Помогите составит предложение в past simple и present simple

Present simple She knits very nice sweaters Cheerful people live longerEach lesson lasts 45 minutes.I like your singingPast simple . My father was watching an interesting programme on TV, while I was reading for the examination. I wrote three novels last year.There were so many soap operas on television five year agoI opened the book, found the right page and started reading aloud