Simple Tenses

1. Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del poder popular para la Educación Superior
Universidad De Yacambu
Facultad de ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas
Simple Tenses
Bachiller
Chacón Pérez Marvin Miguel
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Cagua, 03 de agosto de 2015

2. Simple Tense
Simple Tense
Verb tense tells you when the
action happens. There are three
main verb tenses: present, past, and
future. Each main tense is divided
into simple, progressive, perfect,
and perfect progressive tenses.
Present Past Future
Simple finish finished will finish
Progressive
am/is/are
finishing
was/were
finishing
will be
finishing
Perfect
have/has
finished had finished
will have
finished
Perfect
Progressive
have/has
been
finishing
had been
finishing
will have been
finishing

3. Simple Present Tense Example Sentences
Repeating actions or habits:
Marvin jogs every day.
At what time do you usually eat dinner?
Facts which are true at all times:
London is in England.
London is not in France.
Conditions (not actions) taking place at
this moment:
I agree.
You are brilliant!
They don't need his help.

4. The continuous tenses
The continuous tenses (incomplete tenses) include:
Present Continuous ("I am choosing")
Past Continuous ("I was choosing")
Future Continuous ("I will be choosing")
They are formed with the progressive (continuous)
aspect.
This aspect indicates that an action or state, past,
present, or future, was, is or will be unfinished at
the time referred to.
The continuous aspect is formed by the auxiliary
verb "to be" and the -ing form (the present
participle).

5. It is used to express a continued or an
ongoing action in future. For example,
“I will be waiting for you tomorrow”, it
conveys ongoing nature of an action
(waiting) which will occur in future.
Rules. Auxiliary verb “will be” is used in
sentence. 1st form of verb + ing
(present participle) is used as main
verb in sentence.
Structure of sentence
Positive sentence
• Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb (present participle) +
object
• Subject + will be+ 1st form of verb or base form+ing
(present participle) + object
Examples.
I will be waiting for you.
You will be feeling well tomorrow.
Negative sentence