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SIMPLE TENSES, If the verb in the 3rd person singular ends in -o, -ch, -s,…
SIMPLE TENSES
Simple present
Habitual actions, current situation, general conditions, opinions, feelings, desires and preferences.
Affirmative sentence:
subject + infinitive (without
to
)
;
subject + infinitive (without
to
) + -
s
[3rd person singular]
Negative sentence:
subject +
do not (don't)
+ infinitive (without
to
)
;
subject +
does not (doesn't)
+ infinitive (without
to
)
[3rd person singular]
We don't go
there very often.
Nick doesn't play
the guitar.
Interrogative sentence:
do
+ subject + infinitive (without
to
)
;
does
+ subject + infinitive (without
to
)
[3rd person singular]
Do they eat
chocolate?
Does he like
to go to parties?
I hug
my dog whenever there is a thunderstorm.
My
aunt goes
to the beach every Sunday.
Simple past
Habitual past actions, situations or actions that happened and were concluded, and facts prior to the moment of speech, but which still last in the past that is mentioned.
Affirmative sentence:
subject + infinitive (without
to
) +
-ed
[regular verbs];
subject + simple past of the verb
[irregular verbs]
Negative sentence:
subject +
did not (didn't)
+ infinitive (without
to
)
Kennedy didn't say
any of that.
Interrogative sentence:
did
+ subject + infinitive (without
to
)
Did Brandon go
to his medical appointment yesterday?
I stopped
the car as soon as I saw him.
She went
back inside the house to get her purse.
Simple future
Something that will happen, but there is an uncertainty about it, a decision made at the moment of speech and a polite way to ask questions.
Affirmative sentence:
subject +
will
+ infinitive (without
to
)
Negative sentence:
subject +
will not (won't)
+ infinitive (without
to
)
Annelise won't quit
until she gets where she wants.
Interrogative sentence:
will
+ subject + infinitive (without
to
)
Will Cory finish
the book over the summer?
She will answer
the phone.
If the verb in the 3rd person singular ends in
-o
,
-ch
,
-s
,
-ss
,
-sh
,
-x
or
-z
, add
-es
. If it ends in
-y
preceded by a consonant, change the
-y
for an
i
and add
-es
. If the
-y
is preceded by a vowel, simply add
-s
.
When the auxiliary verb
to do
is used, there is no
-s
on the main verb.
In regular verbs, if the verb ends in
-e
, add
-d
. If it ends with
consonant + vowel + consonant
, double the last consonant and add
-ed
. If it ends in
-y
preceded by a consonant, change the
-y
for
-ied
. If it ends in
-y
preceded by a vowel, simply add
-ed
.
Irregular verbs don't have a pattern. It is necessary to memorize their form.
Be going to
is used when the future is going to happen soon (immediate future) and when a previous decision was made upon the action that will take place.
Shall
is also used as
will
, but it is more formal and usually appears in questions, suggestions and invites in the 1st person singular and plural.