Verb Forms And Tenses
Regular past simple verbs are those that add either a -d or -ed to the present tense form to create the past tense form. The children skipped past the door. We walked along the beach. Flregkey 20.
Verb tenses The tense of a verb tells you when a person did something or when something existed or happened. In English, there are three main tenses: the present, the past, and the future. The present The present tense (e.g.
Verb Tense Chart
I am, she works, we swim, they believe) is also called the present simple or simple present. It's mainly used in the following ways: to describe things that are currently happening or that are currently or always the case ( I love chocolate ice cream; my parents are in New York this week; he has fair hair and blue eyes; some birds eat worms and insects). To talk about something that exists or happens regularly ( she goes out every Saturday night; it always rains here in winter; I start work at 7.30 a.m.). To refer to a future situation in certain cases and in some subordinate clauses ( the bus arrives in London at 6 p.m.; I'll make us some coffee when we get home). The past The past tense (e.g.