PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS

Simple Present

100

I         go           (go) to school by bus.

I go to school by bus.

200

My mom           has        (have) breakfast at home.

My mom has breakfast at home.

300

How often      do       you           study       (study) English?

How often do you study English?

400

Lucia and Mike            don't get        (not get) along really well. Lucia        hates         (hate) Mike.

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

500

I             love        (love) swimming and my sister   does        (do) too, but my father        thinks     (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                 playing            (play) soccer this season.

I'm playing soccer this season.

200

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

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

300

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

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

400

I         'm starting                 (start) to write a book about my life because I        want              (want) to be a writer.

I'm starting to write a book about my life because I want to be a writer.

500

Suzan           loves          (love) music so she      's going           (go) to a concert in Mexico City right now. She      is very   (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   watched            (watch) a horror movie last night.

I watched a horror movie last night.

200

My father             didn't take          (not take) me to the doctor.

My father didn't take me to the doctor.

300

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

Did you have a birthday party last year?

400

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

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

500

What        did        you       do        (do) last night?

I          visited           (visit) Jenny yesterday and she  told       (tell) me that you        didn't           (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

I         went          (go) to Cancun last summer.

I went to Cancun last summer.

200

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

I was listening to music yesterday at 5:00.

300

I          was watching             (watch) a movie when you      called       (call) me.

I was watching a movie when you called me.

400

What       were       you         doing         (do) when the accident          happened           (happen)?

What were you doing when the accident happened?

500

I      was running               (run) in the park while I was    listening       (listen) to music when suddenly it  started                (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

Next week, I        'm going to           (travel) to Colombia with my friends.

Next week, I'm going to travel to Colombia with my friends.

200

Lucia       studies        (study) algebra every morning.

Lucia studies algebra every morning.

300

Lucia          didn't go           (not go) out last night because she       was         (be) sick.

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

400

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

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

500

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

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