The Simple Tenses



The Simple Tenses--Review

|Simple Present Tense--Part 1 or Part 2 of a verb |Part I |

|Used to express a fact |BASE |

|Karen lives in Sylmar. |(I/we/you/they) |

|Water flows downhill. |Part II (he |

|The earth spins on its axis. |BASE+s she |

|The Smiths own their home. |every day it) |

| |Part III |

|CLUES = every day / on Tuesdays / twice a year |PAST |

|Repeated or habitual actions |yesterday |

|Every day I teach several classes. | |

|On Tuesdays Mary has lunch with her mother. |live |

|Bobbie visits his mother twice a year. |lives |

|Commands (You is the implied subject of a command) |lived |

|(you) Please eat your lunch. | |

|(you) Sit down. |spin |

|(you) Brush your teeth. |spins |

| |spun |

| | |

| |teach |

| |catch |

| |wish |

| |teaches |

| |catches |

| |wishes |

| |taught |

| |caught |

| |wished |

| | |

| |have |

| |has |

| |had |

| | |

| |be (am/are) |

| |is |

| |was/were |

| | |

| |buy |

| |buys |

| |bought |

| | |

| |rip |

| |rips |

| |ripped |

| | |

| |hope |

| |hopes |

| |hoped |

| | |

| |hop |

| |hops |

| |hopped |

| | |

| |blur |

| |blurs |

| |blurred |

| | |

Simple Past Tense--Part 3 CLUES = yesterday / months ago / last week

▪ Used to express an action which has been completed in the past--a minute, month, or year ago. The action is FINISHED.

▪ Jack ripped his shirt yesterday.

▪ Mary and Joe bought a house two months ago.

▪ Bill painted his car last week.

Simple Future Tense--Will or Shall + Part 1 CLUES = tomorrow / in two months / next week

▪ Used to express an action which will occur in the future. There are many ways to discuss the future, but the simple future tense uses the helping verbs will or shall and the base (part 1) form of a verb.

▪ Betty will finish the project tomorrow.

▪ Jaime will go to Bolivia next week.

▪ Brandon will paint the house in two months.

|Base – PART I |Base+s – PART II |Past – PART III |

|Every day I ___________ |Every day she ___________ |Yesterday I ___________ |

|work |works |worked |

|push |pushes (add –es to words ending in sh/ch/x/z) |pushed |

|study (consonant changes “y” to “i”) |studies |studied |

|pray (vowel before “y” NO change) |prays |prayed |

|pay (know your irregular verbs) |pays |paid |

|say |says |said |

|stop |stops |stopped |

|choose (know your irregular verbs) |chooses |chose |

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