Grammar: Present Simple tense

Good afternoon Elementary I Students

Today we are going to start learning a new tense: The Present Simple

It is not very difficult, but you should revise at home so as to be confident with it. 

I hope this activities could help you. You can print them if you wish and  I would be grateful to correct them. 

Activity 1: Present Simple
Activity 2: Present Simple

These activities are taken from: https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present-simple-worksheets-lessons


See you later guys, 

Kisses

Julia

GRAMMAR: PRESENT SIMPLE

Good evening Elementary Students!!

Here I have attached four useful links which can help you to practice the Present Simple tense. :)

Affirmative sentences
Negative sentences
Interrogative sentences
Interrogative sentences 2


See you on Friday!!!

Julia

Past tenses

Hello Intermediate Students! How was your weekend? :)

Last Thursday some of you told me that you wish you could improve your English grammar.

Here, I attach you an on- line presentation about the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.

For those who are interested, I have also prepared some exercises in order to practice these structures. Next Tuesday I will give you some photocopies.

Past tenses

INVERSION

 Learn about Inversion in English

INVERSION GRAMMAR

OPEN HERE

And try to do the exercises in that webpage 

MISCELLANEOUS VERBS

• THERE IS/ARE/WAS/WERE/WILL BE/WOULD BE (Hay, había, habrá, habría...)
• Is there any disco in La Puebla de Alfindén?
• Are there any childhood memories you would like to share with us?
• Was there a dishwasher in the house you rented at the Pyrinees? 
• Were there many people at the restaurant you had dinner last weekend?
• Will there be any problem if we leave earlier?

• I WOULD RATHER/BETTER ... (Mejor ...)
• You would rather stay at home, it's very bad weather.
• You'd rather be quiet, the teacher is coming.
• I would better do the housework now, if no there will be a lot of work to do at the weekend and I won't be able to meet my friends.
• I'd better go with you, I don't trust very much on your likes, I prefer to choose my own clothes.

                      INTERESTING EXERCISES.-  I'D BETTER...

QUESTION TAGS

• Today is a nice day, isn't it?
• You are married, aren't you?
• You like to play tennis, dont't you?
• Your wife goes to the gym twice a week, doesn't she?
• You didn't learn English at school, did you?
• You would like to go to the cinema this weekend, wouldn't you?
• Your relatives will celebrate Christmas with you, won't they?
• I should go to the dentist's, shouldn't I?
• I should be so strict with my son, should I?
• You have been in Paris, haven't you?
• You had to move from your previous neighboorhood, hadn't you?
• You hadn't stayed in that hotel previously, had you?
• ... ... ... 

SOME EXERCISES

REPORTED SPEECH

You told me you wanted to practise and review the reported speech because you said to me you had some doubts about it.
 
LEARN ABOUT IT AND DO SOME EXERCISES

LINK 1

LINK 2

VERBAL PERIPHRASIS.- HAVE TO - HAD TO

• I HAVE TO ...  (tengo que...)
• Do you have to commute to work everyday?
• Do you have to spend a lot of time studying English to learn a new structure?
• Do you have to help your children to do their homework?
• Does your husband/wife/partner have to travel while working?
• Do you have to look every word at the English dictionary to feel confident?

• I HAD TO ... (tenía que...)
• Did you have to call the fire brigade in any occassion? 
• Did you have to study hard when you were a teenager?
• Did you have to learn how to cook by yourself?
• Did your family or friends have to be with you in some important stage of your life?
• Your friends suffered a car crash.  Did they have to take a lot of pills after the accident?

  OPEN HERE TO WORK A BIT

VERBAL PERIPHRASIS.- USE TO - USED TO - GET USED TO - FEEL LIKE

• I USE TO... (suelo...)
• Do you use to go to the cinema?
• Do you use to have dinner at a restaurant at the weekends?
• Do you use to watch TV at nigth or do you use to read a book instead?
• Do you use to eat healthy?
• Does your family use to join together at the weekend?
• Do your friends use to meet at least once a week?

