Exercise | Simple Present - Simple Past - Going to Future
Level A2
Complete the sentences using the simple past, the simple present or the going to future.
Answer explanations
Next weekend I am going to visit my grandparents.
A plan or fixed intention for the future, with a future time word (next weekend) → Going to future
His friends went to the cinema yesterday evening.
A completed action in the past with a past time reference (yesterday evening) → Simple past
She is going to meet her new English teacher tomorrow.
A plan or fixed intention for the future, with a future time word (tomorrow) → Going to future
My mother usually gets up at 5:30 every morning, but today she is ill.
We use the simple present tense for actions that happen regularly.
Sally is going to travel to India next summer.
A plan or fixed intention for the future, with a future time word (next summer) → Going to future
Her best friend had a party last week, but I did not get an invitation.
A completed action in the past with a past time reference (last week) → Simple past
I really like dogs. They are my favourite animals.
We use the simple present tense for statements that are generally true.
My cousin usually walks to school, but yesterday he took the bus instead.
A completed action in the past with a past time reference (yesterday) → Simple past
My brother is going to get married next winter.
A plan or fixed intention for the future, with a future time word (next winter) → Going to future
Thank you for your invitation, but I don´t think that I can come.
State in the present → Simple present
Note: Think (with the meaning ‘to believe’) is a state verb. We use it in the simple present (and not in the present progressive) even when we use it to mean ‘right now’.
Charlie seems to be tired at the moment.
State in the present → Simple present
Note: Seem is a state verb. We use it in the simple present (and not in the present progressive) even when we use it to mean ‘right now’.
Is Paul at school today? – I don´t know.
State in the present → Simple present
Note: Know is a state verb. We use it in the simple present (and not in the present progressive) even when we use it to mean ‘right now’.
I am going to buy a sports car when I´m old enough.
A plan or fixed intention for the future (when I am old enough) → Going to future