The document discusses verb tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, past simple, and past continuous tenses. It provides examples of how each tense is used, such as using the present simple tense to describe routines or facts that are always true, and the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past. It also explains how the present continuous can be used to describe temporary actions or future plans, while the past simple describes completed past actions.

1. PRESENT SIMPLE I am very happy today. I work at a fire station. We don't play basketball on Monday. She isn't in the office this morning. The children aren’t happy today. Do you fancy coming to school with me? Is Mary a shop assistant? Who writes the news at the weekend? PRESENT CONTINUOUS Tom is writing a letter at the moment. You are working hard today. Susan isn’t coming to school this morning. Are they walking to school now? Who is knocking on the door? PAST SIMPLE I was very happy yesterday. I worked at a fire station when I was 24. We didn't play basketball last Monday. She wasn’t in the office yesterday morning. Did you enjoy coming to school with me on Tuesday? Was Mary a shop assistant five years ago? Who wrote the news last weekend? PAST CONTINUOUS Tom was writing a letter at 7 o’clock this morning. You were working hard yesterday while I was watching TV. Susan wasn’t coming to school on Tuesday 4.30 in the afternoon. Were they walking to school yesterday when we saw them?

2. PRESENT SIMPLE Routines, habits : I usually watch TV in the evening. Facts that are always true : The sun rises in the east. Thoughts and feelings : I don’t understand. Schedules: The train leaves at 5 p.m.

3. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Things happening at the moment of speaking: You aren’t listening to me! Temporary actions: Ellen is coming to school by car this week. Future plans: I am going to London next week.

4. PAST SIMPLE Actions that took place in a finished moment in the past : My daughter didn’t sleep well last night. Actions that happened one after the other in the past: I arrived at school, I opened the door of my classroom and I went in without a word.

5. PAST CONTINUOUS To describe an action taking place at a given time in the past: This time yesterday my dog was barking in the garden. To describe an action taking place when another one happened: My father was cooking dinner when the phone rang.