English Grammar : Past Simple

Past Simple Tense

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Structure of Past Simple Tense.

Subject + V2 + (Object)

When do we use Past Simple Tense?

1. When the situation happened and already finished in the past.

I lived in Hungary two years ago.
John went to ABC shopping mall with Marry last weekend.

Past Simple Tense is used with time indicator words as below example.

Yesterday
XX ago
Last XX
once
etc.

2. With the repetitive action happens and finished in the past .

Marry wrote to her husband every week when he was in the army.

Must know about Past Simple Tenses

Use V2 in Past Simple Tense
I ate
John walked

English Grammar: Present Simple

Present Simple Tense

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Structure of Present Simple Tense.

Subject + V1 + (Object)

When do we use Present Simple Tense?

1. When the action happens regularly or "Repetitive actions."

Marry goes shopping every weekend.
I usually take a bus to school.
I never want to see you again.
-- There are usually "adverb of frequency" in this type of sentence.--

Examples of adverb of frequency are

always
usually
sometimes
never
often
every week

2. When the situation is true or always true.

The sun rises from the East.
I love you (well, at least, it is meant to be true.)
China has the most population in the world.

3. Use Present Simple Tense with behavior, habit or tradition

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John speaks so fast.

Must know about Present Simple Tense

If the subject is the single and third person put an s after V1.
He speaks.
John walks.

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