Chapter 1

Tenses: Present, Past and Future

Use present, past and future tenses.

Three simple tenses

  • Present: happening now or regularly — I eat.
  • Past: already happened — I ate.
  • Future: will happen — I will eat.

Key idea

The simple present shows actions now/regularly, the past shows finished actions, and the future (will) shows actions to come.

Remember

The future tense uses 'will' before the verb.

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