1. Verbs in the present, past and future tense
TENSES
Verbs in the present, past and future tense

2. Simple present tense
A verb tense indicating an action in the present time which is not finished.
Simple past tense
A verb tense indicating action that occurred in the past and which does not extend into the present.
Simple future tense
A verb tense indicating action that has not yet begun.

3. Simple present tense The uses of simple present tense:
•To introduce yourself and other
eg: I am Carol
•To express nationality , age, occupations
eg: •She is French
• He is a policeman
•To talk about physical characteristics
eg: I am tall

4. Simple present Tense Positive statement Negative statementBe
Action
She is a student
she learns
She is not a student
She does not learn
They are players
They play
They are not players
They do not play

5. Signal words
Every day, often, usually, sometimes, always, rarely, seldom, hardly, every week, never

6. Simple past tense The uses of simple past tense:
to talk about finish action that happen at a specific time in the past
Eg:I visited Berlin last week
to list a series of completed actions in the past
Eg: She prepared a cake

7. Simple past tense Tense Positive statement Negative statementBe
Action
She was happy
She ate
She was not happy
She did not eat
They were players
They played
They were not players
They did not play

8. Yesterday , last night, two hours ago , in 1997, last week
Signal words
Yesterday , last night, two hours ago , in 1997, last week

9. Simple future tense The uses of simple future tense:
to express a voluntary action
eg: I will send you the information when I get it.
to express a promise
eg: I will call you when I arrive.
to express a prediction
eg: The year 2222 is going to be a very interesting year.

10. Simple future tense Tense Positive statement Negative statementBe
Action
She will be a student
she will play
She will not be a student
She will not play
They will be players
They will play
They will not be players
They will not play

11. Tomorrow, soon, in 2020, next year, next week , in the future
Signal words
Tomorrow, soon, in 2020, next year, next week , in the future

12. Exercise 1. I _____ (be) a student. Answer: a) are b) is c) am
2. My father __________ excuses when I feel like going to the cinema.
a) make always
b) always make
c) always makes
3. She ________ (not, be) six years old.
a) isn't
b) not is
c) are not
4. The flowers _______________ (be, normally) watered by Bob ....
a) are normally
b) normally are
c) normally is

13. 5. Danny ________ (phone) his father on Sundays.
Answer:
a) phons
b) phones
c) phone
6. I ___________ (not, know) what you mean.
a) doesn't know
b) not know
c) don't know
7. John ________ (work) in a supermarket.
a) works
b) working
c) work

14. 8. I ___________ about a yellow unicorn last night.
a) dreamed
b) slept
c) think
9. Anna ___________ to class yesterday because she was at the hospital.
a) didn't come
b) didn't take
c) didn't arrive
10. It was snowing last night. It ___________ so cold!
a) touched
b) felt
c) happened
11. Lucy ___________ her mother's watch, so she bought a new one.
a) broke
b) crashed
c) forgot

15. 12. The plane ——————– at 4.30 pm.
a) arrive
b) arrives
c) will arrive
d) has arrive
13. I will call you when I ——————- back.
a) will come
b) comes
c) come
d) had come
14. We ——————– the Smiths this evening.
a) visit
b) visits
c) are visiting
d) have visited
15. Look at the sky. It ——————– rain.
a) is going to
b) will rain
c) would rain
d) was going to