1. Welcome to
4th Grade
Grammar!

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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!

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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 =

8. 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!