
I am too far up, I cannot fall
Having fun, I don't know about y'all
It's ZooVier from ZooGang, I'm the boss
For my kids, give my life with no thought

[Pre-Chorus 2: Sia]
You will find what you're searching for
And you might feel light headed
You think you're gonna fall on the floor
Instead you rise above it all

[Chorus 2: Sia]
Oh, oh, oh
Bang your head against the wall
Oh, oh, oh
(Bang my head against the wall)
(Bang my head against the wall)
(Bang my head against the wall)
(Bang my head against the wall)

Schiller feat. Peter Heppner - Dream Of You

I've been here all the time
as far as i know doing right
i've always waited for the moment
that you would come through my door
but this brought loneliness so far
i lay my hand onto my heart
is this the life i want to live
is this the dream i had of you

but this brought loneliness so far
i lay my hand onto my heart
is this the life i want to live
is this the dream i had of you
the dream i had of you

the dream i had of you

now i'm standing here alone
waiting on my own
for something that will fill the emptiness
inside the moment that you mind
but this is loneliness i know
i lay my hand onto my soul
is this what life has got to give
is this the dream i had of you

the dream i had of you

but this is loneliness i know
i lay my hand onto my soul
is this what life has got to give
is this the dream
the dream i had of you

Present Simple
🔱We use the present simple to talk about actions we see as long term or permanent. It is a very common and very important tense.

✅Here, we are talking about regular actions or events.

🔅They drive to the office every day.
🔅She doesn't come here very often.
🔅The news usually start at 6.00 every evening.
🔅Do you usually have bacon and eggs for breakfast?
✅Here, we are talking about facts.

🔅We have two children.
🔅Water freezes at 0° C or 32° F.
🔅What does this expression mean?
🔅The Thames flows through London.
✅Here, we are talking about future facts, usually found in a timetable or a chart.

🔅Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year.
🔅The plane leaves at 5.00 tomorrow morning.
🔅Ramadan doesn't start for another 3 weeks.
🔅Does the class begin at 10 or 11 this week?
✅Here, we are talking about our thoughts and feelings at the time of speaking. Although these feelings can be short-term, we use the present simple and not the present continuous.

🔅They don't ever agree with us.
🔅I think you are right.
🔅She doesn't want you to do it.
🔅Do you understand what I am trying to say.

🔱present countinuous
✅ talk about present situations which we see as short-term or temporary. We use the present simple to talk about present situations which we see as long-term or permanent.

In these examples, the action is taking place at the time of speaking.

🔅It's raining.
🔅Who is Kate talking to on the phone?
🔅Look, somebody is trying to steal that man's wallet.
🔅I'm not looking. My eyes are closed tightly.
✅In these examples, the action is true at the present time but we don't think it will be true in the long term.

🔅I'm looking for a new apartment.
🔅He's thinking about leaving his job.
🔅They're considering making an appeal against the judgment.
🔅Are you getting enough sleep?
✅In these examples, the action is at a definite point in the future and it has already been arranged.

🔅I'm meeting her at 6.30.
🔅They aren't arriving until Tuesday.
🔅We are having a special dinner at a top restaurant for all the senior managers.
🔅Isn't he coming to the dinner?

🔱Past Simple
✳️We use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past.

✅We can use it to talk about a specific point in time.

🔅She came back last Friday.
🔅I saw her in the street.
🔅They didn't agree to the deal.
✅It can also be used to talk about a period of time.

🔅She lived in Tokyo for seven years.
🔅They were in London from Monday to Thursday of last week.
🔅When I was living in New York, I went to all the art exhibitions I could.
✅You will often find the past simple used with time expressions such as these:

🔅Yesterday
🔅three weeks ago
🔅last year
🔅in 2002
🔅from March to June
🔅for a long time
🔅for 6 weeks
🔅in the 1980s
🔅in the last century
🔅in the past

🔱past Continuous
✳️We use the past continuous to talk about past events which went on for a period of time.

✳️We use it when we want to emphasize the continuing process of an activity or the period of that activity. (If we just want to talk about the past event as a simple fact, we use the past simple.)

🔅While I was driving home, Peter was trying desperately to contact me.
🔅Were you expecting any visitors?
🔅Sorry, were you sleeping?
🔅I was just making some coffee.
🔅I was thinking about him last night.
🔅In the 1990s few people were using mobile phones.

✅We often use it to describe a "background action" when something else happened.

🔅I was walking in the street when I suddenly fell over.
🔅She was talking to me on the phone and it suddenly went dead.
🔅They were still waiting for the plane when I spoke to them.
🔅The company was declining rapidly before he took charge.
🔅We were just talking about it before you arrived.
🔅I was making a presentation in front of 500 people when the microphone stopped working.

🔱Present Perfect
🚫(Please note that British and American English have different rules for the use of this tense. The explanation and exercises here refer to British English. In American English, it is often acceptable to use the past simple in some of these examples.)🚫

✳️We use the present perfect when we want to look back from the present to the past.

✳️We can use it to look back on the recent past.

🔅I've broken my watch so I don't know what time it is.
🔅They have cancelled the meeting.
🔅She's taken my copy. I don't have one.
🔅The sales team has doubled its turnover.
✅When we look back on the recent past, we often use the words 'just' 'already' or the word 'yet' (in negatives and questions only).

🔅We've already talked about that.
🔅She hasn't arrived yet.
🔅I've just done it.
🔅They've already met.
🔅They don't know yet.
🔅Have you spoken to him yet?
🔅Have they got back to you yet?
✅It can also be used to look back on the more distant past.

🔅We've been to Singapore a lot over the last few years.
🔅She's done this type of project many times before.
🔅We've mentioned it to them on several occasions over the last six months.
🔅They've often talked about it in the past.
✅When we look back on the more distant past, we often use the words 'ever' (in questions) and 'never'.

🔅Have you ever been to Argentina?
🔅Has he ever talked to you about the problem?
🔅I've never met Jim and Sally.
🔅We've never considered investing in Mexico.

🔱Present Perfect Continuous
✳️This tense is used to talk about an action or actions that started in the past and continued until recently or that continue into the future:

✅We can use it to refer to an action that has finished but you can still see evidence.

🔅Oh, the kitchen is a mess. Who has been cooking?
🔅You look tired. Have you been sleeping properly?
🔅I've got a a stiff neck. I've been working too long on computer.
✅It can refer to an action that has not finished.

🔅I've been learning Spanish for 20 years and I still don't know very much.
🔅I've been waiting for him for 30 minutes and he still hasn't arrived.
🔅He's been telling me about it for days. I wish he would stop.
✅It can refer to a series of actions.

🔅She's been writing to her regularly for a couple of years.
🔅He's been phoning me all week for an answer.
🔅The university has been sending students here for over twenty years to do work experience.
✅
The present perfect continuous is often used with 〽️'since',〽️ 'for',〽️ 'all week',〽️ 'for days',〽️ 'lately', 'recently', '〽️over the last few months'.〽️

🔅I've been wanting to do that for ten years.
🔅You haven't been getting good results over the last few months.
🔅They haven't been working all week.
🔅He hasn't been talking to me for weeks.
🔅We've been working hard on it for ages.
🔅I've been looking at other options recently.
🔅He's been working here since 2001.