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English Grammar Simple Tenses

Section 2: Verb Forms and Tenses: Lecture 2 | 12:12 min

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	1 answer Last reply by: Haiqing Chen Thu Aug 9, 2018 1:40 PM Post by Macy Li on June 29, 2017 Isn't 'tempus' the Latin word for 'time', and not 'tenpus'?
	1 answer Last reply by: Haiqing Chen Thu Aug 9, 2018 1:46 PM Post by Mohammed Fayaz Amanulla on April 9, 2015 please explain the difference between past and past participle.
	1 answer Last reply by: TAHA sakor Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:52 AM Post by TAHA sakor on November 11, 2014 why you add s or es or ies to the verb
	0 answers Post by TAHA sakor on November 10, 2014 why you add (s)to the verb ??????????????
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Thu Oct 3, 2013 12:33 PM Post by ANIL PAHWANI on October 3, 2013 I find learning Tenses difficult and tend to forget it, although this lecture was very helpful can u please advice some activities which can make simpler.
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:23 PM Post by Archimedes S on September 11, 2013 Just to clarify, in example 2 in the section "Using Simple Tenses", is "before" acting as a conjunction?
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Sat Aug 3, 2013 1:25 AM Post by Seifer Seiferovski on August 1, 2013 There should be another rule for use of the simple present tense. That is - when you have state and action verbs which mean different things accordingly to the tense.
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:11 PM Post by Vivek Bansal on June 20, 2013 Whats the difference between the past tense and the past participle?
	1 answer Last reply by: Professor Hendershot Tue May 7, 2013 12:24 PM Post by Vlad Stan on May 7, 2013 Why do you use enjoys instead of enjoies for 3rd person?
	0 answers Post by PABLO AGREDANO on December 10, 2012 i thought that the past tense and the past participle were the same thing. u just add -ed. how do you know when to use the past tense and the past participle with the irregular verbs?

Simple Tenses

Verb tenses are the ways that verbs change according to the time at which the action occurs.
The simple present tense describes actions that occur in the present. It is the base form of the verb, except in the case of the third person, where –sis added. Use the simple present tense for habitual actions, actions occurring at the moment, and facts or general truths.
The simple past tense describes actions that occurred in the past. For regular verbs, the past participle is also the simple past tense.
Some verbs have irregular past tense and past participle forms. You’ll have to study and memorize these individually.
The simple future tense describes actions that will occur in the future. It is formed by adding the helping verb willbefore the base form. Use the simple future tense for actions that will occur in the future and actions that can be predicted given certain circumstances.

Simple Tenses

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Intro 0:00
Lesson Overview 0:07
What is a Verb Tense? 0:33

Definition
3 Simple Tenses

Review of Basic Verb Forms 1:12

Definition
Present Participle Form
Past Participle Form

Single Present Tense 2:01

Third-Person Singular
Examples

Simple Past Tense 3:11

Form Past Tense
Examples

Irregular Past Tense and Past Participle 4:00

Most Irregular Verb

Irregular Verbs with Same Past & Past Participle Forms 5:09
Irregular Verbs with Different Past & Past Participle Forms 5:40
Irregular Verbs with Same Base 6:03
Learning Irregular Verbs 6:34

Best Way to Learn Irregular Verbs

Simple Future Tense 7:04

You It for 2 Kinds of Actions

Using Simple Tenses 8:01

Use it For
Examples
Use Simple Past Tense
Examples
Using Simple Future Tense
Examples

Using Simple Tenses Practice 9:29
Using Simple Tenses Answers 9:55
Using Simple Tenses Practice 2 10:37
Using Simple Tenses Answers 2 11:08

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Section 1: Parts of Speech
	Nouns	12:48
	Pronouns	13:32
	Verbs	11:46
	Adjectives	18:33
	Adverbs	9:26
	Prepositions	11:31
	Conjunctions	19:51
	Interjections	7:42
Section 2: Verb Forms and Tenses
	Basic Verb Forms	11:41
	Simple Tenses	12:12
	Perfect Tenses	11:21
	Progressive Tenses	12:00
	Conditional Tenses & Subjunctive Mood	10:28
Section 3: Sentence Parts and Patterns
	Subjects	15:08
	Predicates	13:02
	Objects	11:49
	Sentence Types	9:18
Section 4: Trouble with Verbs
	Helping Verbs	8:42
	Infinitives & Gerunds	12:50
	Troublesome Verbs	10:28
	Consistent Tense, Mood & Voice	15:09
	Subject-Verb Agreement	18:11
Section 5: Common Grammar Problems
	Pronoun Agreement and Reference	19:09
	Pronoun Case & Relative Pronouns	14:48
	Modifiers & Their Placement	19:13
	Articles	17:49
	Commonly Confused Words	11:29
Section 6: Common Sentence Problems
	Sentence Fragments	15:43
	Run-On Sentences	12:13
	Parallelism	8:33
	Active vs. Passive Voice	9:54
	Idioms	11:18

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Rebekah Hendershot

Simple Tenses

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Section 1: Parts of Speech

Nouns

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