PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS

Simple Present

100

I                    (go) to school by bus.

I go to school by bus.

200

My mom                   (have) breakfast at home.

My mom has breakfast at home.

300

How often             you                  (study) English?

How often do you study English?

400

Lucia and Mike                    (not get) along really well. Lucia                 (hate) Mike.

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

500

I                     (love) swimming and my sister           (do) too, but my father             (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                             (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.

Simple Past

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.