Game Time Tenses • Present & Past Simple + to be

BOSS LEVEL 1 Verb TO BE

The most important verb in the game! Use it to say who you are, where you are, how you feel.

🟢 Present: am / is / are

	+	−	?
I	am	am not	Am I…?
he/she/it	is	is not (isn't)	Is he…?
you/we/they	are	are not (aren't)	Are you…?

I am a gamer. She is online. They are friends.

🟠 Past: was / were

	+	−	?
I / he / she / it	was	was not (wasn't)	Was I…?
you / we / they	were	were not (weren't)	Were you…?

I was tired. We were in the game. He wasn't online.

BOSS LEVEL 2 Present Simple

Use it for habits, routines, facts and things that are always true. Perfect for game schedules!

Rules

	+	−	?
I / you / we / they	play	don't play	Do you play…?
he / she / it	plays	doesn't play	Does he play…?

✅ I play Minecraft every day.
✅ She plays Roblox after school.
✅ He doesn't play on Mondays.
✅ Do you play Fortnite?

💡 Remember: he/she/it + verb + -s / -es

BOSS LEVEL 3 Past Simple

Talk about finished actions in the past. What did you play yesterday?

🟢 Regular verbs → add -ed

play → played watch → watched start → started finish → finished want → wanted need → needed like → liked live → lived

I played for 2 hours. She watched a stream.

🔥 Irregular verbs (A1 power-ups)

go → went see → saw have → had make → made do → did get → got come → came take → took give → gave eat → ate drink → drank write → wrote read → read buy → bought find → found think → thought

+ I went to the shop. She saw a new skin.
− I didn't go. He didn't see it.
? Did you go? Did she see it?

💡 In negatives and questions we use did / didn't + base form (go, see, play…)

QUICK CHECK Flip the cards!

Tap a card. See the correct past form or to be form.

MINI-GAME 1 Sort the sentences

Drag or tap: is it Present or Past?

🟢 PRESENT

🟠 PAST

MINI-GAME 2 Quiz Boss

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🎡 SPIN THE WHEEL

Spin! Then choose the correct form.

🎧 LISTENING

Listen and choose what you hear.

⚡ TO BE POWER-UP

Choose am / is / are / was / were

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SPEAKING Talk like a gamer

Look at the prompt. Say a full sentence. Then tap the mic!

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READING Game story

Read the story. The highlighted words are the tenses we learned. Then answer the questions.

Hi! My name is Alex. I am 11 years old and I love computer games. Every day after school I play Minecraft with my friends. My best friend Max plays Fortnite. He doesn't play Minecraft very often.

Yesterday I was free all afternoon. I went online at 3 o'clock. Max wasn't online at first. Then he came and we played together for two hours. We built a huge castle. I ate pizza and I drank cola. It was awesome!

Last weekend we didn't play because Max was at his grandma's house. But next Saturday we are going to play again!

WRITING Complete the quest

Fill in the gaps with the correct form.

CREATE Your own game log

📝 Write your game diary (4–6 sentences)

Use Present Simple for habits + Past Simple for yesterday/last weekend + to be.

🗣️ Role-play with a friend

What games do you play?
Does your friend play the same games?
What did you play yesterday?
Were you online last weekend?
Was the game fun?

🏆 Boss Challenge

Write 8 past forms (regular + irregular) from memory:

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QUEST COMPLETE!

You finished the full mission:
Learn → Play → Create

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