PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS

Present Simple 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                          (start) to write a book about my life because I                      (want) to be a writer.

I'm starting to 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.

Past simple

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

              you                   (have) a birthday party last year?

Did you have a birthday party last year?

400

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

I 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.

Past simple vs. Past continuous

100

I                   (go) to Cancun last summer.

I 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

What              you                  (do) when the accident                     (happen)?

What were you doing when the accident happened?

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.

Conditionals

100

Zero conditional:

If I _____ (be) late for class, my teacher _____ (get) angry.

If I am late for class, my teacher gets angry

200

First conditional:

If he ______ (come), I ______ (be) surprised.

If he comes, I will be surprised

300

First conditional:

We ______ (not have) a picnic if the weather _____ (not improve).

We won't have a picnic if the weather doesn't improve.

400

If I __ (miss) the bus, I ______ (take) a taxi.

If I miss the bus, I will take a taxi.

500

1st conditional: If she ______ (eat) all that cake, she _____ (be) sick.

0 conditional: Snakes ___ (bite) if they ___ (be) scared.

1: If she eats all that cake, she will be sick.

0: Snakes bite if they are scared.

Present perfect

100

She ___________ (live) here ________ 1980.

She has lived here since 1980.

200

He __________ (work) here _______ three months.

He has worked here for three months.

300

I _________ (drive) them to school ________ a week.

I have driven them to school for a week.

400

They ________ (not see) their uncle _______ last Christmas.

They haven't seen their uncle since last Christmas.

500

I ________ (lose) flexibility _______ my accident.

She _________ (study) at this school _______ five years.

I have lost flexibility since my accident.

She has studied at this school for five years.