Present Simple and Past Simple are two important tenses in the English language. To practice these tenses, here are three activities with ten solved exercises each.
Activity 1: Fill in the Blanks
1. She ___ (goes/went) to school every day.
2. They ___ (do/did) their homework last night.
3. He ___ (plays/played) football on Saturdays.
4. We ___ (drink/drank) coffee in the morning.
5. I ___ (like/liked) to watch movies on weekends.
6. The cat ___ (meows/meowed) at night.
7. They ___ (visit/visited) their grandparents yesterday.
8. She ___ (watches/watched) a lot of TV.
9. He ___ (reads/read) books before bed.
10. We ___ (eat/ate) pizza for dinner.
Activity 2: Choose the Correct Verb
11. He ___ (runs/ran) in the park every morning.
12. They ___ (is/were) at the party last night.
13. I ___ (study/studied) English last year.
14. She ___ (wears/wore) a red dress to the party.
15. We ___ (go/went) to the beach last summer.
16. The dog ___ (barks/barked) loudly at the mailman.
17. He ___ (drives/drove) his car to work yesterday.
18. They ___ (have/had) dinner at a restaurant.
19. She ___ (takes/took) the train to work this morning.
20. We ___ (see/saw) a movie at the cinema.
Activity 3: Rewrite the Sentences in the Other Tense
21. He goes to the gym every day. (Past Simple: He ___ to the gym every day.)
22. They listen to music in the car. (Past Simple: They ___ to music in the car.)
23. She cooks dinner for her family. (Past Simple: She ___ dinner for her family.)
24. We watch a movie every Friday. (Past Simple: We ___ a movie every Friday.)
25. I play the guitar in a band. (Past Simple: I ___ the guitar in a band.)
26. They ask a lot of questions. (Past Simple: They ___ a lot of questions.)
27. She reads a book before bed. (Past Simple: She ___ a book before bed.)
28. He eats breakfast at 7 am. (Past Simple: He ___ breakfast at 7 am.)
29. We write emails to our friends. (Past Simple: We ___ emails to our friends.)
30. They visit their grandparents on Sundays. (Past Simple: They ___ their grandparents on Sundays.)
Answers:
Activity 1: 1. goes 2. did 3. plays 4. drink 5. liked 6. meows 7. visited 8. watches 9. reads 10. ate
Activity 2: 11. runs 12. were 13. studied 14. wore 15. went 16. barks 17. drove 18. had 19. took 20. saw
Activity 3: 21. went 22. listened 23. cooked 24. watched 25. played 26. asked 27. read 28. ate 29. wrote 30. visited
📝 Entiende el presente simple y pasado simple
1. El presente simple se usa para expresar acciones habituales o verdades generales. Para formarlo, solo necesitas el verbo en su forma base (infinitivo sin «to») para todas las personas, excepto la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it), que necesita agregar una «s» al final del verbo. Ejemplo: I eat (yo como), she eats (ella come).
2. Para hacer preguntas en presente simple, coloca el verbo auxiliar «do» al principio de la pregunta y el verbo principal en su forma base. Ejemplo: Do you play? (¿Juegas?)
3. Para hacer negaciones en presente simple, coloca el verbo auxiliar «do not» o su forma contraída «don’t» antes del verbo principal. Ejemplo: I do not like (No me gusta), he doesn’t eat (Él no come).
4. El pasado simple se utiliza para expresar acciones completadas en el pasado. Para la mayoría de los verbos, simplemente agrega «-ed» al final del verbo en su forma base. Ejemplo: I walked (yo caminé), she talked (ella habló).
5. Sin embargo, ten en cuenta que hay verbos irregulares en pasado simple, como «go» (ir) que se transforma en «went» (fui/fuiste/fue), o «eat» (comer) que se transforma en «ate» (comí/comiste/comió). Es importante aprender estos verbos irregulares de memoria.
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