PRESENT SIMPLE

I am very happy today.

I work at a fire station.

We don't play basketball on Monday.

She isn't in the office this morning.

Do you fancy coming to school with me?

Is Mary a shop assistant?

Who writes the news at the weekend?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Tom is writing a letter at the moment.

You are working hard today.

Susan isn’t coming to school this morning.

Are they walking to school now?

PAST SIMPLE

I was very happy yesterday.

I worked at a fire station when I was 24.

We didn't play basketball last Monday.

She wasn’t in the office yesterday morning.

Did you enjoy coming to school with me on Tuesday?

Was Mary a shop assistant five years ago?

Who wrote the news last weekend?

PAST CONTINUOUS

Tom was writing a letter at 7 o’clock this morning.

You were working hard yesterday while I was watching TV.

Susan wasn’t coming to school on Tuesday 4.30 in the afternoon.

Were they walking to school yesterday when we saw them?

PRESENT SIMPLE

• Routines, habits:

I usually watch TV in the evening.

• Facts that are always true:

The sun rises in the east.

• Thoughts and feelings:

I don’t understand.

• Schedules:

The train leaves at 5 p.m.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Things happening at the moment of speaking:

You aren’t listening to me!

• Temporary actions:

Ellen is coming to school by car this week.

• Future plans:

I am going to London next week.

PAST SIMPLE

• Actions that took place in a finished moment in past:

My daughter didn’t sleep well last night.

• Actions that happened one after the other in the past:

I arrived at school, I opened the door of my classroom and I went in without a word.

PAST CONTINUOUS

• To describe an action taking place at a given time in the past:

This time yesterday my dog was barking in the garden.

• To describe an action taking place when another one happened:

My father was cooking dinner when the phone rang.