resume 5 tenses

Simple Present Tense

Simple Present Tense is a sentence that declares an act or activities that take place / occur at the current time in the form of a simple or a job done repeatedly, daily habits, events or acts that have nothing to do with time, and to express general truths.

(+) S + V1

(-) S + do,does + not + V1

(?) do/does + S + V1

example: 

I am a listening music (+)

I am not a listening music (-) 

Am I a listening music (?)

Simple past tense

Simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. Duration is not important. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past.

(+) S + V2

(-) S + did + not + V1

(?) dit + S + V1

Present/past Continous Tense

The present/past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. In other words, it expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past.

(+) S + be + Ving

(-) S + be + not + Ving

(?) be + S + Ving

Simple future tense

The simple future refers to a time later than now, and expresses facts or certainty. In this case there is no 'attitude'.

(+) S + Will + V1

(-) S + Will + not + V1

(+) Will + S + V1

Present perpect tense

The present perfect of any verb is composed of two elements : the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb to have (present tense), plus the past participle of the main verb. The past participle of a regular verb is base+ed, e.g. played, arrived, looked. For irregular verbs, see the Table of irregular verbs in the section called 'Verbs'.

(+) S + has/have + V3(-) S + has/have + not + V3
(?) has/have + S + V3

EXERCISE
1.She (drink) coffee. (S. Past)
Answer :
(+) She drank coffee
(-) She didn’t drink coffee
(?) Did she drink coffee?
2.They (Start) the course. (Pr. Perfect)
Answer :
(+) They have started the course
(-) They haven’t started the course
(?) Have they started the course?
3.Ana and Linda (open) the account (Past Cont)
Answer :
(+) Ana and Linda were opening the account
(-) Ana and Linda weren’t opening the account
(?) Were Ana and Linda opening the account?
4.The bank (close) at 5pm (S. Present)
Answer :
(+) The bank close at 5pm
(-) The bank doesn’t close at 5pm
(?) Does the bank close at 5pm?
5.The dog (run) through the part (S. Past)
Answer :
(+) The dog ran through the part
(-) The dog didn’t run through the part
(?) Did the dog run through the part?