Present Simple
Use
1.To express an action that happens again and again, that is a habit.
I usually get up at 7 o’clock. Nick always helps his friends.
2.To express a fact which is always true.
Rockets fly faster than airplanes.
Expressions: always every day usually sometimes never
Present Continuous
Use:
1.to express an activity that is happening at the moment of speaking
What are you doing now?
2.to express an activity or situation that is true now but it is not necessarity happening at the moment of speaking.
Don’t take the book I am reading it.
3. to express a temporary activity
I’am living with my friends until I find a place to live
4. to express a planned future arangement
I am having a meeting with my classmates tomorrow
We don’t use Present Continuous with words: like believe know think want remember hope neeed remember
Past Simple
Use
1. to express a finished action in the past
I bought this book in Vilnius.
2. to express actions which follow each other in the story
Shakespeare was born in England. He wrote hamlet in 1599. He died in1637.
3. to express a past situation or habit
Jack played chess very well when he was a small boy.
Past Simple time expressions
Last night
Two days ago
I did Yesterday morning
in 1985
When I was young
Past Continuous
Use
1. to express an activity in progress in the past.
When I woke up it was snowing
2.to describe a situation or activity during the period in the past
Jan looked lovely. She waswearing green dress.
3. to express an interrupted past activity