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TENSES
PREPARED BY
SASIGARAN MONEYAM
THILAGA RAVINTHAR
Simple Present
Tense
Simple Past
Tense
Simple Future
Tense
Simple Present Tense
The simple present tense is used for events or
situations that exist always,usually,or habitually
in the past,present and future.
Example:
• Regular habits and daily routines
- I usually exercise at 5.30 in the morning.
- Angela Lam always goes for shows with
her friends.
- When does he usually come for a visit?
• General statements of fact
- Birds fly.
- The earth moves around the sun.
- Water turns to ice at 0 celcius.
 Verbs
used in the simple present
tense have a specified form for the
first, second and third person. Person
here illustrates who or what does the
action.
• 1 person or the self (e.g. I,we)
• 2nd person or the person spoken
to(e.g. you)
• 3rd person or a person who is or
are not present (e.g. he,she,it,they)
The following table shows how the verb
form changes according to the person
involved :
Person
Pronouns
1 st person
singular
I
Verbs
Eat
Arrive
1st person plural
We
2nd person singular
& plural
You
listen
3rd person singular
He
She
It
Eats
Runs
Hides
3rd person plural
They
read
Simple Past Tense
The simple past tense is used to describe activities
which began and ended at a specific time in the past.
 Regular verbs in the simple past are formed by adding
‘-ed’(e.g. walked,talked).
 Irregular verbs in the simple past have various
forms(e.g. went,ate).
 The following time expressions are examples of a
specific point in time.
• Last year
•ago
•in…(a year or month)
•yesterday
•when…(I was a boy, you were young)
Example :
i. we watched National Geographic last week.
ii. My father joined the company many years ago.
iii. Dato’ Khalid bought a Ferrari for his wife in july.
iv. She talked to her friend through SKYPE yesterday.
v. I drove the go cart when I was a teenager.
Simple Future Tense
 We use the simple future tense to talk about
things that will happen later.
The simple future tense is formed by adding ‘will’
to the main verbs e.g.will dance,will jump,will
shout.
 The simple future tense is used in the following
situations :
Situation
Example
To promise
- I will take you to watch Azlan
Iskandar play in the Malaysia
Open Final.
To talk about an unplanned
action
- It’s starting to shine.I will hang
my clothes to dry.
To make predictions based on
experience or intuition
- Things will get better after
sometime.
To describe habits
- Tony will bite his fingernails
when he is nervous.
Example :
i. I shall never surrender!
ii. We shall ensure that the victims will
get appropriate treatment.
iii. We shall support the national team
when they play against Liverpool next
Sunday.
iv. I shall invite the opposing team for
tea after the game.
 Shall can also be used in the Simple
Future Tense