Sapientia

This Unit deals with the Simple Past, the Simple Past Passive and the if-clauses Type II. Simple Past Active Jonathan played tennis. The boys played squash. Jonathan didn't play chess. The boys didn't play badminton. Did Jonathan play volleyball? Did the boys play cards? I/you/he/she/it/we/they played I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn't play Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they play ? the verb "to be" in the Simple Past I was you were he was she was it was we were you were they were Modals can - was/were able to/could may - was/were allowed to wanted needed The simple past refers to: 1. something that happened at a specific point in the past 2. something that used to happen regularly or on schedule in the past 3. signal words: last week, last year, in 1992, then, back then, in the past, x years ago Last year Mr Porter spent his holiday in an English village. He went to the pub every day and playe

This exercise deals with the Simple Present . Since that would be a bit boring or too easy for more advanced students, we will refer to the Simple Present Passive and the if-clauses Type One   as well. Simple Present Active Jonathan plays tennis. The boys play squash. Jonathan doesn't play chess. The boys don't play badminton. Does Jonathan play volleyball? Do the boys play cards? I/you/we/they play he/she/it plays I/you/we/they don't play he/she/it doesn't play Do I/you/we/they play? Does he/she/it play?   the verb "to be"in the Simple Present I am you are he is she is  it is we are you are they are   Modals I/you//he/she/it/we/they can/will/would/may I/you/we/they need/want he/she/it needs/wants   The Simple Present refers to: 1. everything that happens on a regular basis, e.g. daily or weekly 2. everything that happens on schedule, e.g. lessons at school, train departures and arrivals