GRAMMAR NOTES

PRESENT TENSE

1. For habitual actions
2. For instructions and directions
3. To describe feelings and senses

PAST TENSE

1. To express an action in the past
2. When we change from direct to indirect speech
3. In conditional statements

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. To show an action being done at the moment
2. To show a habitual action. It is used with words like always, after
3. To refer to an action that is repeated many times

PAST CONTINUOUS

1. To mention something that happened at a particular time or over a period of time
2. When two actions happen at the same time in the past
3. When one action happens followed by another action in the past

RULES


SINGULAR


PLURAL

NOUNS


VERBS

NOUNS

VERBS

PRESENT TENSE


he/she/the cat

eats/sleeps

we/they/
the cats


Eat

PAST TENSE


he/she/the cat

ate/slept

we/they/
the cats


Ate

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS


he/she/the cat

is
eating/ sleeping

we/they/
the cats


are
eating/sleeping

PAST CONTINUOUS


he/she/the cat

was
eating/ sleeping

we/they/
the cats


were
eating/sleeping