Simple Present

and Past Tense

Regular English X
MEETING 1
PRE ACTIVITY
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Simple Present
Tense
 When to use Simple Present Tense?
● Actions happen regularly/habits
● General truth
● Thoughts, feeling and opinions
Actions happen regularly/habits

I watch movies
on weekends
General truth
 Thoughts, feelings and opinions

Feelings Thoughts Opinions

 Simple Present Time Signals

Adverb of EVERY,
ON ….. (days,
Frequency ONCE/TWICE,
weekends, etc.)
AT…(TIME)
1. ALWAYS 1. EVERY YEAR
2. USUALLY 1. MONDAYS
2. EVERY WEEK
3. OFTEN 2. WEDNESDAYS
3. EVERY
4. SOMETIMES, 3. WEEKENDS
MONTH
5. RARELY 4. ONCE A YEAR
6. SELDOM 5. TWICE A
7. NEVER MONTH
6. AT 7.00AM
 COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE
CORRECT SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1. This ______________ (weigh) 20 kilograms.
2. Ron ______________ (seem) serious.
3. We ______________ (like) tomatoes.
4. The boy ______________ (want) to play.
5. You ______________ (need) to sleep.
6. The box ______________ (contain) food.
7. It ______________ (not cost) so much.
8. They ______________ (not buy) new products.
9. Michel ______________ (not run) fast.
10. Tim and Kate ______________ (not work) every day.
11. ______________ (I / wake up) at five in the morning?
12. ______________ (you / go) to work by train?
13. ______________ (she / drink) coffee every morning?
Simple Past Tense
 When to Use Simple Past Tense?
Simple Past tense is used when we want to talk about an action which happened
and finished in the past or before now.

Examples:
1. I played football yesterday. (This means “I” has finished playing football
now.)
2. We went to Bali last Christmas holiday. (This means the holiday has
finished.)
 Simple Past Time Signals

(duration)
Yesterday Last……
…...ago

I watched Korean My brother went to My sisters wrote the

drama yesterday. Paris last month. letter a week ago.
 Verbs
Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs
Irregular change to form
You just need to add -d or -
verb 2 and 3
ed to form verb 2 and 3
Examples:
Examples: watched,
selected, stared, used, ● bear (bore, born)
winked, yelled ● Write (wrote, written)
● Read (read, read)
● Drink (drank, drunk)
● Go (went, gone)
 COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE
CORRECT SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1. We really ______________ (enjoy) the game last Sunday.
2. James ______________ (stop) his car in front of the sports shops.
3. I ______________ (buy) a new baseball cap last week.
4. Sandra ______________ (not want) to go rowing with me.
5. They ______________ (not play) very well yesterday. They lost the match.
6. ______________ (Marco / win) the golf competition?
7. How many goals ______________ (your team / score) in the first half?
8. ______________ (they / go) to the swimming pool yesterday?
9. They ______________ (visit )a farm two weeks ago.
10. Jenny and Peggy ______________ (help) their brother.
11. ______________ (you phone) your aunt last week?
 Check Your Understanding!
1. Her sister never ______________ (smoke).
2. Some students ______________ (do) their homework late at night.
3. My father ______________ (fix) my laptop yesterday.
4. My girlfriend ______________ (attach) our pictures on her book.
5. I ______________ (turn on) the lamp last night.
6. We______________ (buy) the shoes before the pandemic happened.
7. Some people ______________ (refuse) to wear mask outside.
8. Anna______________ (like) romance novels.
9. My dog ______________ (hate) cucumber.
10. Where _________ you____________ (find) the necklace 2 days ago?
11. It was hot in the room, so I ______________ ( open) the window.
12. The film was very long, it ______________ ( start) at 7:15 and finished at 10:00.
13. You ______________ ( travel ) around the world every year.
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MEETING 2
PRE ACTIVITY
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 COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE
CORRECT SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1. I _________________ in a café now.
2. _________________ she a singer?
3. _________________they on the bus?
4. Why _________________ he in France?
5. It _________________cold today. It is really hot.
6. We _________________ from Portugal.
7. _________________ it foggy today?
8. We _________________ late. We are on time
9. Where _________________ you?
10. He _________________ an accountant. He is a doctor.
11. She _________________ my sister.
 COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE
CORRECT SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1. I ________ in Canberra last spring.
2. We ________ at school last Saturday.
3. Tina ________ at home yesterday.
4. She ________ in South Africa last month.
5. We _____ happy after the sad ending.
6. Sorry, I ________ there so I didn’t hear you at the door.
7. _____ Judy and Liz at last month's meeting?
8. When________you born?
9. ________ you at the bus yesterday?
10. Monica ________ with her friends yesterday. She went with her parents
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
 IRREGULAR VERBS

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