A gerund is a verb with ing at the end of it. The present continuous tense is made up of subject + verb be + -ing verb. See if you can spot it in the following tenses. You may have noticed that when we make a question, we swap the auxiliary verb with the subject. Look at the table below for how we form the present simple tense. For example, instead of saying Lisa does yoga on Saturday we add an ‘ s’ so the listener understands it’s every Saturday. Side note: when we have a fixed, long-term schedule for one day of the week, we pluralise it. This sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is, but believe me, once you understand these rules, the present simple is easy to use. Two very common irregular verbs that you already know do not follow the rules above (although their third person singular present forms do actually end in –s): worry –> worries My grandmother worries about me.marry –> marries He marries his childhood sweetheart tomorrow.If the base form ends in consonant + ‘y’, remove the ‘-y’ and add ‘–ies’: do + es = does She does everything I suggest.miss + es = misses Rufus misses Polly so much.You must add – es instead of just s if the base form ends in -s, -z, -x, -sh, -ch, or the vowel o. There are also exceptions to the adding an s to the third person singular rule. See the difference? Spelling and the third person singular rule When we use these three subjects, we add the letter ‘s’ onto the end of the base verb. This, however, changes when using the third person singular (he/she/it). The present simple tense simply uses the subject + base form of the verb in its structure. This is perhaps the most well-known tense, especially if you are just starting to learn English. No, we aren’t looking at that type of present today Present simple
In total, we have four for each of the present, future and past tenses.Īre you ready to look at these three in a bit more detail? Present tenses in EnglishĪs shown above, the present tenses are divided into four sections: simple, continuous, perfect simple and perfect continuous. An overview of tensesīefore reading all the tenses, look at the table below to get an overview of all the tenses we have plus examples. This may sound scary, but fear not, this ultimate guide into all 12 English tenses will get you comfortable with them in no time!Īfter all, there’s no time like the present to start learning, right?įuture tenses in English Future, present, past signpost. Each tense is crucial to know when having a conversation in English. Hello lovely students! English, like many other languages across the globe, has its fair share of tenses to learn.
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