Simple Present & Simple Past

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What is the Simple Present tense?

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The Simple Present tense is used to describe habits, general truths, and repeated actions. For example, 'I eat breakfast every day.'

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What is the Simple Past tense?

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The Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that happened and were completed in the past. For example, 'I watched a movie yesterday.'

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How do you form the Simple Present tense for regular verbs?

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For regular verbs, use the base form of the verb. Add 's' or 'es' for third person singular. For example, 'He plays soccer.'

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How do you form the Simple Past tense for regular verbs?

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For regular verbs, add 'ed' to the base form of the verb. For example, 'I walked to school.'

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What is the structure of a Simple Present question?

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The structure is: Do/Does + subject + base form of the verb? For example, 'Do you like ice cream?'

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What is the structure of a Simple Past question?

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The structure is: Did + subject + base form of the verb? For example, 'Did you see the movie?'

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What is the negative form of the Simple Present tense?

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The negative form is: subject + do/does not + base form of the verb. For example, 'She does not like spinach.'

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What is the negative form of the Simple Past tense?

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The negative form is: subject + did not + base form of the verb. For example, 'They did not go to the park.'

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Give an example of a Simple Present statement.

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Example: 'He plays the guitar every weekend.'

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Give an example of a Simple Past statement.

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Example: 'She visited her grandmother last week.'