Simple Future & Simple Past

Simple Future & Simple Past

Simple Future

Simple future tense is a form of tense used to make future predictions or promises. The precise moment of the action is unknown or not defined yet. This tense is often used with the following time expressions:

-Soon

-Next month/year/week

-Tomorrow

-Later

Formulas

• Positive

  Subject + will + verb + object (s) + time expression

  Examples:

  -I will come to your party tonight.

  -They will come and pick you up soon.

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Formulas

• Negative

  Subject + will not + verb + object (s) + time expression

  Examples:

  -I will not come to your party tonight.

  -They will not come and pick you up soon.

Formulas

• •Interrogative

  will + subject + verb + object (s) + time expression ?

  Examples:

  -Will you come to my party tonight?

  -Will they come and pick you up soon?

We can change “will” with “tobe going to”.

• Examples 1:

  They will come to my house tomorrow.

  They are going to come to my house tomorrow.

• Examples 2:

  My father will not do your homework.

  My father is not going to do your homework.

• Examples 3:

  Will you help me to clean this class?

  Are you going to help me to clean this class?

Simple Past

Simple past tense is a form of tense used to explain things that have already happened a while ago. The precise moment of the action is known and has passed. The time of the moment must be known. If you cannot indicate when the moment happened, use present perfect tense instead. This tense often used with the following time expressions:

-Last week/month/year

-Yesterday

-Ago

Formulas

• Positive

  Subject + past verb + object(s) + time expression

  Examples:

  -I saw Doni last week.

  -He used my pencil yesterday.

Formulas

• Negative

  Subject + did not + verb + object(s) + time expression

  Examples:

  -I did not see Doni last week.

  He did not use my pencil yesterday.

Formulas

• Interrogative

  Did + subject + verb + object(s) + time expression ?

  Examples:

  -Did you see Doni last week?

  -Did he use my pencil yesterday?