Practicing tenses

Simple present

100

go (1st person singular)

I go

200

do (2nd person singular) 

you do

300

walk (3rd person singular)

he/she/it walks

400

What are signal words for the present simple? 

always, never, often, sometimes 

every week/year/month

500

Where do we put the signal words sometimes, always, often, never in a sentence? 

Before the verb. /After the subject 

I sometimes watch TV.

Every... --> at the end of the sentence. 

I play football every week. 

Present Progressive

100

to do (1st person singular)

I am doing 

200

to swim (you) 

you are swiMMing

300

to not plan (we) 

we aren't planning

400

When do we use the present progressive? 

For something that is happening at the moment. 

For describing pictures. 

500

What are signal words for the present progressive? 

at the moment, now, right now 

Simple Past (+past participle)

100

to want 

wanted - wanted

200

to buy

bought- bought

300

to say, not

didn't say 

400

to sing, not 

didn't sing

500

to write 

wrote- written 

Past Progressive

100

The sun _____________ (to shine) the whole day yesterday. 

The sun was shining the whole day yesterday. 

200

I ________________(to cook) last Friday from 12:00 to 12:30 o'clock. 

I was cooking last Friday from 12:00 to 12:30 o'clock. 

300

We _________________ (to not play) yesterday at 10:00 o'clock. 

We weren't playing yesterday at 10:00 o'clock. 

400

You ______________(to sing) when I came home.  

You were singing when I came home. 

500

When do we use the past progressive? (you can write the rules down in German)

1) an action in the past that was happening at the moment. 

2) two actions that were happening at the same time 

3) An action in the past that is interrupted (unterbrochen) by a new action (simple past). 

Simple Past or Past Progressive

100

We _____________(to sit) at the breakfast table when the telephone ___________(to ring). 

We were sitting at the breakfast table when the telephone rang. 

200

They _____(to laugh) when I _______(to come) home. 

They were laughing when I came home. 

300

Jon and Bill _____(to wash) the car when they ___________ (see) their friend George.

John and Bill were washing the car when they saw their friend George. 

400

Brenda and Sarah ____________(to play) while Brenda's brother _____________(to watch) TV downstairs. 

Brenda and Sarah were playing while Brenda's brother was watching TV downstairs. 

500

Annie _____(to call) when Eva _______(to study) for the exam. 

Annie called when Eva was studying for the exam.