The document contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses, providing examples of each. It then contrasts the simple past and past continuous tenses, providing additional examples. Key examples include "He watches the news every day" in the present simple and "While I was cooking dinner, my friends knocked at the door" in the past continuous. The document aims to illustrate the proper uses of these common verb tenses through short examples.

1. PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. He ………………. (watch) the news every day
2. I ............................ ( water) my plants at the moment.
3. Look! That man .......................... ( climb) the tree.
4. I can´t hear what you ..........................( say)
5. How often ........................................ ( you/ brush) your teeth?
6. The phone ............................... ( ring) . Can you answer for me, please?
7. The sun ............................... ( not rise) in the west.
8. Please, be quiet! I ............................. ( try) to concentrate.
9. I .................................. ( not work) this week. I ´m on vacation.
10. I don´t understand the word “deceive”, what .............................. ( it/ mean)?
11. How many cigarettes .............................. ( you/ smoke) a day?
12. Why ................................. ( you/ look) at me like that? Did I say something
wrong
13. Cats ................................... ( catch) mice.
14. How often ................................. ( she/ write) to h parents?
15. Brian and Steve meets in a restaurant.
Brian: Hello, Steve. I haven´t seen you for ages.
What ...............................(you/do) these days?
Steve: I ................................ ( work) in a department store.
Brian: Really? .............................. ( you / enjoy) it?
Steve: yeah, it´s OK. How about you?
Brian: Well, I .............................. ( not work) at the moment, but
I ............................. (be) very busy because I ............................ ( build) a
house.
Steve: really? ......................................... ( you/ do) it alone?
Brian: No , some friends of mine ............................... (help) me.
SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS.
1. While I ............................ (cook) dinner, my friends ................................
(knock) at the door.
2. I ............................. ( hurt) my foot when I .......................... ( get) out of the
bath.
3. When I ............................ ( see) Sandra , she ............................. ( wlk)
down the road.
4. It ................................... ( rain) when I ................................ ( get up) this
morning
5. While Ann ............................. ( talk) , I ................................. ( have) a
wonderful idea.
6. I ................................ ( fall) asleep while I .............................. ( watch) TV.
7. Mr Ellison .......................... (not know) what to do.
8. The bus ............................. ( be) late.
9. My brother .............................. ( have) a crash last night.
10. I ................................... ( not read) the magazine when he ...........................
( come) in.