Match the sentences 1-3 in Exercise 13 with the tenses Present simple and Past simple. Then, read the Grammar box to check your answers.
Present simple: Past simple:
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Present simple
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Past simple
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We use the present simple to talk about states in the present:
l’m (not) good at sports.
We also use the present simple to talk about habits and things people do regularly:
I go to French lessons twice a week.
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We use the past simple to talk about an action completed in the past
I decided to go ......
We also use the past simple for past states that may or may not still be true:
Seville was very nice (when I visited it).
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| Negative: add NOT for states (l’m not good at sports.) and DO NOT for actions (I do not/don't study French.) |
Negative: add NOT for states (Seville was not very nice.) and DID NOT for actions (I did not/didn’t decide to go.) |
| Questions: The word order changes for states (Are you good at sports?) and we also add DO for actions (Do you study French?) |
Questions: The word order changes for states (Was Seville nice?) and we also add DID for actions (Did you decide to go?) |
| Note: For regular verbs, the third person (he / she / it) changes from the infinitive form to -s or -(i)es. There are more changes for irregular verbs. |
Note: For regular verbs, there is no change to the infinitive form for the past simple. However, there are changes for irregular verbs. |
