Simple Present, Past, and Future Tenses

Professor MosesSpring 2013

• Tense explains WHEN something happened.

• The most basic tenses are called SIMPLE TENSES

What are simple tenses? Why do we use them??

3 Simples Tenses

• Simple PRESENT Tense

• Simple PAST Tense

• Simple FUTURE Tense

Simple Present Tense

• WHEN?? Used for something you ALWAYS or USUALLY do

• Conjugation: Simple form of the verb

“to study” = “study” I always study at school. I usually at night. On Mondays, I study at my house. On most weekends, I study at the coffee shop.

EXAMPLE

Simple Past Tense

• WHEN?? Used for something you did BEFORE• Conjugation: Simple form of the verb + “ed”

“to study” = “studied” When I was 6 years old, I studied at my elementary school. Last week, I studied every night. Last year, I studied Biology. Yesterday, I studied at the coffee shop.

EXAMPLE

Simple Future Tense

• WHEN?? Used for something will do LATER• Conjugation: Simple form of the verb + “will”

“to study” = “will study” When I am in graduate school, I will study at Harvard University. Next week, I will study every night. Next year, I will study Biology. Two hours from now, I will study at the coffee

shop.

EXAMPLE

In Korean - 한국어로• Simple Present Tense:

I study. = 나는 공부해요 .

Simple Past Tense: I studied. = 나는 공부했어요 .

Simple Future Tense: I will study. = 나는 공부할 거예요 .

Write Your Own Sentences

*irregular verb

Verb Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

to walk walk walked will walk

to cook cook cooked will cook

to like like liked will like

to work work worked will work

*to sleep sleep slept will sleep

*to eat eat ate will eat