5 TENSES WE FREQUENTLY USE

1.      SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Used to say usual habits that happened everyday or to state general fact.

Formula:

(+) Subject + Verb1 (s/es)

(-)  Subject + do/does + not + Verb1

(?) Do/does + Subject + Verb1 ?

Subject	verb
I	Verb1
You
They
We
She	Verb1+s?/es
He
It

Example:

Ø  (+) They go to campus by bus.

(-)  They don’t go to campus by bus.

(?)  Do they go to campus by bus?

Ø  (+) She goes to campus by bus.

(-)  She doesn’t go to campus.

(?)  Does She go to campus by bus?

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Used to say something that happened in the past time.

Formula:

(+) Subject + Verb2

(-)  Subject + did+ not + Verb1

(?) Did + Subject + Verb1 ?

3.       PRESENT/PAST CONTINOUS TENSE

Used to tell an action that happing either it was past or it happened at present time.

Formula :

(+) Subject + be (was/were) + V- ing

(-)  Subject + be ( was/were) + not + V-ing

(?) Be (was/were) + Subject + V-ing?

4.       SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

Is to predict or to state an action that might happened in the future, plan or an action that is not happening yet.

Formula :

(+) Subject + will + Verb1

(-)  Subject + will + not + Verb1

(?) Will + Subject + Verb1?

5.       PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Is to say something that already happened in past which the effect of the event still leave an impression to the speaker.

Formula :

(+) Subject + has/have + Verb3

(-)  Subject + has/have + not + Verb3

(?)  Has/have + Subject + Verb3?

1.      She (drink) coffee. (S. Past)

·         (+) She drank coffee.

·         (-)  She didn’t drink coffee.

·         (?)  Did She drink coffee?.

2.     They (start) the course. (Pre. Perfect)

·         (+) They have started the course

·         (-)  They haven’t started the course

·         (?)  Have they started the course?

3.     Ana and Linda (open) the account. (Past Continous)

·         (+) Ana and Linda was opening the account.

·         (-)  Ana and Linda was not opening the account.

·         (?) Was Ana and Linda opening the account?

4.    The bank (close) at 5 pm. (S. Present)

·         (+) The bank closes 5 pm.

·         (-)  The bank doesn’t close at 5 pm.

·         (?) Does the bank close at 5 pm?

5.     The dog (run) thourgh the park (S.Past)

·         (+) The dog ran thourgh the park.

·         (-)  The dog didn’t run thourgh the park.

·         (?) Did the dog run thourgh the park?