tenses of present, past and future
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TENSES
Verbs in the present, past and future tense
Simple present tense
A verb tense indicating an action in the present time which is not finished.
Simple past tense
A verb tense indicating action that occurred in the past and which does not extend into the present.
Simple future tense
A verb tense indicating action that has not yet begun.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The uses of simple present tense:
•To introduce yourself and other
eg: I am Carol
•To express nationality , age, occupations
eg: •She is French
• He is a policeman
•To talk about physical characteristics
eg: I am tall
SIMPLE PRESENT
Tense Positive
statement
Negative
statement
Wh-question Yes /
No
Simple
present
tense
Be Action Be Action
She is a
student
she late She is
not a
student
She is
not late
Who is the student?
Why does she late?
Does she
late?
They are
players
They play They are
not
players
They do
not play
Who are the players?
Why do they play?
Do they
play?
SIGNAL WORDS
Every day, often, usually, sometimes, always,
rarely, seldom, hardly, every week, never
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
The uses of simple past tense:
• to talk about finish action that happen at a specific
time in the past
Eg:I visited Berlin last week
• to list a series of completed actions in the past
Eg: She prepared a cake
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Tense Positive
statement
Negative
statement
Wh-question Yes /
No
Simple
past tense
Be Action Be Action Be Action
She was
happy
She ate She was
not
happy
She did
not eat
Who was
happy?
Why did she
eat?
Was she
happy?
They
were
players
They
played
They
were not
players
They did
not play
Who were
the players?
Why did
they play?
Were
they
players?
SIGNAL WORDS
Yesterday , last night, two hours ago , in 1997, last
week
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
The uses of simple future tense:
• to express a voluntary action
eg: I will send you the information when I get it.
• to express a promise
eg: I will call you when I arrive.
• to express a prediction
eg: The year 2222 is going to be a very interesting
year.
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Tense Positive
statement
Negative
statement
Wh-question Yes /
No
Simple
future
tense
Be Action Be Action Be Action
She will
be a
student
she will
play
She will
not be a
student
She will
not play
Who will be
the student?
Why will
she play?
Will she
be
student?
They will
be
players
They will
play
They will
not be
players
They will
not play
Who will be
the players?
Why will
they play?
Will they
be
players?
SIGNAL WORDS
Tomorrow, soon, in 2020, next year, next week , in the
future
1. I _____ (be) a student.
Answer:
a) are
b) is
c) am
2. My father __________ excuses when I feel like going to the cinema.
Answer:
a) make always
b) always make
c) always makes
3. She ________ (not, be) six years old.
Answer:
a) isn't
b) not is
c) are not
4. The flowers _______________ (be, normally) watered by Bob ....
Answer:
a) are normally
b) normally are
c) normally is
EXERCISE
5. Danny ________ (phone) his father on Sundays.
Answer:
a) phons
b) phones
c) phone
6. I ___________ (not, know) what you mean.
Answer:
a) doesn't know
b) not know
c) don't know
7. John ________ (work) in a supermarket.
Answer:
a) works
b) working
c) work
8. I ___________ about a yellow unicorn last night.
a) dreamed
b) slept
c) think
9. Anna ___________ to class yesterday because she was at the hospital.
a) didn't come
b) didn't take
c) didn't arrive
10. It was snowing last night. It ___________ so cold!
a) touched
b) felt
c) happened
11. Lucy ___________ her mother's watch, so she bought a new one.
a) broke
b) crashed
c) forgot
12. The plane ——————– at 4.30 pm.
a) arrive
b) arrives
c) will arrive
d) has arrive
13. I will call you when I ——————- back.
a) will come
b) comes
c) come
d) had come
14. We ——————– the Smiths this evening.
a) visit
b) visits
c) are visiting
d) have visited
15. Look at the sky. It ——————– rain.
a) is going to
b) will rain
c) would rain
d) was going to