The document provides an overview of simple tenses in English: present, past, and future. It explains the structure and usage of each tense, including examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. Additionally, it outlines the necessary modifications for verbs in the third person singular in the simple present tense.

1. Tense
Simple
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3. SIMPLE TENSE
PRESENT FUTURE
PAST

4. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The tense that is used to refer to
event, action, and conditions that are
happening all the time or exist now.

5. Simple Present Tense
Example:
(+) She plays gadget every morning.
(-) She does’nt like to play gadget
every morning.
(?) Does she like to play gadget every
morning?
verbal
(+) S + V1 (s/es) + 0
(-) S + don’t/doesn’t + V1 + O
(?) Do/Does + S + V1 + O

6. Simple Present Tense
(+) S + to be + adj/noun/adv
(-) S + to be + not + adj/noun/adv
(?) To be + S + adj/noun/adv
nominal
Example:
(+) I am from Indonesia.
(-) I am not from Indonesia.
(?) Am I from Indonesia?

7. I
You
They
We
Simple Present
Tense
Without s/es
don’t
To form the Simple Present we add -s to the infinitive of the verb in the
3rd person singular (he, she, it).
1.
E.g. I live > He/she/it lives
2. But when the verbs ends in ss, sh, ch, x, o add -es
E.g. I miss > He/she/it misses
I wash > He/she/it washes
I watch > He/she/it watches
I fix > He/she/it fixes
I go > He/she/it goes

8. 3. a consonant followed by -y, the -y changes into -ie and we add -s
E.g. I try > He/she/it tries
I study > He/she/it studies
4. a vowel followed by -y we just add -s
E.g. I play > He/she/it plays
Simple Present
Tense
She
He
It
With s/es
doesn’t

9. Source: https://youtu.be/1eSeGiMyiTI?si=qrRCgbSchcralu8I

10. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
is used to talk about actions
that happened in the past.
Time Signal: yesterday, last night, this
morning, ... ago, last ...

11. Simple Past Tense
(+) I went to London yesterday.
(-) I did’nt go to London yesterday.
(?) Did you go to London yesterday?
verbal
(+) S + V2 + O
(-) S + Did + Not + V1 + O
(?) Did/didn’t + S + V1 + O
I
He
She
It
Was

12. Simple Past Tense
(+) S + was/were + adv/noun/adj
(-) S + was/were + not + adv/noun/adj
(?) Was/were + S + adv/noun/adj
nominal
(+) The case was hard to solve.
(-) The case was not hard to solve.
(?) Was the case hard to solve?
You
We
They
Were

13. Source: https://youtu.be/ypq7nDhVrT8?si=23r0Cx95Ew12Zhe6

14. Simple Future Tense
To express something that will be
done in the future.
Time Signal: Later, Tomorrow, Next....etc.

15. Simple Future Tense
(+) Vira will mop the floor tomorrow.
I am going to buy a new bag.
(-) Vira will not mop the floor tomorrow.
I am not going to buy a new bag.
(?) Will Vira mop the floor tomorrow?
Are you going to buy a new car?
verbal
(+) S + will/shall + V1 + O
S + to be (am/is/are) going to + V1
(-) S + will/shall + not + V1 + O
S + to be (am/is/are) + not + going to + V1
(?) Will/shall + S + V1 + O
To be (am/is/are) + S + going to + V1

16. Simple Future Tense
(+) S + will/shall + be + adj/noun/adv
S + to be + going to + be + adj/noun/adv
(-) S + will/shall + not + be + adj/noun/adv
S + to be + not + going to + be + adj/noun/adv
(?) Will/shall + S + be + adj/noun/adv
To be + S + going to + be + adj/noun/adv
nominal
(+) The Customers will be happy with this discount.
I am going to be a teacher.
(-) The customers will not be happy with this discount.
I am not going to be a teacher.
(?) Will the customers be happy with this discount?
Are you going to be a teacher?

17. Source: https://youtu.be/QZpl168DFWI?si=yosNCzk3KXA0Ijmz

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