Kasthuri

Thamaiyanthi
Mythili

Simple
Perfect Progressive
Forms

Tenses
Simple Progressive Perfect
Present eat/s am/is/are eating have/has eaten
Past Ate was/were eating had eaten
Future will/shall eat will be eating will have eaten
Simple
Tenses
Simple
present
tense
Simple
future
tense
Simple
past
tense
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?