Present vs past

A GOOD SPORTSIMPLE PRESENT VS SIMPLE PAST

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swimming

volleyball

hockey

skiing

athletics

golf

cricket

pool

gymnastics

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How to read years?

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Examples

à two thousand and four

à seventeen sixty-five

à nineteen ninety-nine

à two thousand and two

à thirteen forty-one

• 2004

• 1765

• 1999

• 2002

• 1341

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I joined a volleyball team in 2006.

When forming sentences, we use the formula in + year

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Simple Present vs. Simple Past

Simple Present Simple Past

We use it for habits and actions

that happen regularly in the

present

We use it to talk about things that

happened in the past

I usually play soccer on Monday but, last week I played on Friday.

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vocabulary

bookshop

stadium

shopping centre

swimming pool

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MY LIFE STORY

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vocabularyGeography

History

Business and Management

Maths

Physics

Information Technology (IT)

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USING “SO” AND “BECAUSE”

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We use because to show reason

•  I decided to study English because I needed it for my school.

•  I went to the concert because I loved that band.

•  I moved to Mexico City because I wanted to study here.

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We use so to express a result or

a consequence

•  I was good at languages so I studied English.

•  I copied in the exam so I failed the course.

•  I studied hard for the exam so it was very easy for me.

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