TALKING ABOUT PRESENT AND PAST ACTIONS

TALKING ABOUT PRESENT AND PAST ACTIONS

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By Jhonny Isaza​

Bachelor´s degree in English and French.

Master in A​pplied Linguistics

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Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.

• I USUALLY COLLECT FOOD FOR STREET ANIMALS.

• I AM USUALLY COLLECTING FOOD FOR STREET ANIMALS.

Multiple Select

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.

• Today, people are beginning to recycle more

• Today, people begin to recycle more

SIMPLE PAST

• Completed actions and events in the past.

• Often include a time phrase like yesterday, last year, etc. E.g. I played soccer last week.

• For negative sentences and questions, we use did/didn't + the main verb.

• Did you watch T.V last night?

• I didn't watch T.V last night.

Regular and Irregular verbs

• Regulars verbs add-ed ending.

• Watch- watched, Like-Liked, Play-Played, study-studied.

• E.g I donated some clothes to a charity last month.

• Irregular verbs have different endings.

• See-saw, buy- bought, begin-began, do-did, speak-spoke, take-took.

Multiple Select

choose the correct option

• My mother lived in Yopal when she was a child.

• My mother lives in Yopal when she is a child.

Multiple Select

Choose the correct option

• I didn't went on vacation last summer

• I didn't go on vacation last summer

Multiple Select

Choose the correct option

• I see a beautiful car last week.

• I saw a beautiful car last week.

Multiple Choice

What_________you_______last week?

• do-did

• do-do

• did-do

• was-did

Fill in the Blanks

PRESENT PERFECT

• To talk about an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past. Eg. He has been to many countries.

• To show that something continues up to the present. Eg. I have lived in Yopal for 10 years.

• To show that something is important in the present. Eg. The coronavirus has made our lives change.

The verb form of the present perfect

• Have: I, you, they, we

• Has: he, she, it.

• Regular verbs: play-played, like-liked

• Irregular verbs: begin-began-begun

• be-was/were/been

Multiple Choice

present perfect vs past simple

• I watched that movie twice.

• I have watched that movie twice.

Multiple Choice

present perfect vs past simple

• I worked in a Hospital last year.

• I have worked in a hospital last year.

Multiple Choice

present perfect vs past simple

• The internet changed how we get information.

• The internet has changed how we get information.

PAST CONTINOUS

• Talk about something that continued before and after another action.

• I was watching TV when Daniel called.

• Verb form

• Subject+was/were+verb(ing)+complement

• Eg. I was trying to work hard before this pandemic started.

Multiple Choice

Past simple vs past continuous

• I was doing my homework when Zummy arrived.

• I did my homework when zummy arrived.

Multiple Choice

Past simple vs past continuous

• Viviana was studying when her boyfriend called.

• Viviana studied when her boyfriend called.