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Simple Present vs. Simple Past

English Grade 7 (Super Goal 1) · Unit 16: What Did You Do Last Week? · Lesson 3 · Term 2

Also known as: Simple present vs simple past

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Lesson questions (12)

  1. I usually ____ to school, but yesterday I ____ by car.
    Answer: walk / went
  2. She ____ coffee every morning.
    Answer: drinks
  3. She ____ tea yesterday morning.
    Answer: drank
  4. "Yesterday" goes with the:
    Answer: simple past
  5. "Every day" goes with the:
    Answer: simple present
  6. "Do you play tennis?" asks about:
    Answer: a habit
  7. "Did you play tennis last week?" asks about:
    Answer: a past action
  8. We ____ English every day.
    Answer: study
  9. Last year we ____ to Makkah.
    Answer: traveled
  10. He ____ up at 6 every day, but today he ____ up at 8.
    Answer: gets / got
  11. "What did you do last weekend?" – "I ____ my cousins."
    Answer: visited
  12. Choose the correct sentence:
    Answer: My father worked in a bank ten years ago.

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Questions about this lesson

What is the difference between the two tenses?

The simple present is for habits and facts: I walk to school. The simple past is for what happened and finished: Yesterday I went by car.

Which words signal each tense?

every morning, usually and always go with the present; yesterday, last week and ago go with the past.

What is a common mistake?

Using the past with every day, or the present with yesterday, such as Yesterday I go. The correct form is Yesterday I went.

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