Simple Present and 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. Example: 'She walks to school 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 have already happened. Example: 'He walked to school 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 for all subjects except third person singular, which adds 's' or 'es'. Example: 'I play', 'He plays'.

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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. Example: 'play' becomes 'played'.

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What is the Simple Past of the verb 'go'?

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The Simple Past of 'go' is 'went'.

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What is the Simple Past of the verb 'come'?

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The Simple Past of 'come' is 'came'.

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What is the Simple Past of the verb 'speak'?

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The Simple Past of 'speak' is 'spoke'.

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How do you ask a question in the Simple Past tense?

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Use 'did' + subject + base form of the verb. Example: 'Did you go to the park?'

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What is the structure of a negative sentence in the Simple Present tense?

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Use 'do not' or 'does not' + base form of the verb. Example: 'She does not like apples.'

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What is the structure of a negative sentence in the Simple Past tense?

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Use 'did not' + base form of the verb. Example: 'They did not go to the party.'