English Grammar

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Topics Revision: present simple and present continuous
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02 Past simple

03 Past Continuous

04 Exercises
Revising
What’s the present simple and present continuous?
The two most important tenses to talk about the present in English
What elements are essential for the present simple and continuous?

P. Simple Auxiliary verb P. Continuous. Auxiliary verb

I work every day I am studying English What auxiliary verb is

What auxiliary now used for negative and
The present simple is a verb is used for interrogative?
verb tense in the negative and The present continuous
present used to talk interrogative? is a verb tense in the
about facts and present used to talk
routines that happen about actions that are
in the present. happening at the right
The verb to do moment in the present The verb to be
Frequently with the
present simple we use Frequently with the
words like: usually, present simple we use
frequently, always and the words now or at the
never. moment.

Routines Do Now To be
Now let's check if you remember! Fill in the table:

Present Simple Present Continuous

Example in the
Affirmative
Negative

Interrogative

What auxiliary
verb is used?

When is it used?
Focus:
Past simple

Past continuous
So, what is
The past simple
and continuous?
They are both used to talk about something that
happened in the past
So we use words like:
Yesterday, last month, last year, thins morning, today

The past simple happened in a specific past

Yesterday, I went to church with my entire family

The past continuous was happening In the past while

something else happened.
I was reading a book, when you called me.
 Past Simple
Example sentences
I went to church yesterday.
My father worked in a bank from 1996 to 2003
We enjoyed the party last night Negative
He didn’t go to church yesterday

How?
The verb in the past
I worked He worked
You worked She worked Interrogative
They worked It worked
Did he go to church yesterday?

Affirmative
He went to church yesterday.
Sometimes you have to use an irregular verb
Remember sometimes for the past simple you have to use an irregular verb

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

 To work  worked  To go  went  To eat  ate

 To study  studied  To do  did  To drink  drank

 To need  needed  To be  was, were  To make  made

 To come  come  To take  took

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Remember: Regular verbs end Irregular verbs don´t end in –
in –ed!!! ed. Unfortunately, you have to
memorize them
 Present Continuous
Example

I was reading a book when you called me.

He was swimming in the pool.

Contents Here

Was or were + -ing

I was working.
You were working. It was working How? Negative
He was working They were working. I wasn’t working when you called
She was working We were working.

Affirmative Interrogative

I was working when you called Were you working when I called?
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 Differences

Past

Specific past Happening

Past
moment in the past

The past simple The past continuous

Is used in the past to talk Is used in the past to talk

about things that about things that were
happened in a specific happening in the past,
past usually, while something
else happened.
 Past
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given:

1. I ____________ (read) a very interesting article yesterday.

simple
2. Joanne ____________ (work) twelve hours a day when she lived in Japan.
3. Did you ____________ (speak) Spanish when you were in Spain?
4. I ____________ (buy) two newspapers yesterday.
5. My wife didn’t ____________ (like) coffee before started studying at
university.
6. it ____________ (to be) hot in the room so I opened the window.
7. The accident ____________ (happen) last Sunday afternoon.

Give the past simple of these irregular verbs:

1. Get ___________ 6. Eat ____________
2. See ___________ 7. Drink __________
3. Bring __________ 8. Speak __________
4. Go ____________ 9. Do ____________
5. Get ___________ 10. Make ____________
 Past
continuous
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Past simple Past continuous

Example in the
Affirmative
Negative

Interrogative

What auxiliary
verb is used?

When is it used?
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