Tenses

 Tense


A word Tense comes from the Latin word tempus which means time. The Tense of a Verb shows the time of an action or event.

Types of Tenses 

There are three main  Tenses 

1 Past Tense


2   Present  Tense.  



3 Future Tense





Present Tense

A verb that refers to present time is called Present Tense.

For instance

1  He reads a book.




2  The baby drinks milk.




3  I write.

Past Tense

A verb that refers to the Past time is called Past Tense.

For instance

1  I wrote.




2 He caught a bird.






3 They ate food.




Future Tense

A verb that refers to future time is called future Tense.

For instance

1 I shall write.




2 You will go to hospital.





3. They will play basketball. 




 Simple Present Tense 

Formula

Subject+ first form of verb + object. 


Or


Subject + V(1) + object 

Add s / es =  He , she, and it +singular 


For Negative Sentences


Subject + do/does not  + V(1) + object 

For Interrogative

Do/does+ Subject+V(1)+object ?

Use Do   : the, I, we, they, you and plurals. 

Use Does :  He , she , it and singular.

Examples


1. They play football.

They do not play football.

Do they play football?

Do they not play football?


2 She goes to market.

She doesn't  go to market.

Does she go to market?

Does she not go to market?

When we use does in a sentence we omit es or s to the verb.


 The uses Simple Present Tense


  The Simple Present is used

*  To express a habitual action, as,


1)  I get up early in the morning.

2) She reads the newspaper after getting up. 

3. He smokes.

4. Cats drink milk. 

*  To express general truths; as,

1  The sun rises in the east.

2. Truth never fails.

3  The earth 🌎 revolves around the sun. 


*   To express a future event that is part of a fixed timetable or fixed programme .

1  The next fight is at 7.00 tomorrow morning. 

2. We leave London at 9:00 next day. 

3.  The train lerves at 5.20

4. When does the bakery reopen?


*  It is used to introduce quotations; as, 


Shakespeare says, "frailty thy name is woman." 

* It is used in time clauses as

a). When there is an idea of routine. 

1  She takes her daughter to school before she goes to work.

2  As soon as he earns any money he spends it. 


It is used when the main verb is in future form. 

1  When it stops raining we will go out. 


 * It is used in broadcast commentaries on sporting events, the Simple Present is used. instead of the Present Continuous, to describe activities in progress where there is stress on the succession of happenings rather than on the duration


*.  It is used in conditional sentence type 1.

If I see Naila ,I will ask her.

He will pass the exam if he works hard.


*  It is used in newspaper headlines.


1  PEACE TALKS FAILS.


2  EARTH QUAKE AND FIRE.


*  lt must be used instead of the present continuous with verbs which cannot be used in the continuous form,

 e. g.

 Love , See , Believe etc

1 l  love you.   Correct 

2. I am loving you.     Incorrect 


*.  It is also used used with the adverbs or adverb phrases such as

 Always, never , occasionally , often , sometimes, usually , every week , on Monday, twice a year etc.

1. It rains in Winter.

2. I go to visit my grandmother on Sundays

3. I always wash my hands before eating food. 


*  It is used to talk about feelings and thoughts.

For instance

1 I think it's a good idea.

2. Sam likes her dog. 

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