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<div class="pg_page_title"> Tenses In English </div>
==Types of Tenses:==
<code>Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense, Simple Continuous Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Participle etc...</code>


In the most of the sentences both of them can be correct but there is different between them:
==Simple Present Tense:==


1-some verb can't get "ing" such as "like -love-hate and ..." for these verbs we can just use present perfect that means I have done
1. For singular, add -s to the end of the verb.


2- another different is , present perfect ( i have done ) mostly use for actions that were starting in the past and finish now but present perfect continues (i have been doing) just use for actions that were starting in tge past and now still is continueing
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:'''
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Subject'''
!'''Verb'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | +
|I, you, we, they
!no -s
|-
|He, she, it
!-s
|-
| rowspan="2" | -
|I, you, we, they
!do
|-
|He, she, it
|do'''es'''
|}
 
== When we use Present Tense? ==
* 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:==
1) add -ed
 
2) change the verb to the past tense form.
 
3) Here are the list of past tenses:
{| class="wikitable"
!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? ==
* 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: ==
Never use any tenses after these keywords to, can/could, will/would, shall/should, must, may, do/does/did.
 
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Since-and-For|Since and For]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Collocations-with-pay|Collocations with pay]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Positions-of-Pronouns-in-Sentences|Positions of Pronouns in Sentences]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Collocations-with-catch|Collocations with catch]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Count-noun|Count noun]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/CONJUNCTIONS-→-Cause-and-Effect|CONJUNCTIONS → Cause and Effect]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Questions|Questions]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Prepositions-of-Time|Prepositions of Time]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Different-Forms-of-the-Verbs|Different Forms of the Verbs]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Positions-of-Reflexive-Pronouns-in-Sentences|Positions of Reflexive Pronouns in Sentences]]
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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.

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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