Simple past, present and future tense: review

Key Notes:

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

💡 Use: To express facts, habits, and general truths.

✅ Structure:
👉 Subject + base form of the verb (+ s/es for he, she, it)

✅ Examples:

• I play cricket every day. 🏏
• She reads books in the evening. 📚
• The sun rises in the east. ☀️

🔹Time Words: always, usually, often, every day, sometimes, never

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

💡 Use: To talk about actions that happened in the past.

✅ Structure:
👉 Subject + past form of the verb (V2)

✅ Examples:

• They watched a movie yesterday. 🎬
• He visited his grandmother last week. 👵
• We played football after school. ⚽

🔹Time Words: yesterday, last night, last week, ago, in 2020

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

💡 Use: To express actions that will happen in the future.

✅ Structure:
👉 Subject + will/shall + base form of the verb

✅ Examples:

• I will go to school tomorrow. 🏫
• She will call you later. ☎️
• They will celebrate the festival next month. 🎉

🔹Time Words: tomorrow, next week, soon, in the future, later

QUICK COMPARISON TABLE 📊

⏱️ Tense Type	🔤 Structure	🗣️ Example
🕐 Simple Present	Subject + V1 (+s/es)	She walks to school. 🚶‍♀️
⏳ Simple Past	Subject + V2	She walked to school. 🏫
⏰ Simple Future	Subject + will/shall + V1	She will walk to school. 🌅

TIPS TO REMEMBER

✨ Add -ed to regular verbs in past tense (ex: play → played).
✨ Use will/shall to show future actions.
✨ Add s/es for singular subjects in present tense (he, she, it).
✨ Use do/does and did for negative and questions.

Examples:
❌ He doesn’t play football.
❌ They didn’t go yesterday.
❓ Will you come tomorrow?

Summary:

Tense	Use	Example
Simple Present	Habit/Fact	I eat breakfast at 8. 🍽️
Simple Past	Completed Action	I ate breakfast at 8. ⏰
Simple Future	Upcoming Action	I will eat breakfast at 8. 🕗