Simple Tense

Verb tense tells you when the action happens. There are three main verb tenses: present, past, and future. Each main tense is divided into simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses. Present Past Future Simple finish finished will finish Progressive am/is/are finishing was/were finishing will be finishing Perfect have/has finished had finished will have finished Perfect Progressive have/has been finishing had been finishing will have been finishing Things to remember about simple tense:      a. Present tense is the original verb form.      b. Past tense has a few patterns.      c. Future tense needs will (shall) + verb. run I run a marathon twice a year. (present) I ran a marathon last year. (past) I will run a marathon next year. (future) eat I eat lunch in my office. I ate lunch an hour ago. I will eat lunch in one hour. see I see a movie once a week. I saw a movie yesterday. I will see a movie tomorrow. know I know it. I knew it the day before yesterday. I will know it by tomorrow. learn I learn English. I learned English the last two years. I will learn English next year. cook I cook my supper every night. I cooked our dinner already. I will cook breakfast tomorrow. Quiz  Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms. 1)I                      a song at the concert yesterday. 2)He                      a letter to his girlfriend tomorrow. 3)I                      to the library to borrow some books this weekend.