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Simple tense definition: the simple tense is a tense ini English with no aspect that expresses action
occuring in the past, present and future.
What are simple verb tense? The simple tense in English is the most basic way to express action. The
simple tense is a verb tense for past, present and future events.
The simple tense outlined in the example below using a regular verb.
Infinitive verb for example: to jump
 Simple past : I jumped
 Simple present : I jump
 Simple Future : I will jump
Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, and future. The past is used to describe things that have
already happened (e.g., earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago). The present tense is
used to describe things that are happening right now, or things that are continuous. The future tense
describes things that have yet to happen (e.g., later, tomorrow, next week, next year, three years from
now).The simple tense are usually just called past, present and future. Below we will go each
grammatical tense and explain how to use them.
1. Simple Past Tense
The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before
now.
Ex: Wolfgang entered a hula hoop contest.
He won the silver medal.
How to Formulate the Simple Past
a. For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already
ends in an e): Play→Played Type→Typed Listen→Listened Push→Pushed Love→Loved
b. For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some irregular
verbs looks exactly like the root form: Put→Put Cut→Cut Set→Set Cost→Cost Hit→Hit
c. For other irregular verbs, including the verb to be, the simple past forms are more erratic:
See→Saw Build→Built Go→Went Do→Did Rise→Rose Am/Is/Are→Was/Were
d. The good news is that verbs in the simple past tense (except for the verb to be) don’t need
to agree in number with their subjects.

How to Make the Simple Past Negative

Fortunately, there is a formula for making simple past verbs negative, and it’s the same for both
regular and irregular verbs (except for the verb to be). The formula is did not + [root form of
verb]. You can also use the contraction didn’t instead of did not.
 Ex: Wolfgang did not brag too much about his hula hoop skills.
Wolfgang’s girlfriend didn’t see the contest.
For the verb to be, you don’t need the auxiliary did. When the subject of the sentence is
singular, use was not or wasn’t. When the subject is plural, use were not or weren’t.

Ex: The third-place winner was not as happy as Wolfgang.

The fourth-place winner wasn’t happy at all.
The onlookers were not ready to leave after the contest ended.
The contestants weren’t ready to leave either.
How to Ask Question
The formula for asking a question in the simple past tense is did + [subject] + [root form of
verb].

Ex: Did Wolfgang win the gold medal or the silver medal?

Where did Wolfgang go to celebrate? 
Did the judges decide fairly, in your opinion?
When asking a question with the verb to be, you don’t need the auxiliary did. The formula
is was/were + [subject].

Ex: Was Wolfgang in a good mood after the contest? 

Were people taking lots of pictures?
2. Simple Present Tense
The simple present is a verb tense with two main uses. We use the simple present tense when
an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly (or unceasingly, which is why it’s
sometimes called present indefinite). Depending on the person, the simple present tense is
formed by using the root form or by adding -s or -es to the end.

Ex: I feel great! Pauline loves pie.

How to Form the Simple Present

In the simple present, most regular verbs use the root form, except in the third-person singular
(which ends in -s).

First-person singular: I write

Second-person singular: You write

Third-person singular: He/she/it writes (note the -s)

First-person plural: We write

 Second-person plural: You write

Third-person plural: They write

For a few verbs, the third-person singular ends with -es instead of -s. Typically, these are verbs
whose root form ends in o, ch, sh, th, ss, gh, or z. Ex: go > goes.

How to Make the Simple Present Negative

The formula for making a simple present verb negative is do/does + not + [root form of verb].
You can also use the contraction don’t or doesn’t instead of do not or does not.

Ex: Pauline does not want to share the pie.

She doesn’t think there is enough to go around.
Her friends do not agree.
I don’t want pie anyway.
To make the verb to be negative, the formula is [to be] + not.

Ex: I am not a pie lover, but Pauline sure is.

You aren’t ready for such delicious pie.
How to Ask a Question
The formula for asking a question in the simple present is do/does + [subject] + [root form of
verb].

Ex: Do you know how to bake a pie? How much does Pauline love pie?
3. Simple Future Tense
The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet. Add
“will” or “shall” before the first person present conjugated verb to create the simple future
tense.

Ex: This year, Jen will read War and Peace.

How to Form the Simple Future

The formula for the simple future is will + [root form of verb].

Ex: I will learn a new language.

My brothers will sleep till noon if no one wakes them up.
It doesn’t matter if the subject is singular or plural; the formula for the simple future doesn’t
change. But there is another way to show that something will happen in the future. It follows
the formula [am/is/are] + going to + [root form verb].
Ex: I am going to learn a new language.
My brothers are going to sleep till noon if no one wakes them up.
The “going to” construction is common in speech and casual writing. Keep in mind though that
it’s on the informal side, so it’s a good idea to stick to the will + [root form] construction in
formal writing.

How to Make the Simple Future Negative

To make the simple future negative, the formula is will + not + [root form].

Ex: Jen will not quit before she reaches her goal.

I will not finish my homework in time for class.
Using the “going to” construction, the formula is [am/is/are] + not + going to + [root form].

Ex: Jen is not going to quit before she reaches her goal.

I am not going to finish my homework in time for class.

How to Ask a Question

To ask a question in the simple future, the formula is will + [subject] + [root form].

Ex: Will Jen finish War and Peace over the summer? 

What will you buy with the money you found?
The formula for the “going to” construction is [am/is/are] + [subject] +going to + [root form].

Ex: Is Jen going to finish War and Peace over the summer? 

What are you going to buy with the money you found?

TENSES

The Present The Past The Future

Tense Tense Tense

Simple
Simple Past Simple Future
Present

Present Future
Past Perfect
Perfect Perfect
 Present Past Future
Continuous Continuous Continuous

Present Future
Past Perfect
Perfect Perfect
Continuous
Continuous Continuous

The Present Tense The Past Tense The Future Tense

Simple Tense I read nearly every Last night I read an I will read as much I
day entire novel can this year
Perfect Tense I have read so many I had read at least I will have read at
books I can’t keep 100 books by the least 500 books by
count time I was twelve the end of the year
Continuous Tense I am reading I was reading Edgar I will be reading
Shakespeare at the Allan Poe last night Nathaniel Hawthorne
moment soon
Perfect Continuous I have been reading I had been reading I will have been
Tense since I was 4 years for at least a year reading for at least
old before my sister two hours before
learned to read. dinner tonight.