Table V
Present Simple |
Past Simple |
Future Simple |
The surgeon operates patients |
The surgeon operated patients yesterday He did an operation yesterday |
The surgeon will operate patients tomorrow
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Simple Tenses
Forms of Verb Tenses |
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Simple (Indefinite) Forms
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Present Tense
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Past Tense
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Future Tense
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Future in the Past
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Continuous Forms
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Perfect Forms
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Perfect-Continuous Forms
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Тable VI
Simple (Indefinite) Tenses
Present Simple
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It expresses an action happening again and again, a fact that is always true. The actions don’t happen at the moment of speaking |
We work in the hospital everyday |
Past Simple |
It expresses a finished action in the past, actions that follow each other in a story and a past situation or habit |
The nurse did injections yesterday. The physician examined the patient, listened to the heart and measured theblood pressure. When I was a child, we lived in a small house by the sea. |
Future Simple
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It expresses an action which will happen in future
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Tomorrow I shall visit my doctor |
Future Simple inthePast
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It is used in indirect speech concerning future actions |
I thought that I should see you at the party
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Present Simple (Indefinite) Tense Positive form
Yes/No form
Negative form
Affirmative Form |
Interrogative Form |
Negative Form |
I write |
Do I write? |
I do not write |
You write |
Do you write? |
You do not write |
He (she, it) writes |
Does he (she, it) write? |
He (she, it) does not write |
We write |
Do we write? |
We do not write |
They write |
Do they write? |
They do not write |
Past Simple (Indefinite) Tense
Positive form
Yes/No form
Negative form
AffirmativeForm |
Interrogative Form |
Negative Form |
I wrote |
Did I write? |
I did not write |
Yon wrote |
Did you write? |
You did not write |
He (she, it) wrote |
Did he (she, it) write? |
He (she, it) did not write |
We wrote |
Did we write? |
We did not write |
They wrote |
Did they write? |
They did not write |