Welcome to 4th Grade Grammar!

Present Continuous Simple Present It is used when an action happens regularly or unceasingly. The present forms of verb to be are: am, is, are. Other verbs form the present tense by using their root form or by adding -s or –es. It is used to indicate an action that is happening at this moment. It uses a form of verb to be, plus another verb in the ing form.

Present Continuous Simple Present I am a student at Colegio Real. I like to play every day. Jenny comes to class every morning. My sister finishes her breakfast early. Angela usually studies in my father’s car. I am studying English now. My sister is sleeping at this moment. My parents are working right now. Look! My brother is eating breakfast.

Present Continuous Simple Present KEY WORDS AND PHRASES Always. Never. Usually. Sometimes. Often. Every day. At night. In the afternoon – in the evening. All the time. Now. Right now At this moment Nowadays Look! – Listen!

There are no rules to change irregular verbs to the past, so we have to learn them by heart! Simple Past Simple Form Past give go see buy spend eat drink It is used to talk about an action that already happened. The verbs in the past can be regular or irregular. gave went saw bought spent ate drank

Simple Past Let’s see some examples! Did you wake up early today? Yes! I did. I woke up at 6am. Did you go to bed early last night? No, I didn’t. I went to bed at 11pm. For questions and negative sentences in the past we use the auxiliary did.

Simple Past There are some rules to change regular verbs to the past. Let’s see them! Simple Past Simple Form Past live finish study play work climb dance It is used to talk about an action that already happened. lived + d = finished + ed = studied + ied = eliminate y played + ed = worked + ed = climbed + ed = danced + ed =

Simple Past Let’s complete the table! Simple Form Past drive buy dance listen watch go spend drink have eat fish give feel hear walk Simple Past Let’s complete the table!