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Present Tense

This story uses only two types of present tense: 

  1. the simple present tense is the most common present tense. It describes actions happening now or actions that happen regularly: She walks slowly. I walk to school every day. He is tall.
  2. the present continuous tense describes actions that are happening around (and including) the time when you are speaking:
    I am walking to the store now.

Story

Jana goes to school on weekdays. She always wears her school uniform. All of the students at Jana’s school wear school uniforms. Sometimes the uniforms make it difficult for Jana to find her friends. The uniforms make everyone look similar from a distance.

Jana knows that she can recognize her friends by looking for certain things that are not part of their uniforms. Her friend Anna has long, blond hair. Her friend Charlie has short, brown hair. Her friend Melissa always wears a blue hat. Her friend Willa often wears a bow in her hair.

Jana does not go to school on weekends. Jana likes to visit her friends on Saturdays. Sometimes all of Jana’s friends gather at her house on a Saturday. They like to play board games and watch movies. Sometimes they try to make an interesting new dish for lunch. Sometimes they go shopping together. If the weather is nice, they like to play outside. If the weather is bad, one of their favorite indoor games to play is ‘Hide and Seek’.

On weekends they do not wear their school uniforms. Jana finds it much easier to recognize her friends on weekends. Willa likes to wear dresses. Charlie and Anna wear jeans when they are not in school. Melissa always wears something blue.

Jana loves spending time with her friends at school and on weekends. Her friends are fun to be around, and they are always coming up with great ideas for fun things to do.

Questions

Try to answer the questions with complete sentences. Example: When does Jana go to school? Don’t just answer ‘Weekdays’. Answer with a complete sentence, preferably in present tense: ‘Jana goes to school on weekdays.'

  1. When does Jana go to school?

  2. What days are weekdays?

  3. What days are weekend days?

  4. How does Jana recognize her friend Willa at school?

  5. How does Jana recognize her friend Charlie at school?

  6. How does Jana recognize her friend Melissa on weekends?

  7. What kind of hair does Anna have?

  8. What kind of games do Jana and her friends play on Saturdays?

  9. What are some other things Jana and her friends like to do on the weekend?

  10. What do Jana’s friends wear at school?