Simple past - Action finished in the past.

Present Continuous

What is he doing?

He is listening Rock’s music

I am studying English

They are playing guitar

Present Continuous

Look at the sentences in the middle, and write the letters by each sentence next to the picture which the sentence describes.

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	1.	A. Jane is riding a scooter. B. David is programming. C. Frank is watching television. D. Jane is cleaning a window. E. Mrs White is baking a cake. F. David is sleeping. G. Frank is flying a plane. H. Mrs White is relaxing.		2.
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Simple Past

Simple past - Action finished in the past.

Observe:

Present	Past
Today is 12/9/2012	The date yesterday was 11/9/2012

Verb "to be" is an irregular verb!

I am	I was
You are	You were
He/she/it is	He/she/it was
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• In English we have regular verbs e.g. verb "to work" and irregular verbs e.g.: verb "to be".
• Make a simple past with a regular verb like this: verb + ed ending.

Compare these sentences using regular verbs in the Present tense and in the Past tense:

Present tense	Past tense
He watches TV every day	He watched TV yesterday
I cook meals on Sunday	My mum cooked the dinner yesterday.
She walks to school every day.	He walked to the cinema last night.
I work at the university	He worked in his garden yesterday.

Common irregular verbs:

Present		Past	Example of past tense
find		found	He found the book in the libary.
do		did	He did his homework yesterday.
go		went	She went to a restaurant last night.
make		made	She made a cake on Sunday.
lose		lost	He lost his hat on his way home.

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