PRESENT SIMPLE

WE USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE IN

THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS:

WITH THE ADVERBS: EVERY DAY,

FOR PERMANENT SITUATIONS.
ONCE A WEEK, EVERY YEAR…

FOR HABITS AND ROUTINES WITH

THE ABVERBS: ALWAYS, OFTEN FOR FACTS AND THING THAT ARE
USUALLY, SOMETIMES, NEVER. GENERALLY TRUE.
 FOR EXAMPLE

MY DAD WORKS IN SAUDI ARABIA. (WORK)

THE BIBLE SAYS LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF EVIL. (SAY)

SHE NEVER GETS UP VERY EARLY. (GET)

HE DRIVES TO MOSCOW ONCE A WEEK. (DRIVE)

 PRESENT CONTINUOUS

WE USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE IN

THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS:

ACTIONS THAT HAPPENS AT THE

TEMPORARY SITUATIONS.
MOMENT TO SPEAK.

CHANGING OR DEVELOPING IN FUTURE WAY THAT IS NEAR

SITUATIONS. AND WE ARE POSITIVE, THA’S
HAPPENS.
 FOR EXAMPLE

NOW I AM LISTENING THE CLASS.

I AM STAYING WITH A FRIEND AT THE

MOMENT.

HIS ENGLISH IS GETTING BETTER.

THEY ARE GETTING MARRIED NEXT WEEK.

 PAST SIMPLE

WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING SITUATIONS:

FOR FINISHED ACTIONS IN THE FOLLOWED BY THE TIME

PAST. AND ANSWER THE … EXPRESSIONS:
(WHEN?)

LAST MONTH, LAST WEEK, LAST

YESTERDAY, IN 1990, WHEN, THEN
SUMMER.
 NOTE: BE CAREFULL, IN ENGLISH WE
HAVE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERB

REGULAR VERBS WE ADD “ED”. CHANGES IN REGULAR VERBS:

IF THE VERB ENDS IN “E”

PLAY = PLAYED JUST ADD “D”

TALK = TALKED LIVE = LIVED

DATE = DATED
 IF ENDS IN L-P
IF ENDS IN CONSONANT (DOUBLE THE IF ENDS IN A VOWEL +
+ Y (CHANGE Y BY I) CONSONANT) CONSONANT(DOUBLE
THE CONSONANT)

TRY = TRIED
TRAVEL = TRAVELLED
TAP = TAPPED

CRY = CRIED
WORSHIP = WORSHIPPED

COMMIT = COMMITTED
 FOR EXAMPLE

YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE

CINEMA.

LAST WEEK I ATE CEVICHE WITH

MY FRIENDS

LAST WEEKEND I VISITED

TAYABAMBA CITY

I DIDN’T PASS MY ENGLISH TEST LAST TERM.

 PAST CONTINUOUS

WE USE THE PAST CONTINUOUS

IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS:

FOR ACTIONS HAPPENING IN THE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS,

PAST AND THE ACTIONS HAD AT 10.00 THIS MORNING, YESTERDAY
PROGRESS EVENING AT 9.00
 FOR EXAMPLE

WE WERE WATCHING TV WITH SOME FRIENDS.

I WASN’T STUDYING ENGLISH.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, I HAD AN ACCIDENT.

I WAS HAVING A SHOWER WHEN THE PHONE RANG