Present Simple

Example: + We play basketball every Monday.

                - We don't play basketball every Monday.

                ? Do you play basketball every Monday? Yes, we do. / No, we don't.

3rd person singular (suffix -s/-es): plays, doesn't, does

Use: to describe activities and events that happen regularly, to describe something that is always true, to describe schedules and timetables

Phrases used with Present Simple: every day/month/week..., on Mondays/Saturdays, adverbs of frequency (always, often, usually, sometimes, hardly ever, never), etc.

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/present-negative.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/simple-present.htm

https://www.autoenglish.org/tenses/gr.presim.i.htm 

https://www.autoenglish.org/gr.person.i.htm 

Present Continuous

Example: + Susan is watching TV at the moment.

                - Susan isn't watching TV at the moment.

                ? Is Susan watching TV at the moment? Yes, she is. / No, she isn't.

Use: to describe activities happening at the moment of speaking or around now, to describe future arrangements

Phrases used with Present Continuous: now, at the moment, today, this week, this month, etc.

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/present-progressive-1

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_mix.htm 

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/elementary/grammar/grammar_04_012e?cc=sk&selLanguage=sk  

Past Simple

Example: + I washed my hair yesterday.

               - I didn't wash my hair yesterday.

               ? Did I wash my hair yesterday?  Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

Use: to describe activities and events that started and finished in the past, usually with a time expression

Phrases used with Past Simple: yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week/month/year, in 2018, etc.

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-8.html

https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_mix.htm 

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Past Simple for actions that happenned one after another: 

He opened the door, took off his coat and turned on the lights.

Past Continuous for actions happenning at the same time in the past:

The sun was shining, the wind was mildly blowing and the clouds were slowly moving in the sky.

Past Simple and Past Continuous for a single event (Simple) that interrupted a longer event (Continuous) in the past.

While I was watching TV, my parents came home.

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g50-past-simple-or-past-continuous-worksheet.php

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beginner-to-pre-intermediate/past-continuous-and-past-simple

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/past-simple-vs-past-continuous

Present Perfect Simple

Example: + I have done my homework.

                - I haven't done my homework.

                ? Have you done your homework?

3rd person singular: has/hasn't

Use: to describe actions or events that started in the past and still continue (usually with for/since); to describe actions or events that happenned in the past without mentioning when it happenned (we can see the result, or have the experience)

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple/exercises

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present-perfect-multiple

https://www.learnenglish.de/games/tenses/prespersim.html 

Present Perfect Simple vs. Past Simple

Check the use of these two tenses watching the video:  

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-4.html

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect.htm 

https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf2.htm 

https://www.spraz-ila.de/grammar/ppspquiz1.htm

https://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/pres_perfect/pres_per_vs_past_simple.html

Past Perfect

Example: + I had done my homework before I went to bed.

                - I hadn't done my homework before I went to bed.

                ? Had you done your homework before you went to bed?

Use: to describe an event that happenned before another event in the past

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-1.html

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect.htm

https://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/past_perfect/past_perfect.html

Future Perfect vs. Future Continuous

Other webpages for practising:

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/future-continuous-and-future-perfect/

https://www.e-grammar.org/future-perfect-simple-continuous/test1-exercise1/ 

Reported Speech

When transforming direct speech into reported, we need to change the tenses:

• present simple = past simple
• present continuous = past continuous
• past simple = past perfect
• present perfect = past perfect
• will = would
• can = could

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-12.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-10.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-9.html

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/backshift.htm  

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/say-or-tell-exercise-1.html

Quantifiers

some, any -used with countable plural nouns, uncountable nouns

some - in positive (+) sentences, in question (?) when one has the object or knowledge of possesion

any - in negative (-) sentences and questions (?)

 much, many, a lot of - large quantity of something

much - used with uncountable nouns, preffered in negative (-) sentences and questions (?), how much

many - used with plural countable nouns, preffered in negative (-) sentences and questions (?), how many

a lot of - used with both plural countable and uncountable nouns, preffered in positive (+) sentences, less formal than much and many

a few, a little - small quantity of something

a few - used with plural countable nouns

a little - used with uncountable nouns

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/few_little3.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/much_many5.htm 

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/some_any2.htm

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-98877.php

First Conditional

Passive Voice

Other webpages for practising: 

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-present

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-1.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-past

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_past.htm 

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-perfect

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?future-1