• I USED TO...  (solía...)
• Did you use to exercise when you were younger?
• Did you use to spend a lot of money eating out when you were a teenager?
• Did you use to spend your holidays abroad some years ago?
• Did your neighbours use to bother you?  What happens now? 
• Did you use to go camping some years ago?

A MATCHING EXERCISE
AND SOME OTHER USED TO EXERCISES

• I GET USED TO DOING sth (acostumbrase, habituarse a ...) TO GET/BE USED TO DOING sth /TO ACCUSTOM TO DOING sth / TO GET ACCUSTOMED TO DOING sth / TO BE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING sth
• Do you get used to waking up early in the morning?
• I remember you worked at nights, did you get used to working the night shift?
• Are you accustomed to living in a village?
• Do you get accustomed to being the whole day working? 

• I FEEL LIKE DOING sth (apetecer, sentir ganas de...)
• Do you feel like going out tonight?
• Do you feel like watching TV at night?
• Don't you feel like eating out today?
• Do you ever feel like being in trouble?
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• I HAPPEN TO DO sth ( por casualidad)
• Did you happen to see my keys?
• I happened to meet him when I was in Madrid.  What a coincidence! 
• Did you happen to know what this English word means?
• Did you happen to be at the party when the fire started?

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

TYPE 1  If + present, ------------- future
(Ex:  If I practise English, I will improve it very much)

• What will you do if you win the lottery this year?
• Where will you go if you travel to England?
• Who will you meet if you go to the party?
• Will you study English if you have time?

 OPEN HERE FOR PRACTICE

 TYPE 2   If + past, -------------conditional
( Ex:  If I practised English, I would improve it very much)

• What would you do if you had a million euros?
• Would you do it for me?
• Where would you go if you travelled to Italy?

NOW SOME PRACTICE

TYPE 3  If + past perfect, -------------conditional perfect
(Ex:  If I had practised English, I would have improved it very much)

• Where would you have gone if you had travelled to Italy last summer?
• What do you think it would have happened if you hadn't asked for help when the fire started?

OPEN THIS LINK AND PRACTISE A BIT 

And now a nice fairy tale "THE CAT AND THE MOUSE"
Do you dare to complete it?
JUST TRY IT!

FUTURE (Will, going to)

• Will you travel abroad this summer?
• Will you buy a new car next year?
• Will you go to the concert?
• Will your children perform at the Christmas festival this year?
• I have to go to Ikea, will you come with me?
• I think I will go to the village this weekend, will you come to visit me?
• Probably I will be in my new house this December, will you pay me a visit?
• Don't you think you will be late if you get up at 8 o'clock in the morning? 
• Will you write me soon?
• Won't you come with us?
• Will you send me the whole information about the trip?
• Will you tell me about your love affair?
• Will it rain today?
• ... ...  ....

Signal words are:
in a year, next …, tomorrow, Conditionals Type I (If you ask her, she will help you.) assumption: I think, probably, perhaps 

• a spontaneous decision
  example: Wait, I will help you.
• an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future
  example: He will probably come back tomorrow.
• a promise
  example: I will not watch TV tonight.
• an action in the future that cannot be influenced
  example: It will rain tomorrow.
• conditional clauses type I
  example: If I arrive late, I will call you.
  
  
   JUST A BIT OF PRACTICE 
  
  

• Are you going to do your English exercises this evening?
• Who are you going to invite to your party?
• Who is going to make dinner tonight?
•  I know you are angry, but when are you going to speak to me again?
• ... ... ...

Signal words are:

 in one year, next week, tomorrow 

• an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared.  To express a plan.
  example: I am going to study harder next year.
• a conclusion regarding the immediate futur.  To express a prediction.
  example: The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.

NOW SOME PRACTICE 

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

• How long had you been working in that company before you were dismissed?
• How long had you been going out with your husband / wife when you married?
• What had you been reading last year?
• Hadn't you been working for Zara?
• Had you been looking for a new house las year?
• Had you been living in a village before you moved to Zaragoza?

