Present Continuous
What is he doing?
He is listening Rock’s music
I am studying English
They are playing guitar
Present Continuous
Look at the sentences in the middle, and write the letters by each sentence next to the picture which the sentence describes.
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Simple Past
Simple past - Action finished in the past.
Observe:
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Today is 12/9/2014 |
The date yesterday was 11/9/2014 |
Verb "to be" is an irregular verb!
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I am |
I was |
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You are |
You were |
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He/she/it is |
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In English we have regular verbs e.g. verb "to work" and irregular verbs e.g.: verb "to be".
Make a simple past with a regular verb like this: verb + ed ending.
Compare these sentences using regular verbs in the Present tense and in the Past tense:
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He watches TV every day |
He watched TV yesterday |
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I cook meals on Sunday |
My mum cooked the dinner yesterday. |
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She walks to school every day. |
He walked to the cinema last night. |
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I work at the university |
He worked in his garden yesterday. |
Common irregular verbs:
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find |
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found |
He found the book in the libary. |
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do |
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did |
He did his homework yesterday. |
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go |
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went |
She went to a restaurant last night. |
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make |
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made |
She made a cake on Sunday. |
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lose |
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lost |
He lost his hat on his way home. |
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Simple Past’s pop quiz
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1. Two years ago she |
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Italian. |
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to New York. |
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supper for the whole family. |
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a lot of tennis. |
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really hard. |
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FIRST look at Mikes diary for today, and see what he plans to do.
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8.00 |
Get up! |
1.00 |
Drive to the beach |
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8.30 |
Eat breakfast |
2.00 |
Swim |
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9.00 |
Go to town |
3.00 |
Write postcards |
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10.00 |
Find a coffee shop |
5.00 |
Choose a restaurant |
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10.30 |
Drink some coffee |
7.00 |
See a movie |
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11.00 |
Meet Janet |
11.30 |
Sleep |
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12.00 |
Take Janet to lunch |
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NOW look at this letter, and fill in the missing words, using the words which Mike wrote in his diary, but in the past tense.
Dear Pete,
I
had a great first day of my holiday. I
up
quite early, and
breakfast
and
to
town. I
a
wonderful coffee shop where I
two
cups of coffee. Then I
Janet,
and
her
to lunch. After lunch we
to
the beach. Janet
and
I
postcards.
We
a
restaurant and had a lovely dinner. We
a
film about pirates, and then I went to bed and
really
well because it had been such a busy day.
I will write again soon.
Mike
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