present and past simple/continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

• Key words

- when (cuando) - ago: Ex: two weeks ago (hace dos semanas) - last: Ex: last month (el mes pasado) - yesterday - In (year): In 2020

• Short actions
• Interrups the long action
• Auxiliar verb: past of TO DO= DID
• Add -ED for regular verbs
• 2nd column for irregular verbs

Ex: She was playing basketball when the phone rang The phone didn't ring while she was playing basketball Did the phone ring while she was playing basketball?

• Key words

- Adverbs of frequency - Once/twice/three times -On (day of the week) -Every....(day, year, month...) -In the (morning, afternoon) - At night

• Routines
• Auxiliar verb: TO DO: Do/ Does
• 3rd person:

Ex: She plays basketball She doesn't play basketball Does she play basketball?

PAST CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Actions happening now
• Auxiliar verb: TO BE (am/are/is)
• verb +ING

Ex: She is playing basketball She isn't playing basketball Is she playing basketball?

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

FUTURE

PRESENT

PAST

• Key words

- while/ as: mientras - at (hour)

• Long actions
• Auxiliar verb: past of TO BE= was/were
• verb +ING

Ex: She was playing basketball when the phone rang The phone rang while she was playing basketball She wasn't playing basketball when the phone rang Was she playing basketball when the phone rang?

• Key words

- Now - Right now - At the moment - Still (aún) - Listen! Hurry! Look!