MYTHILY A/P MANIMARAN

KASTHURI A/P KRISHNAN

THAMAIYANTHI A/P RATNAM
Simple Tenses

The simple form of a verb demonstrates an action that has a
specific time duration.

The action has occurred, is going on now, or will happen in
the future.

Simple Present Tense

A simple present tense sentense

Used to describe an action that is happening at
present

Does not indicate when the action is expected to
end

Simple Present Tense
1. Sentences
I / You / We/ They go
to school every day.
He / She / It goes
2. Sentences with 'not'
I / You / We/ They do not go to school every Sunday.
He / She / It does not go
3. Questions
Do I / you/ we/ they
go to school every day?
Does he/ she/ it

We use the
simple present
tense :

For habits
He drinks milk for breakfast.
I sleep early at night.

For repeated actions
I (always/ sometimes/ usually/ often)
watch TV at night.
He plays football every Sunday.

For general truths
The sun rises in the east.
It is cold in winter.



Simple Past Tense
The Simple Past tense contains 'was' and 'were

Regular verbs : base + ed
( worked; cleaned; listened )

Irregular verbs :
( go---went; eat--- ate; drink--- drank )

1. Sentences
I/ You/ We/ They/ He/
She/ It
went
to school yesterday.

2. Sentences with 'not
I/ You/ We/ They/ He/ She/ It
did not go
to school yesterday.

3. Questions

Did
I/ You/ We/ They/
He/ She/ It
go to school
yesterday?
Simple Past Tense
Simple Past Tense
We use the Past Simple Tense to talk about a completed event in
the past.

He finished his homework yesterday.

It is always associated with certain past time expressions like:-
'yesterday';
'last week';
'when I was young';
'ago';
'this morning';
'once upon a time


My father left Hong Kong last week.
Once there was a poor farmer called Ah Ming.
Did Peter play basketball this morning?

Simple Future
Tense
Form
shall/ will + verb e.g. will go / shall go

1. Sentences
I / He/ She/ We/ You/ We/ They
will go
to the park tomorrow.
2. Sentences with 'not'
I / He/ She/ We/ You/ We/ They
won't go
to the park tomorrow
3. Questions
Will
I / he/ she/ we/ you/ we/
they
go to the park tomorrow?
The future tense
is used to :
To talk about future facts

My father will be fifty years old next month.

We use Shall I..? when we want to do things for other people.
Shall I turn off the fan?

We use Shall we..? to make suggestion.
Shall we go for a picnic tomorrow?
Perfect Forms
The perfect form of a verb is used to show variations in time.

These variations include ongoing events, a sequence of
events, or events that have a continued effect on a situation.

Perfect tenses include the past, present, or future form of
have plus the past tense form of the verb.


Examples of
perfect tense
a) Present Perfect tense:

I have jogged to my car.

I have jogged to my car in the past and the
action continues to occur; other actions may take
place at the same time.

b) Past Perfect tense:

I had jogged to my car only to realize I forgot my
keys in the office.
I jogged to my car and stopped, but another
event

(realizing I forgot my keys) occurred directly after
the first action.


c) Future Perfect tense:

I will have jogged to my car.

At some point in the future I will jog to my car, and
other actions may occur at the same time or after
the action.


progressive tense
You will often use progressive and conditional verb tenses in
writing.

The progressive tense is used to discuss an action that is, has,
or will be in the process of occurring.

These can found in past, present, or future tense.

involves action that is, was, or will be in progress at a certain
time. In the progressive tense, verbs are formed with a "be"
verb + ing.


Progressive tense:

She was eating ice cream when her parents came home from work.

Past Progressive: The action happened in the past, and continued
to happen when another action occurred.

Your constant encouragement is helping me while I go through this
difficult time.

Present Progressive: The encouragement is going on at the same
time as another action, and continues to occur.

Our professor will be giving a test next week

Future Progressive: The action has not occurred yet, but will occur
in the future at a certain point in time.
EXAMPLE
run

I am running a marathon right now. (present
progressive)
I was running a marathon at this time last year. (past
progressive)
I will be running a marathon next Sunday. (future
progressive)