Verbs-Simple Tenses

• Present simple is used for

  ✓ thoughts and feelings:

  Ex. I think so. I like it.

  ✓ states, things staying the same, facts and things that are true for a long time:

  Ex. We live quite near

  ✓ repeated actions:

  Ex. We come here every week.

  ✓ in phrases like I promise, I agree, etc:

  Ex. I promise I'll pay you back.

  ✓ in a negative question with why to make a suggestion:

  Ex. Why don't we go out?
• Positive forms

  I/you/we/they get

  he/she/it gets
• NEGATIVE

  I/you/we/they do not get OR don't get

  he/she/it does not get OR doesn't get
• QUESTION

  do I/we/you/they get?

  does he/she/it get?
• Past simple

  A regular past form ends in ed.

  It happened very quickly.

  The van crashed into the cat I posted the letter yesterday.

  We once owned a caravan
• Some verbs have an irregular past form.

  The car came out of a side road. Vicky rang earlier.

  I won the game.

  I had breakfast at six. The train left on time. We took some photos.
• NEGATIVE QUESTION

  I/you/he/she/it/we/they did not stop

  QUESTION

  did I/you/he/she/it/we/they stop?
• Will (neutral future)


  Used to express the future in a neutral way
• Will


  • I'll be free for most of the summer
  • I'm thirsty. I think I'll make some tea.
• Shall


  Can have the same meaning as 'will' in some cases, but is a little more formal
• Shall


  • We will know/We shall know the results soon
  • I'll be on holiday in August. (= I will OR I shall)
• Shall


  Can be used in offers and suggestions
• Shall


  • Shall I pack up your shopping for you?
  • Shall we all go out together?
• Will is not 'the future tense'. It is only one of the forms we can use to express the future.
• In some situations, will is not the right word to use to express the future. After college I'm going to travel around the US.