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Simple present tense. Revision of Tense. present continuous tense. present perfect tense. Simple past tense. Simple present tense. I am late!. TO BE. We are Japanese. AM S + IS + C ARE. Negative: S + AM/ IS/ ARE + NOT + C. Interrogative: AM/ IS/ ARE + S + C ?.
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Simple present tense Revision of Tense present continuous tense present perfect tense Simple past tense
Simple present tense I am late! • TO BE We are Japanese. • AM • S + IS + C • ARE Negative: S + AM/ IS/ ARE + NOT + C Interrogative: AM/ IS/ ARE + S + C ? She is old.
S + V (s/es) Affirmative S + DO / DOES NOT + V Negative Interrogative DO / DOES + S + V ? Examples: I go to the market every morning. The earth moves around the sun. The children don’t usually get up early. My father doesn’t like cooking. Does your father like cooking? Ordinary Verbs
Simple present tense How to use We use the simple present tense when: • the action is general • the action happens all the time, or habitually, in the past, present and future • the action is not only happening now • the statement is always true
present continuous tense Structure: EXAMPLES: Right now you are looking at the screen. The number is spinning. The pages are turning. They are playing music. He is laughing. Right now you are looking at the screen. The numbers are spinning. They are playing music. He is laughing. The pages are turning.
present continuous tense How to use We use the present continuous tense to talk about: action happening now
present perfect tense How to form Examples: He has studied all day. They have walked in the rain for 20 minutes He has studied all day. They have walked in the rain for 20 minutes. HAVE/ HAS + pp
present perfect tense How to use • There is always a connection with the past and with the present. • There are basically three uses for the present perfect tense: • experience • change • continuing situation
Simple PAST tense They have a cold. Yesterday they walked in the rain. I get high scores. Last night I studied very hard.
Simple PAST tense How to FORM To make the simple past tense, we use: • past form only Or: • auxiliary did + base form S + V (past form) S + did + not + V (bare) Did + S + V (bare) ?
Simple PAST tense To be • WAS • S + + C • WERE Negative: S + WAS/ WERE + NOT + C Interrogative: WAS/ WERE + S + C ?
SIMPLE PAST TENSE How to use We use the simple past tense to talk about an action or a situation, an event in the past.