a brief tenses explanation

2. 20 years ago…

3. Tenses
Present and Past

4. Basic sentence construction
She is a student. She studies in the university.
Sentence
Subject + be Subject + verb
She is not a student. She doesn’t study in the university.
Affirmative/ positive
Negative
Interrogative /question Is she a student? Does she study in the university?
In simple tenses
Important note : “Never use ‘be’ and ‘verb’ at the same time.
Example : *Andy is study in the USA.

5. Present and Past Simple
Sentence
Subject + be Subject + verb
Present Past Past
Present
• is
• am
• are
• was
• were
• Verb (or + ‘-s’) for
positive sentences
• Do or does + not for
negative and
interrogative
sentences
• Verb II (+ ‘ed’) for
positive sentences
• Did + not for
negative and
interrogative
sentences

6. Time marker
Present
• Everyday, every year etc.
• Now
• Factual information
Past
• Yesterday
• Last year/month

7. Example:

8. What does your father look like?
• My father is short and a bit overweight.
• He has short gray hair and wears glasses.
• When I was a kid, my father was slim.
• He didn’t wear glasses and he had short black hair.
Present
Past

9. In conversation

10. Group work

11. Conversation Practice