SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Definition :

- Habitual action - The Fact

- General truth - Daily activities

Pattern :

+ S + VI (s/es) + O

- S + Do Not/ Does Not + VI + O

? Do/Does + S + VI + O

Do à Subject : I / You / We / They

Does à Subject : She /He/It

Time Signal

Every …… ( day, morning, etc)‏

On Sundays, on Saturdays, etc

Once a week, Twice a month

Always, Usually, Generally, Often, Sometimes, Seldom,

Rarely, Never, Ever etc

Examples :

+ He goes to campus every morning

- He does not go to campus every morning

? Does he go to campus every morning?

+ They study English every week

- They do not study English every week

? Do they study English every week?

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Definition :

It happened in the past times

Pattern :

+ Subject + VII

- Subject + Did + Not + VI

? Did + Subject + VI

Time Signal :

Yesterday

Last …. (Monday, night etc)‏

…. Ago (two months ago, two days ago etc)‏

Note :

V 2 : regular verbs (adding by “ed”)‏

: e.g. = Talk – Talked

V1 VII

= Walk - Walked

V1 VII

: Irregular Verbs :

: e.g. Buy - Bought

Teach - Taught

Examples :

+ I bought a book two days ago

- I did not buy a book two days ago

? Did I buy a book two days ago?

+ He came to my house yesterday

- He did not come to my house yesterday

? Did he come to my house yesterday?

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

Definition :

It‘s (might be) happen in the future times

Pattern :

+ S + Shall/Will + VI + O

- S + Shall?Will + Not + VI + O

? Shall/Will + S + VI + O

Time Signal :

Tomorrow

Next… (week, month, year etc.)‏

……later (two days later, two month later, etc)‏

To night

Examples :

+ They will give us book

- They will not give us book

? Will they give us book?

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

To Be + V3

TENSE	ACTIVE	PASSIVE
Simple Present Tense Present Continuous Present Perfect	V1/Vs/es Am/are/is + V(ing) Has/Have + V3	Am/are/is + V3 Am/are/is + Being + V3 Has/have + Been + V3

Example :

ACTIVE	PASSIVE
Marry helps Jhon Marry is helping John Marry has helped John	Jhon is helped by Marry John is being helped by Marry Jhon has been helped by Marry

Note :

Subject changed to be Object

Object changed to be Subject

To Be + V3

TENSE	ACTIVE	PASSIVE
Simple Past Tense Past Continuous Future Tense	V2 Was/were + V (ing) Shall/Will + V1	Was/were + V3 Was/were + Being + V3 Shall/Will + be + V3

Example :

ACTIVE	PASSIVE
Marry helped Jhon Marry was helping Jhon Marry will help Jhon	Jhon was helped by Marry Jhon was being helped by Marry Jhon will be helped by Marry

Note :

For Modal : S + modal + be + V3

Modal : Can/Could Ought to

Will /Would Going to

Shall/Should Must/Had to

May/Might Have/Had to