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Class 01: Present

and Past simple


Objective: To introduce simple structures to talk about present and
past actions.
What is the difference?

Layla is here! Layla was here yesterday!

This is an action that’s This is an action that


happening right now, in the happened in the past, in this
present. case ‘yesterday’.
Present simple
Verb ‘to be’

Pronoun Verb ‘to be’ form Examples:


I Am I am a doctor
She – He – It Is He is a lawyer
You – We – They Are We are in classes
Activity 1: Choose the best answer for these sentences

a. I _______________ 12 years old. am / is / are


b. My brother _______________ at university. he’s / is / are
c. He _______________ good at swimming. not / ’s not / note
d. _______________ she in the school play? Ares / Is / Am
e. I _______________ short. is / ’m / ’s
f. They _______________ always late for school. arent / aren’t / ares
Activity 2: What is the mistake? Circle it and then corrrect it

a. We not tired. ___________


b. I from Turkey. ____________________
c. They is at the park. ____________________
d. Are that your dog? ____________________
e. Im very tall. ____________________
f. My dad are an engineer. ____________________
g. He’s n't angry. ________________
Past simple
Verb ‘to be’

Pronoun Verb ‘to be’ form Examples:


I – She – He – It Was I was in London last year
You – We – They Were They were with you last night

Time expressions help us to identify the


time when actions happen
Activity 3: Choose the correct sentence in past simple
1.
a. It were my birthday yesterday. 4.
b. It was my birthday yesterday. a. Was it sunny at the beach?
c. It was being my birthday yesterday. b. Were it sunny at the beach?
c. It were sunny at the beach?
2.
a. We were at the cinema last night. 5.
b. We’re be at the cinema last night. a. They wasn’t at the swimming pool at the
c. We was at the cinema last night. weekend.
b. They were’nt at the swimming pool at the
3. weekend.
a. Were Picasso a famous artist? c. They weren’t at the swimming pool at the
b. Was Picasso a famous artist? weekend.
c. Picasso was a famous artist?
Activity 4: Read and answer the questions

Yesterday I was on a trip with my family. We were at the beach all


day. My parents were happy because they weren’t at work. It was
a hot day, so the water wasn’t very cold. My sister was in the sea
all morning. It was a great day!

a. He was at the beach yesterday. True / false


b. His parents were sad. True / false
c. It was a cold day. True / false
d. His sister was in the sea all morning. True / false
e. It was a bad day. True / false

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