Present Simple Present Continuous

- to talk about habits and routines - something that is happening in the

moment, right now
She usually works at home. She’s working at home at the moment.
I like football. I’m watching football right now.
I never eat meat. I’m eating meat now.
Clues: Clues:
often, always, never, every at the moment, right now, today, now
weekend/day/hour, Sunday
Affirmative: Affirmative:

I walk I am walking
He/she/it walks. He/she/it is walking
You/we/they walk. You/we/they are walking.
Negative: Negative:

I don’t walk. I am not walking.

He/she/it doesn’t walk. He/she/it is not walking
You/we/they don’t walk. You/we/they are not walking.
Question: Question:

Do I walk? Am I walking?
Does he/she/it walk? Is he/she/it walking?
Do you/we/they walk? Are you/we/they walking?
Questions using What/Why/How+adj, Questions using What/Why/How+adj,
etc.: etc.:

What do you do every day? What are you doing?

Why do you eat it usually? Why are you eating this?
How far do you go every day? How far are you going?

Past Simple Past Continuous

- action that happened in the past - action that was in progress at a
and it is over. specific time in the past
Tom went fishing last week. Yesterday evening Tom was fishing.

I worked until 2 PM yesterday. Sophia wasn’t home when I called her. I

think she was working.
My family visited me last year.
Lisa and her husband were visiting us last
week.

I walked I went I was walking.

he/she/it walked he/she/it went he/she/it was walking
we, you, they walked went we/you/they were walking
I didn’t walk didn’t go I wasn’t walking
he/she/it didn’t walk didn’t go he/she/it wasn’t walking
we/you/they didn’t walk didn’t go we/you/they weren’t walking
did I walk? Was I walking?
did she/he/it walk? Was he/she/it walking?
did we/you/they walk? Were we/you/they walking?
Stative verbs:
want, like, love, hate, know, need, see,
hear, etc.
While I was walking home, something happened.
Something happened while I was walking home.
I was sitting home, when the phone rang.
When the phone rang, I was sitting home.