Verb Tenses Examples Part I (Prof. Candela)

Verb Tenses (HUMA): The millennials not using social media

Simple Present

Millennials use social media a lot.

Jason loves his extra free time.

Present Continuous

I’m spending so much time doing this.

We are always checking our smartphones.

Past Simple

Beausoleil deleted her account recently.

She recently broke up with her partner.

Mathias had Facebook and Twitter accounts for years.

Past Continuous

Jason was spending too much time online.

Everyone could know what we were doing.

VERB TENSES (PUEF): BRAZIL HOSTS THE 2016 

OLYMPIC GAMES

Present Simple
Brazil hosts the 2016 Olympic games.
In the Paralympics athletes with physical disabilities compete for medals.
Another problem is the Zika virus.

Present Continuous
About 4,350 athletes from 160 countries are taking part in these games.

Past Simple
Michael Phelps won 5 gold medals and 1 silver medal.
Some athletes decided not to travel to Rio.

Past Continuous

Many Brazilians were not happy that their country was hosting the event.