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Tenses In English

Types of Tenses:[edit | edit source]

Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense, Simple Continuous Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Participle etc...

Simple Present Tense:[edit | edit source]

1. For singular, add -s to the end of the verb.

2. For plural, no -s at the end of the verb.

3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.

  • Look at these examples of simple present tense:
Subject Verb
+ I, you, we, they no -s
He, she, it -s
- I, you, we, they do
He, she, it does

When we use Present Tense?[edit | edit source]

  • The keywords are always, often, sometimes and usually
  • For example:
  • I always play badminton. ( Although there is the keyword "always", the verb after subject "I" cannot add s. )
  • He sometimes goes to library. ( Keyword "sometimes" and the subject "he", so can add s. )

Simple Past Tense:[edit | edit source]

1) add -ed

2) change the verb to the past tense form.

3) Here are the list of past tenses:

Verb Past Tense Verb Past tense
is/am was buy bought
are were bring brought
think thought win won
leave left sweep swept
rise rose read read ( read as red )
swim swam blow blew
tuck tucked roll rolled
began begun go went
hang ( hang someone ) hanged hang ( hang a picture ) hung
sit sat eat ate
tie tied lie lied
sink sank sleep slept
make made take took
shake shook add added

When we use Past Tense?[edit | edit source]

  • We use past tense after keyword ago, yesterday, this morning, On year/month/day.
  • Example:
  • I did the homework yesterday. ( Keyword yesterday and past tense of do is did. )
  • I was born on 2012. ( Keyword on and past tense of was is "is" )

Bombs of Tenses:[edit | edit source]

Never use any tenses after these keywords to, can/could, will/would, shall/should, must, may, do/does/did.

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