What tense?
What tense do we use for facts and routines in the present?
Hint: we use words such as "always", "everyday", "every tuesday" with this tense
Simple present
I ____ (play) football every weekend
I play football every weekend
I ______ (leave) work now
I am leaving work now
I ______ (wash) the dishes
I washed the dishes
My house is _____ (large) hers
My house is larger than hers
What tense do we use for things happening at the moment in the present?
Hint: we use words such as "now" and "at the moment" with this tense
Present continuous
She ______ (work) in London
She works in London
Michael _______ (study) at the library
Michael is studying at the library
Sam ______ (cook) a tasty dinner yesterday
Sam cooked a tasty dinner yesterday
Your dog runs ______ (fast) Jim's dog
Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog
What tense do we use for things that have started and ended in the past?
Hint: we use words such as "yesterday", "last week", "last sunday" with this tense
Simple past
They ______ (not go) to school daily
They don't go to school daily
The children _______ (play) at the moment
The children are playing at the moment
I ______ (not travel) to France last year, I went to Spain
I didn't travel to France last year, I went to Spain
People are ______ (intelligent) animals
People are more intelligent than animals
What happens to a verb in the present continuous? Give me an example of a sentence in the present continuous
verb to be (am/is/are) verb + ing
Emma _______ (not watch) cartoons every day.
Emma doesn't watch cartoons every day.
The baby ______ (not cry), he's quiet
The baby isn't crying, he's quiet
I _____ (not walk) to school yesterday, I took the car
I didn't walk to school yesterday, I took the car
English is ________ (interesting) math.
English is more interesting than math.
What happens to a verb in the past simple? Give me an example of a sentence in the past simple
verb + ed
_____ you _____ (read) books every night?
Do you read books every night?
We _______ (not cook) pasta for lunch
We aren't cooking pasta for lunch
We _____ (not be) in Porto Alegre last weekend. We went to New York.
We weren't in Porto Alegre last weekend. We went to New York.
Chocolate cake is ______ (bad) red velvet cake.
Chocolate cake is worse than red velvet cake.