Presentation English Tenses ( Simple forms) with examples

Verb tenses

• Present Simple
• Past Simple
• Present Continuous
• Past Continuous
• Present Perfect

Past Perfect

6 . Future Simple

1. Present Simple (usually, often, every day)

a) V / Vs

b) don’t / doesn’t + V

c) Do / does ___ V?

1) They __________football at the institute. (to play)

2) She __________________emails. (not / to write)

3) ____ you________ English? (to speak)

4) My mother _________ fish. (not / to like)

5) ____ Ann _________ any friends? (to have)

6) His brother __________ in an office. (to work)

7) ____ they ____ the flowers every 3 days? (to water)

8) His wife ___________ a motorbike. (not / to ride)

9) _______ Kate_____ coffee? (to drink)

2 . Past Simple (yesterday, last week)

a) Ved / V2

• Didn’t + V
• Did ___V?

1) She (bring)__________ some chocolates to the party.

2) I (hear) __________ a new song on the radio.

3) I (read) __________ three books last week.

4) They (speak) __________ French to the waitress.

5) I (forget) ______________ about my mother’s birthday.

6) ________you (lose) __________ your keys?

7) I (give) __________ my mother a CD for Christmas.

8) At the age of 23, she (become) __________ a doctor.

9) I (know) __________ the answer yesterday.

3. Present Continuous (now, at the moment)

a) am/ is/ are + Ving

b) am / is / are not + Ving

c) am/is/are __Ving

1. In summer the sun (to shine).___________ brightly.

2. Run downstairs. Your sister (to wait for) ____________ you.

3. I usually (to wait for)__________Tom. He is always late.

4. We (to have) ___________ coffee every morning.

5. Where is John? - He (to play)____________ the piano.

6. Our boys usually (to play)____________ football in the yard.

7. Call them. They (to play)____________ football in the yard.

8. My aunt (not to make)____________ cakes on Mondays, but she (to make)__________________one now.

9. She is in the kitchen. She (to make)_____________ tea for us.

4 . Past Continuous ( at..o’clock yesterday, from ..till..yesterday, the whole evening)

a) was/were + Ving

b) was/were not + Ving

c) was/were __Ving

1. I ____________(to feed) my cat with fish yesterday.

2. What ________you__________ (to do) at four o'clock yesterday? — I _____________(to feed) my cat.

3. What _______your brother____________ (to do) yesterday? -He ________________(to play) computer games.

4. We__________________ (to play) badminton from nine till eleven yesterday.

5. Kate______________ (not to go) for a walk yesterday. She _____________(to write) a composition the whole day yesterday.

5. Present Perfect Past Perfect Ever, never, already, not yet, just

a) Have/has +Ved/V3 / a) Had + Ved / V3

b) Have / has not + Ved/V3 b) Had not + Ved/V3

c) Have _____Ved/V3? c) Had ______Ved/V3?

1. When Billy_________ (to come) home, his wife _________already (to cook) lunch

2. Kevin ________(to show) his mother the composition which he _______(to write) yesterday.

3. Jessica________________ (to return) from the theatre by 9 o’clock.

4. Yesterday I ________(to find) the ring that I ____________(to lose) last week.

5. When Billy _____________(to wake up) yesterday his parents_________ already________________ (to go) to work.

6 . Future Simple (tomorrow, next week)

a) will + V

b) won’t + V

c) Will ___ V?

1. I and my friends (to go skiing) _____________ next Sunday.

2. _______you _________(to go) to the cinema next weekend?

3. Her mother_________________ (not to cook) in the evening.

4. They ________________(to come) home at ten pm tomorrow.

5. His sister _________________(to draw) a picture next week.

6. When ________you __________(to come) home?

7. Their friends _______________(to invite) us to spend Christmas holidays in their house?

8. I _______________(to send) email to my friend tomorrow.

9. Tomorrow I______________ (to meet) my partner at the airport.