PAST &

PRESENT
TENSE
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 Used to describe actions or
situations that are currently
happening, habitual actions,
general truths, or future
events that are scheduled to

SIMPLE PRESENT
occur.

TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT
Subject + Verb in the base
form/third person plural form +
the rest of the sentence
 WHEN TO USE?
PERMANENT - To talk about thing which are permanent FACTS - To talk about something that scientific truth
Example ; 1) We live in Malaysia Example ; 1) The sun rises in the east ans sets in the west
2)She works at the bank 2) Five time five equals twenty -five

SCHEDULES - To tells us when something is going

ROUTINES - To talk about things that we do regularly
to happen
Example ; 1) I wake up at 7.00 clock in the morning everyday
Example ; 1) The coldplay concert starts at 8.00
2) I go to class everyday
2) The flight leave at noon
 HOW TO FORM PRESENT SIMPLE?
POSITIVE QUESTION
NEGATIVE
I I

} {
YOU don’t YOU
WORK
Do

}
WE WE
do not
THEY THEY

HE HE

} {
doesn’t
SHE WORKS Does SHE

IT
}
does not IT
EXCEPTION
2) For verbs that end in a consonant + Y,
1) For verbs that end in -O, -CH, - we remove the Y and add -IES.
SH, -SS, -X, OR -Z we add -ES in Example ; Marry = Marries
the third person Study = Studies
Example ; Go = Goes Carry = Carries
Catch = Cathes
Wash = Washes 3) For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we
Fix = Fixes just add -S
Buzz = BUzzes Example ; Play = Plays
Enjoy = Enjoys
Say = Says
 Specifically talks
about something
that happened in
SIMPLE PAST the past
TENSE
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Subject + Verb + ed / verb in
the past tense + the rest of the
sentence
 WHEN TO USE?
To talk about actions that happened at a specific time in
Used to describe events that happened over a period of
the past . We state when it happened using a time adverb
time in the past but not now
Example ; 1) Last year we went to Hong Kong
Example ; 1) They lived in London for 5 years
2) I took a test yesterday

It also talked about habitual or repeated

actions that took place in the past
Example ; 1) When I was a child we always went to the
seaside on holiday
 HOW TO FORM SIMPLE PAST?
REGULAR VERBS = We only add ‘ed’ at the end of the verb
QUESTION
POSITIVE NEGATIVE I

}
I
YOU
WE
WORKED
Did Not
Did
} YOU
WE
THEY work?

}
THEY
HE
HE Didn’t
SHE
SHE work IT
IT
 EXCEPTION
1) Verbs ending in-e , only add a -d at the end of the verb.
4) Verbs with 2 or more syllable ending in the
Example ; Dance = Danced
CVC form and with the last stress syllable.
Agree =Agreed
Example ; Prefer = Preferred

2) Verbs ending in consonant = -y, add -ied

Example ; Try = Tried
Carry = Carried
5) Verbs ending in one vowel + -L, double the -L
before the -ed
3) Verbs with one syllable ending in CVC form ,
Example ; Travel = Travelled
double the last consonant.
Cancel = Cancelled
Example ; Stop = Stopped
 HOW TO FORM SIMPLE PAST?
IRREGULAR VERBS Base verb : To Go

POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

}
I I
YOU
WE
Went Did Not
Did
} YOU
WE
Go?

}
THEY THEY
HE Didn’t HE

SHE Go SHE

IT IT