Revision: Simple Present Tense

and Simple Past Tense

1. Her mother ________________(go) to the market by car this
morning. (past)

2. My sister _______________(listen) to the radio moments ago.

(past)

3. A postman (deliver/delivers) letters everyday.

4. The pupils (sweep/sweeps) the floor every morning.

5. My dog always (bark/barks) at strangers.

6. The fisherman (caught/catches) a lot of fish yesterday.

 Simple Continuous Tense

01 To show habitual actions:

Nina goes to bed at ten every night.
Mother is cooking dinner now.

02 To show a future action

Renma is leaving for London tomorrow.
Freddie is playing tennis this evening.
03 Habitual actions
Use words like always and constantly.
1. My father is always scolding the gardener
2. The baby is constantly crying.

Action that is done many times

04 Use words like always and frequently.
1. My dog is always barking at the neighbour.
2. Benny is frequently changing her hairstyle.
Verb to be : am, is and are put before the
verbs, then add –ing

Example:
1. I am reading a book now.
2. Siera is joining a music course.
3. The boys are walking to school.
4. The teacher is marking our work.
5. The cat is chasing a rat.
 Remember!

Is: for 1 (The girl is/ Marcus is)

Are: more than 1 (The girls are/ they
are/ we are)
Am: Only for ‘I” (I am a girl)
 Short Practice (1):

1. Sasha (is/ are/am) (cycling/cycles) to school today.

2. We (am/are/is) (reading/reads/read) books at the library.

3. The people (are/is/am) (shopping/shops/shopped) in the shopping mall.

4. Victoria (is/are/am) (sleeping/sleeps/sleep) in her room.

5. Candy (is/are/am) a beautiful girl.

6. I (am/are/is) a tall boy.

7. I (am/are/is) (listen/listening/listens) to the radio.

 1 minute Exercise

Construct sentences:

Verb to be : am, is or are + action verb –ing

1. -eating–
2.-sleeping–
3. -running–
4. -jogging –
 Past Continuous Tense

01 To tell something that has already happen

I was eating when you called my handphone.

He was playing Call of Duty all day.

To show TWO actions that happen AT THE SAME TIME

02 While I was doing my homework, my mother was working

While I was sleeping, my brother was reading his

favourite book.
 To show an action that was happening when something else
was happening.
03
Mum was cooking in the kitchen when the theives broke in.
We were studying when the school bell rang.

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 Remember!

Were – more than 1 (we/they/the girls/ the

fishermen)

Was – for only 1 (I was, she was, he was, Ali was,

Fred was, the Fisherman was)
 Practice (2)
1. When I saw him yesterday he(was/were/is)
(playing/played/plays) with his brother.

2. Ali and Ahmad (were/was/is) (sitting/sit/sat) at the bus stop waiting for the bus.

3. My father (were/was) (telling/tell/told) me Iron Man yesterday.

4. He (was/were) (running/ran/runs) in the park yesterday morning.

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