“PRESENT SIMPLE” VS.

“PAST SIMPLE”

PRESENT SIMPLE
PAST SIMPLE

+) I/YOU/WE/THEY+ Verb (base form) + Complement.

+) I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/THEY+ Verb (past) + Complement.
HE/SHE/IT + Verb (s/es) + Complement.

+) I/YOU/WE/THEY+ do not (don’t) + Verb (base form) + Complement. - ) I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/THEY+ did not (didn’t) + Verb (base form) + Complement.
HE/SHE/IT + does not (doesn’t) + Verb (base form) + Complement.

+) Do + I/YOU/WE/THEY+ Verb (base form) + Complement + ? ?) Did + I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/THEY+ Verb (base form) + Complement + ?

Does + HE/SHE/IT + Verb (base form) + Complement + ?

Time Markers: Yesterday, last, ago
Time Markers: Every, always, usually, sometimes, never.
 My name is Alice and I ______ (be) 12. I was an only child till my little brother
______ (be) born three years ago. I have always wanted to have a brother or a
sister and _____ (get) very happy when I _______ (know) mum was going to
have baby. My parents ______ (decide) to call him Tim like my grandfather.

Tim ______ (be) a lovely child. He ______ (be) quite tall for his age. He _____
(have) got straight, brown hair and green eyes. He ______ (love) playing with
the ball my parents _______ (buy) him for his third birthday. I often _______
(play) with him in the garden and he never _____ (get) tired.

Tim rarely ______ (get) angry, he______ (be) a peaceful boy and very kind to
other children who sometimes _______ (come) home to play with him. He
______ (be) also very obedient and always _______ (do) what mum and dad
_______ (say), he even _________ (obey) me!

Tim ______________ (not go) to school yet. He will start next September. I
think he will do very well at school as he _________ (be) a very clever boy. He
___________ (learn) everything at once.
When he ______ (be) only 2 he ________ (get) lost at the supermarket. Mum
was buying some fruit and she ________ _______ (not notice) Tim had walked
away from her. Fortunately, we _______ (find) him at once. He was sitting on
the floor next to the tins of tomato sauce.
Tim and I _______ (love) animals and would like our parents to let us have a pet,
a dog or a cat. Tim ______ (be) especially fond of cats. He often _________
(play) with Felix, our neighbour’s white cat.

Today Tim ______ (be) very excited because we are

going to the circus. It will be his first time and I

______ (be) sure he’ll like it a lot.

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