PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
 Routine activities
 Likes/dislikes
USES
 Feelings
 General truths
AFFIRMATIVE
+ VERB ( -es/-s/ INF )
He works every day
We work every day
NEGATIVE
+ Aux neg + VERB INF
He doesn’t work every day
We don’t work every day
QUESTIONS
Aux + + VERB INF ?
Does he work every day?
Do we work every day?
 Always, usually, often,
sometimes, seldom, rarely,
never
 Once a week/month/year,
 Twice a week/month/year
TIME
 Every day/week/month/year
EXPRESSIONS
 Every summer/ holiday
PAST SIMPLE
 To talk about what we are doing
 Past events
now
 Telling a story
 Future
+ VERB PAST
He worked yesterday
+ Verb to be + VERB ING
I worked yesterday
She is working now
They are working now
+ DIDN’T + VERB INF
He didn’t work yesterday
+ Verb to be neg + VERB ING
I didn’t work yesterday
She isn’t working now
They aren’t working now
Verb to be + + VERB ING ? DID + + VERB INF?
Is she working now? Did he work yesterday?
Are they working now? Did I work yesterday?
 At the moment  Yesterday
 One day/two months ago
 At the present
 Last week/month/year
 Today, Tomorrow  In 1995
 Now
 Right now
 Listen! Look!