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Present Simple VS Past simple

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Verb forms

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Usages

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Time expressions

1. Verb form

There are TWO different verb forms in English, right?

Infinitive

V1

V2

V3

Ving

So, which verb forms do we use in present simple and past
simple?

Present simple

Past simple

V1

V2
Inf

Present Simple

Past Simple

ស្រប

រំណួ រ

បដិសរធន៍

Subject + V1 + ...

Subject + V2 + ...

Do/does + sub + inf?

Did + sub + inf?

S + don’t / doesn’t + inf

S + didn’t + inf

Present Simple

Past Simple

+

?

-

Dara goes to school every day.

Dara went to school yesterday.

He doesn’t go to school.

He didn’t go to school.

Does he go to school?

Did he go to school?

Quiz 1
Answers

1. We use Infinitive only in present simple

2. Do/does/don’t/doesn’t/did/didn’t + infinitive

3. We use V2 in questions and negative

4.

True

False

False

Very true

2. Usages

Present simple

Past simple

GO

Go

yesterday

Now

I go to school every day.
Yesterday I went to school.

3. Time expressions

Present simple

Past simple

•Every: every day, every month

•Adverb of frequency: always, usually, sometimes

•Time of the day: in the morning, at night, in the evening

•On Mondays,

•On weekends

•Time: at 5 o'clock

•Two times a week

•Once a month

•Monthly, weekly, annually

•Ago: two days ago, a year ago, five weeks ago

•Last: last month, last year, last week

•Yesterday

•The day before yesterday

•Back then

•In 2010

•When I was young,

•In the past,

•A little while ago

Quiz 2: Choose the correct answer

1. I usually ______ late to study for my grade 12 exam.

A. to stay up

B. staying up

C. stay up

D. stayed up

Quiz 2: Choose the correct answer

2. Last month we _______ because we’re on vacation.

A. don’t study

B. not studying

C. didn’t studied

D. didn’t study

Quiz 2: Choose the correct answer

3. Our teacher _______ a motorbike. He rides a bike.

A. has not

B. doesn’t have

C. didn’t have

D. not have

Quiz 2: Choose the correct answer

4. Dara ___ his car keys on this table yesterday.

A. put

B. puts

C. doesn’t put

D. putting

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You made it to the end

of this lesson!

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