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English 21 Public

Present simple/continuous/perfect; Past simple/continuous

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Facts, habits, states, timetables, long-term situations

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Past Simple

Past Continuous

something is happening now; short-term situations

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Simple

something happened and finished in the past

Past Continuous

Present Continuous

Present Simple

Past Simple

something happened recently

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Simple

Past Continuous

background of a story; something was happening at a particular time in the past.

Past Continuous

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Look at him! He ____ (run) very fast.

is running (present cont.)

Tanya and her sister ___ (stay) with us today.

are staying (present cont.)

It ___ (be) my birthday today.

is (present simple)

She ___ (walk) to school every day.

walks (present simple)

Mum ____ (talk) on the phone right now.

is talking (present cont.)

We ____ (go) to an old village last summer.

went (past simple)

Two days ago, I ___ (sit) in my classroom when Kate phoned me.

was sitting (past cont.)

They ___ (have) dinner at 7.15 yesterday evening.

were having (past cont.)

Look at him! He ____ (not run) very fast.

isn't running (present cont.)

Tanya and her sister ___ (not stay) with us today.

aren't staying (present cont.)

It ___ (not be) my birthday today.

isn't (present simple)