Hello and Welcome.

In this lesson, I am going to teach you all of the tenses in the English language. For each tense,
I’ll show you the form, and its different uses and I’ll share you example sentences to help you
fully understand. So if you’re ready, let’s begin.
Before we get into the lesson, here’s a chart showing all the tenses. There are three times –
Present, past and future. And four aspects – Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect
Continuous. The times and the aspects combine to make all the twelve tenses in English. The
present time and the simple aspect make the present simple tense. Then we have the present
continuous, present perfect, and the present perfect continuous.
In the same way, we can make tenses with the past and future times as well. We’re going to
discuss all of these in this lesson. So let’s begin with the first tense – the present simple.
1. Present Simple
We make the present simple tense with a subject (like I / You / We / They / He / She / It) and
a verb in the present (or the V1) form.
For Example:
“I drink coffee every morning.”
“Cathy works as a teacher.”
Notice that in sentence number 2, we have “works” with an “s”. In the present tense, if the
subject is I, You, We or They, we use a verb without –s. That’s why “I drink”. If the subject is
He, She, or It, we add –s with the verb.
“Cathy” is a female name, it’s like saying “she”, so we have said, “Cathy works”.
Now, the first sentence here talks about a habit or a routine, something that I do regularly.
The second sentence is a fact –
“Cathy works as a teacher” is a fact about her life.
These are the two main uses of the present simple tense. Here are few more examples of
habits and routines:
“Shawn goes to the beach on Sundays.”
“Children often play video games after school.”
And here are some more facts:
“You sing very well.” (It said as a fact about someone’s ability)
“Water boils at 100o C.” (Notice that this last sentence is a fact about the world)
So facts can be about people, or they can be about things in the world.
So, that is the present simple tense.
 All Tenses
Perfect
Simple Continuous Perfect
Continuous

present present perfect

Present present simple present perfect
continuous continuous

past perfect
Past past simple past continuous past perfect
continuous

future future perfect

Future future simple future perfect
continuous continuous

Present Simple
I / You / We / They He / She / It
Work Works
Live Lives
Play Plays
Go Goes
Eat Eats
Drink Drinks

Form: subject + verb (present / V1)

Habits and routines

I drink coffee every morning.
Facts
Cathy works as a teacher.