SIMPLE PRESENT vs SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE PAST

S + V + C S + Vpast + C
I get up at 6:00. I got up at 6:00.
He plays soccer. He played soccer.
FREQUENCY ADVERBS:
ALWAYS) USUALLY
OFTEN SOMETIMES
NEVER
POSITION: Before the verb.
Example : I always get up at 6:00

TIME EXPRESSIONS: TIME EXPRESSIONS:

IN THE MORNING / AFTERNOON / EVENING YESTERDAY / LAST NIGHT
EVERY DAY LAST WEEK / MONTH / YEAR
EVERY SUMMER / WINTER … LAST FRIDAY / SATURDAY
ON THE WEEKEND TWO DAYS AGO / THREE WEEKS AGO…
ON MONDAYS / FRIDAYS… IN 1998 / IN 2017…
POSITION: At the end of the sentence POSITION: At the end of the sentence.
Beginning * Beginning *
Example : I get up at 6:00 every day. Example : I got up at 6:00 yesterday.
Yesterday I got up at 6:00.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE:

1. I watched / watch TV at 5:15 every day.

2. Paola went / goes shopping last week.
3. My brother get / got at 9:00 on Sundays.
4. My parents eat / ate eats pizza yesterday.
5. I sometimes listen / listened to music at 7:30.
6. They go / went to school in the morning.
7. My friends and I visit / visited the museum three days ago.
8. Sofia plays / play volleyball in summer.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN PARENTHESIS.

1. You _____________ (swim) in the lake in 2019.

2. Karolina _____________ (write) a book every year.
3. My brother ____________ (study) English in a Language Institute one year ago.
4. I ______________ (get up) at 8:00 every Sunday.
5. My parents and I ________________ (play) basketball every day.
6. My father _______________ (get) home at 11:00 last night.
7. Yesterday I ______________ (go) to the restaurant for lunch.
8. We _________________ (do) homework in the afternoon.