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Simple Present and Simple

Past Tense
Simple Present Tense Affirmative
• Subject or Pronoun
• If: he/she/ it :

• Verb in Infinitive
• Add an “s” ONLY FOR HE/ SHE/ IT

• Complement

• Ex: She works at the movie theater.


Negative:
• Subject or pronoun
• If: he/ she/ it

• Aux verb “to do”= DO NOT /DON’T


• DOES NOT= DOESN’T

• VERB IN INFINITIVE
• Complement

• Ex: He doesn’t like Chinese food


INTERROGATIVE:
• Aux verb to do:
• Do: I/ you/ we/ you/ they
• DOES: he/ she/ it

• Subject or pronoun

• VERB in INFINITIVE (NO “S”)

• COMPLEMENT AND ?

Ex: Do you live in Mexico City?


Simple Past Tense: DID (to do in past)
• Affirmative:

• Subject or Pronoun
• Verb in SIMPLE PAST FORM
• Complement

• For example: I /worked /at Volaris.


Simple Past Tense: Negative
• Subject or pronoun

• Aux. verb (to do in PAST) DID NOT/ DIDN’T

• Main verb IN INFINITIVE

• Complement.

• For example: She/ didn’t/ go / to the movies yesterday.


Simple Past Tense: Interrogative
• Aux verb (to do: in past)= DID

• Subject or pronoun

• Main verb in INFINITIVE

• Complement ?

• For example: Did you have breakfast this morning?

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