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Present Simple Versus Past Simple
Present Simple Versus Past Simple
Present Simple Versus Past Simple
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Present Simple
• Examples: • Examples:
• I usually work on Saturdays. • I don’t usually work on Saturdays.
• Ann drinks coffee very often. • Ann doesn’t drink coffee very
often.
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Present Simple: Exercises 1 & 2
• 1/Put the verb into the correct form.
1. My sister (read) a book.
2. Frank (like) dogs.
3. My parents (do) the shopping.
4. We sometimes (meet) in front of the cinema.
5. Uncle George (go) to the doctor's clinic once
a month.
6. Our friends (play) football in the park. • 2/Negate the sentences in exercises A.
7. She (go) to the park every Friday.
8. He (ride) his bike every day.
9. We (have) the best ideas.
10. Carol (say) goodbye.
11. She (be) the best singer in our class.
12. My sister (live) in a big house.
13. The children (eat) hamburgers.
14. Bill (have) two notebooks.
15. I (be) at home.
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Present Simple
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Past Simple
• Examples: • Examples:
• I worked on last Saturday. • I didn’t work on last Saturday.
• Ann drank coffee yesterday • Ann didn’t drink coffee yesterday
morning. morning.
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Past Simple: Exercises 5 & 6
• 5/Put the verbs into the correct form.
1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in
Ireland.
2. It (be) great.
3. I (travel) around by car with two
friends, and we (visit) lots of
interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a
café. • 6/ Negate the sentences in exercise A.
5. Last year, we (learn) some Irish
dances.
6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
It (rain) a lot yesterday, but
we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
7. My friend (visit) Spain during his last
holiday.
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Past Simple
Short Questions Wh-word Questions
• Did I/we/they/you work? • Where did I/we/they/you
work?
• Did he/ she/it work?
• Where did he/ she/it
work?
• Examples:
• Did You work on last Saturdays? • Examples:
• Did Ann drink coffee yesterday • When did you work?
morning? • What did Ann drink yesterday
morning?
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Past Simple: Exercises 7 & 8