Signals words are:
for, since, the whole day, all day 

TIME FOR SOME PRACTISE

NOW PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS vs. PAST SIMPLE

PAST PERFECT

• Had your previous teachers spoken to you about verb tenses?
• Had you studied English before?
• Had you been to Madrid before last year?
• Had you read the book before you watched the film?
• Had you been to any rock concert before you were 18 years old?
• Had you prepared your suitcase before knowing you had won that trip contest?

Signal words are:

already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day, if sentence type III (If I had talked, …) 

AND NOW PRACTISE THIS VERB TENSE 

 

THERE IS / ARE and THERE WAS / WERE

• Is there a hospital near your house?
• Are there any pubs in the place you live?
• Is there a computer connected to the Internet in your house?
• Are there people you know studying Russian?
• ... ...
• Was there a cinema in your town when you were a child?
• Was there any neighbour you hated when you were a child?
• Were there video games thirty years ago?
• Were there smart phones when you were born?
• ... ....

PRACTISE A BIT WITH THIS EXERCISE

AND WITH THIS TEST 

PAST CONTINUOUS

• Were you making a phone call one hour ago?
• When the class started yesterday, were you coming by the corridor?
• What were you doing yesterday when it started to rain?
• Where were you practising your English last summer?
• Was the television broadcasting something interesting yesterday night?
• Were you obeying your parents' rules as long as you lived under their roof?
• Did you talk to someone while you were working yesterday?
• Your friend was talking to you yesterday, wasn't he/she?
• You were studying English last week, weren't you?
• ... .... .... 

Signal words are:

when, while, as long as 

A BIT OF PRACTICE! 

PAST SIMPLE

• Did you come to the English class last day?
• Did you speak to your classmate in English?
• Did you buy food at the supermarket yesterday?
• How far did you park your car yesterday?
• Did your visitors enjoy their stay in La Puebla?
• When did you have your last trip?
• Who did you go with?
• Where did you live before?
• What did you do yesterday?
• What did you go last Friday?
• Were you at home yesterday night?
• Was somebody with you? 
• You enjoyed summertime, didn't you?
• ... ... .... 

Some commonly used words are:

yesterday, 3 minutes ago, in 2005, the other day, last Saturday
if sentence type II (if+past ----, conditional):  If I studied, I would pass my exams.

AND NOW TIME TO PRACTICE!

 

VERB TO BE.- Past simple

• Were you an English student one year ago?
• Was your husband/wife married before he/she married you?
• Were you worried about politics when you were a child?
• Was the weather bad yesterday?
• Was your first car a new one or was it a second-hand car?
• Wasn't your family with you when you married?
• Was your primary school far from your home?
• Were you a good schoolboy or schoolgirl when you were a child?
• You were a sporty child, weren't you?

AND NOW SOME PRACTICE:

First link

Second link 

IRREGULAR VERBS

Come on! It isn't so difficult, although you have to learn them by heart, to work with them one time and another time will help you to remember and identify these irregular verbs.

 Open this other website, and you will have those Irregular Verbs with their pronunciation.

Here you will find a website with ANOTHER LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS, and if you want to learn more about English grammar you will find as well many other grammar chapters on the left of that page.

Good luck!

STORIES AND READINGS IN ENGLISH

Choose among these websites: 

• PRESENT TENSES
• PAST TENSES 
• FUTURE TENSES 

And enjoy reading and learning verb tenses and vocabulary!

You have at least four or five stories with vocabulary to be learnt in every one of them and all the answers at the end of each webpage.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

• Have you ever been living here?
• Have you been working this morning?
• Have you been speaking to him?
• How long have you been enjoying your holiday? 
• Has any member of your family been planning holidays with you?
• Have you been studying English for a while?
• Have you been cleaning the house all weekend?
• Haven't you been thinking on your family recently?
• Have you been preparing your birthday party? 
• Your classmate has been studying English, hasn't he/she?
• .... .... .... 

Some signal words can be:

all day, for 3 years, since 1998, how long?, the whole week 

NOW PRACTISE A BIT!