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Present and past tense

Simple present

Present continous

Simple past

Past continous

The simple present tense is used to express or describe habits,unchanging situations,general truths, repeated actions or scheduled events.

The simple present tense is simple to form. Just use the base form of the verb. The 3rd person singular takes an -s at the end. Negative and question forms use DOES ( the third person of the auxiliary 'DO') + the infinitive of the verb.

to describe actions that are happening at the time of speaking, or to refer to trends or actions that are currently occurring.

combining the present tense of the verb "to be" with the present participle of the main verb. We use am, are, is + the -ing form of the verb.

(-)Subject + am/is/are + not + present participle (verb+ing) + the rest of the sentence (?)Am/is/are + subject + present participle (verb+ing) + the rest of the sentence.

Present

Past

is used to describe a completed action that took place in the past. It can be used to refer to actions that happened in the recent or distant past.

The simple past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding “-ed” to the infinitive form of the verb. In the regular form the verb changes its spelling.(-)Subject+didn't+verb(?)Did + Subject + Verb

Is used to describe an action that was ongoing or started in the past and continued for a period of time.

(+)Subject+ was/were + present participle (verb+ing) + the rest of the sentence(-)Subject + was/were + not + present participle (verb+ing) + the rest of the sentence(?)Was/were + subject + present participle (verb+ing) + the rest of the sentence

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Structure

Structure

  • She works at a hospital

  • She doesn't work at a hospital

  • Does she work at a hospital?

  • I did't go to the movies.

  • Did you go to the movies?

  • I went to the movies

  • She was eating a sandwich

  • She wasn't eating a sandwich

  • Was she eating a sandwich?

  • My sister is baking a cake

  • My sister is not baking a cake

  • Is my sister baking a cake?