Simple Tense
Verb tense tells
you when the action happens. There are three main verb tenses: present, past,
and future. Each main tense is divided into simple, progressive, perfect, and
perfect progressive tenses.
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Simple
|
Progressive
|
Perfect
|
Perfect Progressive
|
|
Present
|
finish
|
am/is/are finishing
|
have/has finished
|
have/has been finishing
|
|
Past
|
finished
|
was/were finishing
|
had finished
|
had been finishing
|
|
Future
|
will finish
|
will be finishing
|
will have finished
|
will have been finishing
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Things to remember about simple tense:
a. Present tense is the original verb form.
b. Past tense has a few patterns.
c. Future tense needs will (shall) + verb.
run
- I run a marathon twice a year.
(present)
- I ran a marathon last year. (past)
- I will run a marathon next year.
(future)
eat
- I eat lunch in my office.
- I ate lunch an hour ago.
- I will eat lunch in one hour.
see
- I see a movie once a week.
- I saw a movie yesterday.
- I will see a movie tomorrow.
know
- I know it.
- I knew it the day before yesterday.
- I will know it by tomorrow.
learn
- I learn English.
- I learned English the last two
years.
- I will learn English next year.
cook
- I cook my supper every night.
- I cooked our dinner already.
- I will cook breakfast tomorrow.
[Quiz 10.1]
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms.
1) I
a song at the concert yesterday.
2) He
a letter to his girlfriend tomorrow.
3) I
to the library to borrow some books this weekend.
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[10.1]
1) sang
2) will write
3) will go
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