Simple Tenses
- Tenses define the time of an action of a verb when it is done. In short tense defines when the verb works.
- The three tenses in grammar are the present, past and the future.
| Present | Am | Is | Are |
| Past | Was | Were | |
| Future | Will be | Shall be |
| Present | Past | Future | |
| I | I am | I was | I will be |
| We | We are | We were | We will be |
| You | You are | You were | You will be |
| He | He is | He was | He will be |
| She | She is | She was | She will be |
| It | It is | It was | It will be |
| They | They are | They were | They will be |
| Rama | Rama is | Rama was | Rama will be |
| Anu and suja | Anu and suja are | Anu and suja were | Anu and suja will be |
Ex:
- It is expensive(positive)
It is not expensive(negative)
- It was expensive(positive)
It was not expensive(negative)
- It will be expensive(positive)
It will not be expensive(negative)
Simple Present Tenses
The main verbs come in 5 forms
| Root | +s | +ing | +ed | +ed/en |
| Ask | Asks | Asking | Asked | Asked |
| See | Sees | Seeing | Saw | Seen |
| Go | Goes | Going | Went | Gone |
Eg:
He smokes a lot
She talks in her sleep
I take oil-bath every Saturday
He takes breakfast at 7 am
Simple Past Tenses
This tense is used when we want to tell somebody what happened some time back in the past.
Eg.
He came here last week.
We gave an advance of Rs. 10,000/-
Everybody laughed.
She accepted it without any feeling.
Simple Future Tenses
We use ‘will’ or ‘ll’ to speak about simple future.
Eg.
He’ll help you.
I will call you at 5.
I shall help you.
He will be here any moment.