Present & Past Simple
“I usually eat breakfast at 7. Yesterday, I ate at 9.”
Which sentence is in Past Simple?
“I ate at 9.”
📖 “I am reading now. Yesterday at 8 pm, I was reading too.”
❓ Say a similar statement.
Free production,:
“I am studying now. Yesterday at 10 pm, I was studying too.”
📖 “I have eaten sushi before. But I had never eaten ramen until last year.”
❓ Which sentence is in Past Perfect?
“I had never eaten ramen until last year.”
📖 “Look at those clouds! It’s going to rain.”
❓ Which type of future is used here?
“Be going to” (prediction based on evidence).
🗣️ Tell 2 things you do every day (Present Simple) and 2 things you did yesterday (Past Simple).
Free production:
“Every day I study English and usually drink coffee. Yesterday, I watched TV and I visited my friend.”
🗣️ Write one sentence about what you are doing now (Present Continuous) and one about what you were doing last night at 9 (Past Continuous).
Free production:
“I am playing the game now. Last night at 9, I was doing homework.”
🗣️ Tell 1 thing you have done in your life (Present Perfect) and 1 thing you had already done before starting working (Past Perfect).
Free production:
“I have traveled to the beach. And I had studied English before starting working.”
🗣️ Write one prediction with will and one plan with be going to.
Free production:
“I will be rich in the future. I am going to visit my grandmother this weekend.”
✍️ Complete the text: “Tom __ to college. Last year, he __ to high school.”
“Tom goes to college. Last year, he went to high school.”
📖 “While Anna was cooking, her brother was playing video games.”
❓ Is this simultaneity or interruption?
Simultaneity.
✍️ “Before I turned 18, I ___ (never/try) pizza with pineapple. But now I ___ (try) it many times.”
“Before I turned 18, I had never tried pizza with pineapple. But now I have tried it many times.”
✍️ “Tomorrow, I ___ (study) for my exam. I already planned it! But maybe I ___ (get) tired.”
“Tomorrow, I am going to study for my exam. But maybe I will get tired.”
📝 Write one sentence about what you do on Sundays (Present Simple) and one about what you did last Sunday (Past Simple).
Free production:
“I go to church on Sundays. But, last Sunday, I stayed at home.”
📝 Say what you are doing right now (Present Continuous) and what you were doing yesterday at this time (Past Continuous).
Free production:
“I am writing now. Yesterday at this time, I was eating lunch.”
📝 Write one sentence using Present Perfect about your experience this course, and one using Past Perfect about something you had already done before starting this course.
Free production:
“I have learned new grammar this course, but I had studied verbs before starting this course.”
📝 Write one sentence about what you think will happen in 10 years, and one sentence about what you are going to do next weekend.
Free production:
“I will be living in another country in 10 years. I am going to have a picnic next weekend.”
🎵 Say the verbs and the tenses that you hear: Chicago - Hard To Say I’m Sorry.
“I’m sorry” (Present Simple), “I was wrong” (Past Simple).
🎵 Say the verbs and the tenses that you hear: Aerosmith - Cryin’.
“I was crying” (Past Continuous), “I’m crying” (Present Continuous).
🎵 Say the verbs and the tenses that you hear: U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.
Have climbed
Have run
Have crawled
Imagine it’s the year 2050. Create one news headline with will (prediction) and one with be going to (plan).
Free production:
“Robots will control the traffic in all cities.”
“The government is going to open a new mall on Mars.”