Simple Present vs Simple Past

Simple present Simple past

I / you / we / they
sing / watch / cry
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they
he / she / it sang / watched / cried
+ sings / watches / cries

I am
(to) be you / we / they are (to) be I/ he / she / it was
he / she / it is you / we / they were
I / you / we / they
don’t sing / don’t watch / don’t cry
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they
didn’t sing / didn’t watch /
he / she / it
didn’t cry
doesn’t sing / doesn’t watch /
- doesn’t cry
I am not / I‘m not I / he / she / it was not / wasn’t
(to) be you / we / they are not / (to) be you / we / they were not /
aren’t weren’t
he / she / it is not / isn’t
Do
I / you / we / they
sing / watch / cry? Did
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they
Does sing / watch / cry?
? he / she / it
sing / watch / cry?
Am I …? Was I / he / she / it …?
(to) be Are you / we / they …? (to) be Were you / we / they …?
Is he / she / it …?
I usually eat breakfast. I went on holidays three year ago.
You sometimes drink coke. One day ago you saw your sister.
signal words

He always bakes cakes. / I’m always nervous. He watched TV yesterday.

She often visits her grandma. Yesterday she bought some milk.
It never rains. It rained in 2011.
We go to school every day. In 2000 I was in New York.
On Thursdays you do some sports. You did your homework last weekend.
They go on holidays once a year. Last month we visited my grandma.

I. Fill in the correct forms of the verbs.

Simple present Simple past

1. Peter __________________ (visit) his 1. Peter __________________ (visit) his
grandma. grandma.
2. The woman _____________________ 2. The woman _____________________
(not / ask about) the way. (not / ask about) the way.
3. ________ the children ________________ 3. ________ the children ________________
(talk about) the concert? (talk about) the concert?
4. Everybody _______________ (sing) at 4. Everybody _______________ (sing) at
school. school.
5. We _______________ (not / feel) the ball. 5. We _______________ (not / feel) the ball.
6. ____________ Sally ___________ (bring) 6. ____________ Sally ___________ (bring)
 the folder to school? the folder to school?

II. Simple present or simple past? Fill in the correct form and underline the signal word.
a) We never __________________ (stay) at my friend’s house.
b) ___________ you often _____________ (wear) the green T-Shirt?
c) I _________________________ (not / understand) your question yesterday.
d) The football team always __________________ (lose) the game.
e) How ______________ he ________________ (look) last week?
f) My friend ______________________________ (not /eat) pizza on Mondays.
g) My parents ______________ (get) a new car last Christmas.
h) _________ you _________________ (enjoy) dinner last evening?
i) One week ago I __________ (see) that the children ______________ (break) the window.
j) Where ___________ you always______________ (find) my teddy bear?
k) Why _________________ we ______________ (not / go) to the movies every week?
l) _______________ (be) you in London last year? I _________________ (not/see) you there.

III. What’s wrong? Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly.
Simple present:
a) My cat always eat. __________________________________________________
b) Does he plays football? __________________________________________________
c) My best friend didn’t like my parents. _____________________________________
d) Sleep you at my place? __________________________________________________
e) The streets is full of cars. __________________________________________________
f) My classmates don’t be nice to me. ____________________________________________
g) They drink not. __________________________________________________
h) Peter clean the windows. __________________________________________________
i) We leave never the house. ____________________________________________

Simple past:
a) Yesterday we wake up late. __________________________________________________
b) They build the houses in 2001. ___________________________________________
c) Do you said sorry? ________________________________________________________
d) Why did you watched TV ? __________________________________________________
e) I did go to school. ________________________________________________________
f) We wasn’t at school. __________________________________________________
g) His girlfriend hads a new car. ____________________________________________
h) We didn’t went home. __________________________________________________
i) The basketball team lost yesterday the game.
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