Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

HS6151 – Technical English I Unit – 1 Topic – Tenses (Simple)
Tenses (Simple)
Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future
1. Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense is used to express
 A fact
o John is an English Teacher.
o Asia is the largest continent in the world.
 A repeated action
o Ramesh eats his breakfast in the canteen.
o Madu always forgets to switch of the lights.
 Scheduled actions
o Rock Fort express leaves the platform at 10:30 p.m. every day.
o The classes start at 8:30 a.m. on next Monday.
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2. Simple Past Tense
Simple Past Tense is used to express
 Actions completed in the past
o Magesh saw the movie In Pursuit of Happiness last weekend.
o Last year, I visited the Seven Wonders of the World.
 A series of action completed in the past
o I finished my target, argued for incentives, and got a good sum of money.
o John locked the room at 10 a.m., reached the bus stand at 11.30 a.m. and received
his friend at 11.45 a.m.
 Actions that covered duration in the past
o Suresh and his family lived in Australia for the past 10 years.
o Sheela and Geetha talked over the phone for 2 hours.

3. Simple Future Tense
Simple Future Tense is used to express
 A future voluntary action (will)
o I will inform you once the order is ready.
o The committee will announce its decision next week.
 A plan (is going to)
o Kumar, with his family, is going to spend his vocation in Holland.
o Shanthi is going to apply for engineering council next year.
 A prediction
o Karthik will be the next student chairman of the college.
o The movie Planes is going to will min 5 Oscars next year.

Activity 1
Underline the verbs in the following paragraph and rewrite the paragraph in the past
tense:
I am happy and elated, whereas you are miserable and melancholy. They are brave and
courageous; however she is timid and frightened. Everyone has different feelings – sometimes
good; sometimes bad. We are all just human, after all.
Activity 2
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses forms:
Rajesh : After you (leave) _______ college, will you please drop by the bakery and pick up
some milk and bread?
Geetha : No problem, I (pick) _______ them up and be home by 6 o'clock.
Rajesh : Great. You will probably get home before I (do) ______.
Activity 3
Write down the missing sentence in the column below:
Subject Sentence 1 (declarative) Sentence 2 (negative) Sentence 3 (Question)

John John eats his breakfast. --------------------------------- ---------------------------------
He --------------------------------- He is not a person we are ---------------------------------
searching for.
She --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Is she happy with the
money?
Activity 4
Complete the questions and then answer.
1. ____ (do/does) you _____ (get/gets) up at 6 a.m.?
Yes, ___________________________________.

2. ______ (do/does) Sandiya _____ (do/does) the homework on time?
No, ____________________________________________.
3. ______ (do/does) your maid ____ (clean/cleans) your living room?
Yes, ____________________________________________.
4. _____ (do/does) you _____ (speak/speaks) English?
Yes, _____________________________________________.
5. ______ (do/does) Chitra ______ (climb/climbs) a tree?
No, _______________________________________________.
Activity 5
Fill in the blanks with simple past tense form of verbs given in the brackets.
1. Last year John (go) ______ to Las Vegas on holiday.

2. It (be) _____ fantastic.
3. He (visit) _____ lots of interesting places. He (be) _____ with four friends.
4. In the mornings they (walk) _____ in the streets of Vegas.
5. In the evenings they (go) _____ to pubs.
6. The weather (be) _____ pleasant.
7. It (not / rain) _____ a lot.
8. But they (see) _____ some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) _____ your last holiday?

Activity 6
Fill in the blanks with simple future tense form of verbs given in the brackets.
A yogi in the Himalayas is telling the following sentences to Karthik.
1. You (be) _____ very happy.

2. You (get) _____ a lot of money in your business.
3. You (buy) _____ a fabulous villa.
4. Your enemies (envy) _____ you.
5. You (meet) _____ a beautiful and kind girl.
6. You (marry) _____ her with the blessing of your parents.
7. You and your wife (travel) _____ around the world.
8. People (serve) _____ you.
9. They (not/refuse) _____ to make you happy.
10. But all this (happen / only) _____ when you are 70 years old.

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HS6151 – Technical English I Unit – 1 Topic – Tenses (Simple)

Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

1. Simple Present Tense

Simple Present Tense is used to express

o John is an English Teacher.

o Asia is the largest continent in the world.

o Ramesh eats his breakfast in the canteen.

o Madu always forgets to switch of the lights.

o The classes start at 8:30 a.m. on next Monday.

Dept. of English Anna University Chennai

2. Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense is used to express

 Actions completed in the past

o Magesh saw the movie In Pursuit of Happiness last weekend.

o Last year, I visited the Seven Wonders of the World.

 A series of action completed in the past

 Actions that covered duration in the past

o Sheela and Geetha talked over the phone for 2 hours.

Dept. of English Anna University Chennai

3. Simple Future Tense

Simple Future Tense is used to express

 A future voluntary action (will)

o I will inform you once the order is ready.

o The committee will announce its decision next week.

 A plan (is going to)

o Kumar, with his family, is going to spend his vocation in Holland.

o Shanthi is going to apply for engineering council next year.

o Karthik will be the next student chairman of the college.

o The movie Planes is going to will min 5 Oscars next year.

Dept. of English Anna University Chennai

Write down the missing sentence in the column below:

Subject Sentence 1 (declarative) Sentence 2 (negative) Sentence 3 (Question)

Complete the questions and then answer.

1. ____ (do/does) you _____ (get/gets) up at 6 a.m.?

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2. ______ (do/does) Sandiya _____ (do/does) the homework on time?

3. ______ (do/does) your maid ____ (clean/cleans) your living room?

4. _____ (do/does) you _____ (speak/speaks) English?

5. ______ (do/does) Chitra ______ (climb/climbs) a tree?

1. Last year John (go) ______ to Las Vegas on holiday.

Dept. of English Anna University Chennai

A yogi in the Himalayas is telling the following sentences to Karthik.

1. You (be) _____ very happy.

Dept. of English Anna University Chennai

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2. __ (do/does) Sandiya _ (do/does) the homework on time?

3. __ (do/does) your maid (clean/cleans) your living room?

4. _ (do/does) you _ (speak/speaks) English?

5. (do/does) Chitra (climb/climbs) a tree?