1. Simple Present, Past, and Future
Tenses
Professor Moses
Spring 2013

2. What are simple
tenses? Why do we
use them??
• Tense explains
WHEN something
happened.
• The most basic
tenses are called
SIMPLE TENSES

3. 3 Simples Tenses
• Simple PRESENT Tense
• Simple PAST Tense
• Simple FUTURE Tense

4. Simple Present Tense
• WHEN?? Used for something you ALWAYS or
USUALLY do
• Conjugation: Simple form of the verb
EXAMPLE
“to study” = “study”
 I always study at school.
 I usually at night.
 On Mondays, I study at my house.
 On most weekends, I study at the coffee shop.

5. Simple Past Tense
• WHEN?? Used for something you did BEFORE
• Conjugation: Simple form of the verb + “ed”
EXAMPLE
“to study” = “studied”
 When I was 6 years old, I studied at
my elementary school.
 Last week, I studied every night.
 Last year, I studied Biology.
 Yesterday, I studied at the coffee shop.

6. Simple Future Tense
• WHEN?? Used for something will do LATER
• Conjugation: Simple form of the verb + “will”
EXAMPLE
“to study” = “will study”
 When I am in graduate school, I will
study at Harvard University.
 Next week, I will study every night.
 Next year, I will study Biology.
 Two hours from now, I will study at the coffee
shop.

7. In Korean - 한국어로
• Simple Present Tense:
 I study. = 나는 공부해요.
 Simple Past Tense:
 I studied. = 나는 공부했어요.
 Simple Future Tense:
 I will study. = 나는 공부할 거예요.

8. Write Your Own Sentences
Simple
Verb Simple Past Simple Future
Present
to walk walk walked will walk
to cook cook cooked will cook
to like like liked will like
to work work worked will work
*to sleep sleep slept will sleep
*to eat eat ate will eat
*irregular verb