PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS

Simple Present

100

I                    (go) to school by bus.

I go to school by bus.

200

My mom                   (have) breakfast at home.

My mom has breakfast at home.

300

What tense is this sentence? Past, present, or present continuous

"They are playing soccer in the backyard at the moment."

Present continuous

400

Lucia and Mike                    (not get) along really well. Lucia                 (hate) Mike.

Lucia and Mike don't get along really well. Lucia hates Mike.

500

I                     (love) swimming and my sister           (do) too, but my father             (think) it's boring.

I love swimming and my sister does too, but my father thinks it's boring.

Simple Present vs. Present continuous

100

I                             (play) soccer this season.

I'm playing soccer this season.

200

I usually                (wake) up at 7:00 o'clock.

I usually wake up at 7:00 o'clock.

300

I                   (not do) exercise at all but this month I                        (go) to the gym.

I don't do exercise at all but this month I'm going to the gym.

400

I                          (Write) a book about my life because I                      (want) to be a writer.

I am writing write a book about my life because I want to be a writer.

500

Suzan                     (love) music so she                 (go) to a concert in Mexico City right now. She         (be) really excited.

Suzan loves music so she's going to a concert in Mexico City right now. She is very excited.

Simple Past

100

I                (watch) a horror movie last night.

I watched a horror movie last night.

200

My father                       (not take) me to the doctor.

My father didn't take me to the doctor.

300

              (do) you                   (have) a birthday party last year?

Did you have a birthday party last year?

400

Yesterday, Ana                     (eat) a lot of French fries and I           (drink) a lot of Coca Cola.

Yesterday, Ana ate a lot of French fries and I drank a lot of Coca Cola.

500

What                you               (do) last night?

I                     (visit) Jenny yesterday and she         (tell) me that you                   (not call) her.

What did you do last night?

I visited Jenny yesterday and she told me you didn't call her.

Simple Past vs. Past continuous

100

She                   (go) to Cancun last summer.

She went to Cancun last summer.

200

I                    (listen) to music yesterday at 5:00.

I was listening to music yesterday at 5:00.

300

I                       (watch) a movie when you             (call) me.

I was watching a movie when you called me.

400

The cat ______ (jump) on the table lastnight

The cat jumped on the table lastnight. 

500

I                     (run) in the park while I was           (listen) to music when suddenly it                  (start) to rain.

I was running in the park while I was listening to music when suddenly it started to rain.

Present, past or future?

100

I _________ (go) to the movies this afternoon. 

I am going to the movies this afternoon. 

200

Lucia               (study) algebra every morning.

Lucia studies algebra every morning.

300

Lucia                     (not go) out last night because she                (be) sick.

Lucia didn't go out last night because she was sick.

400

I                 (eat) an apple a day but yesterday I             (eat) a pear.

I eat an apple a day but yesterday I ate a pear.

500

I usually              (work) alone but this week I           (work) with John because he             (miss) three classes.

I usually work alone but this week I'm going to work with John because he missed three classes.