verbs simple [Music] tense at the end of this lesson you will be able to identify the simple forms of the three tenses present past and future [Music] hey F hi Cy I'm so glad you're back did you enjoy the summer camp Oh Fleck the camp was so much fun I made lots of new friends and really enjoyed myself what did you do there oh we tracked up a small hill Rod boats along along the river and Cooked our own meals at the campfire every night we played lots of games too one day the camp Master also organized a treasure hunt for us oh wow sezy sounds like you had a great time will you please tell me more about your camping stories of course I will [Music] we just heard Fleck and zezy have a conversation using different forms of tenses in this lesson we will learn about the simple form of the tenses before we move on to the simple form of tenses let us first revise tenses the tense of a verb shows the time of an action it tells us when the action takes place there are three main tenses the present tense the past tense and the future tense the present tense indicates an action which takes place now or in the present the past tense in indicates an action which took place in the past and the future tense indicates an action which will take place in the future the tense of a verb not only shows the time of an action but also expresses the state of the action that is it indicates whether the action is complete or incomplete let us look at some examples zezy goes for a walk every day in this sentence the verb goes indicates an action that takes place in the present on a regular basis it refers to a simple form of the present tense buy is going for a walk in this sentence the verbs is going indicates an incomplete action that is taking place and continuing in the present moment it refers to a continuous form of the present tense zezy has gone for a walk in this sentence the the verb has gone indicates a completed or finished action in the present moment it refers to a completed or perfect form of the present tense in this lesson we shall learn about the simple form of tenses with their uses let's begin with the simple present tense the simple present tense of a verb is used to express actions that take place regularly or repeatedly let us look at some examples every year Flex spends the summer holidays with his grandparents the verb Spence indicates an action that takes place repeatedly zezy takes her pet dog for a walk every evening the verb takes indicates an action that takes place regularly words such as always never usually generally often seldom sometimes every day and so on are often used with the simple present tense the simple present tense is also used to express facts and natural qualities let us look at the following examples the lion is the king of the jungle here the verb is is used to express a fact honey tastes sweet here the word tastes is used to express a natural quality of honey let us look at the following table to understand the usage of the simple present tense form of the verb play for the three subject pronouns in singular and plural for the first and second person singular the simp simple present tense of the verb is play I usually play in the park you usually play the simple present tense we generally use the base form of the verb have therefore when referring to the third person singular subject we add an s or ES s to the base form for example I play in the park here the base form of the word play is used she plays in the park here s is added to the time in the past it is also used to refer to a completed action in the past that may not have any connection with the present present moment let us look at the following examples zezy tked up a small hill zezy made many friends at the summer camp in these sentences the verbs Tred and made indicate actions that took place at some time in the past the simple past tense is also used to express a past habit let us look at some examples she walked to school every day we usually worked late at the laboratory in these sentences the verbs walked and worked indicate habitual actions that took place in the past words such as always never usually generally often seldom sometimes every day and so on are often used with the simple past tense let us look at the following table to understand the usage of the simple past tense form of the verb play for the three subject pronouns in singular and plural for the first second and third person singular the simple past tense of the verb is played I usually played in the park you usually played in the park he or she or it usually played in the park for the first second and third person plural the simple past tense of the verb is played we usually played in the park you usually played in the park they usually play played in the past the third type of tense that we will look at is the simple future tense the simple future tense of a verb is used to express an action that will take place at some time in the future let us look at some following examples I shall go to summer camp next year in this sentence the helping verb shall is used with the base form of the verb go to indicate an action that will take place in the future they will play games tomorrow here the helping verb will is used with the verb play to indicate a an action that will take place in the future all verbs form the future tense by using a helping verb with the base form of the main verb a helping verb is the verb which is added before the main verb to show the correct tense of the verb for subjects in first person singular and plural we use the helping verb shall however the helping verb will is commonly used the helping verb shall is rarely used nowadays let us look at the following table to understand the usage of the simple future tense form of the verb play for the three subject pronouns in singular and plural for the first person singular and plural the simple future tense of the verb is shall play I shall play in the park we shall play in the park for the second and third person singular the simple future tense of the verb is Will will play you will play in the park he or she or it will play in the park for the second and third person plural the simple future tense of the verb is will play you will play in the park they will play in the park if I had not gone to visit my aunt I would have come too oh don't be upset Fleck the camp Master is going to hold another Camp next summer we can go together then really oh I will make sure that I come next time H we will have a great time and have lots of stories to share I can't wait to go to the next summer camp with Cey it will be so much fun let's revise all points that we have learned in the lesson verbs simple tense the tense of a verb shows the time of an action or when an action has happened it also tells us about the state of an action that is it indicates whether an action is complete or incomplete there are three types of simple tenses simple present tense simple past tense simple future tense the simple present tense of a verb is used to express actions that take place regularly or repeatedly the simple present tense is also used to express facts and natural qualities the simple past tense of a verb is used to express an action that took place at some time in the past it refers to a completed action in the past that may not have any connection with the present moment the simple past tense is also used to express a past habit [Music] words such as always never usually generally often seldom sometimes every day and so on are often used with the simple present tense and simple past tense the simple future tense of a verb is used to express an action that will take place at some time in the future a helping verb is the verb which is added before the main verb to show the correct tense of the verb all verbs form their future tenses with the aid of a helping [Music] verb