Simple

Present tense
SIMPLE FORMULA: THE + Name word + (do word +s) + (????????)
Article

The/A /
An
The
A
An
The
An
A
The

Name Words
(nouns)

Person

Place

Thing

Man

Boys


Girls

schools




Police station

elephant

eagle

Sentences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

The schools start tomorrow.

A man walks to the market.
An elephant is very big.
The boys are at the store.
A police station sounds an alarm.
The girls kick the ball around.

SINGULAR
+ NAME WORDS

DO Word
(verb) + S

Is = (NO S)


+

walks (walk+s)
is

flies (fly + s)
sounds (sound+s)

PLURAL

Name Words +

DO Word


Are

Adverbial / adjectival phrase

(???????)
Who/What/ Where/ When/ How

start


are


kick

tomorrow. (when)
to the market. (where)
very big. (how)
at the store. (where)
very high. (how)
an alarm. (what)
the balls around. (what)

Rules:
Remember: you must always use the correct form of the verb. Example: Fly flies: (y ies);
When you write a Name word: ALWAYS put an article first. This also happens in the (????????) part as well.
(The) is used for plural.
Never use (A/ An) for plural.
It is safer to just always use (the) it creates less confusion for students.
Article

Name Word

The

Cars

House

An

Elephant

Important about Adverbial / Adjectival phrase: (????????) Part
When you answer WHO. It will be the PERSON name word, so it will be (the/a/an + man)
When you answer WHAT It will be the THING name word, so it will be (the/a/an + pencil)
When you answer WHERE It will be the PLACE name word, so it will be (the/a/an + playground)
Where shows place: This means that (the name word) will be used with a preposition (at the park) ( on the chair)
When you answer HOW It will be a describing word; telling about the 5 senses, so it will be (big, yellow, happy, loud, yummy )
When you answer WHEN It will be a time word, so it will be (tomorrow, noon, 5pm, next week)

Present continues tense

SIMPLE FORMULA: THE + Name word + (is /are + do word + ing) + (????????)
Article

Name Words
(nouns)

The/A /
An
The
A
An
The
An
A
The
Sentences

Person

Place

Thing

Man

Boys


Girls

schools




police station

elephant

eagle

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

The schools are starting tomorrow.

A man is walking to the market.
An elephant is stomping very hard.
The boys are going to the store.
An eagle is flying very high.
A police station is sounding an alarm.
The girls are kicking the balls around.

SINGULAR
+ NAME WORDS

DO Word
(verb) + ing

Is


+

is walking
is stomping

is flying
is sounding

PLURAL
Name Words

DO Word
(verb) + ing

Are

Adverbial / adjectival phrase

(???????)
Who/What/ Where/ When/ How

are starting


are going


are kicking

tomorrow. (when)
to the market. (where)
very hard. (how)
to the store. (where)
very high. (how)
an alarm. (what)
the balls around. (what)

Simple Past tense

SIMPLE FORMULA: THE + Name word + (was / were / (do word + ed)) + (????????)
Article

Name Words
(nouns)

The/A /
An
The
A
An
The
An
A
The

Person

Place

Thing

Man

Boys


Girls

schools




Police station

elephant

eagle

Sentences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

The schools started yesterday.

A man walked to the market.
An elephant was very big.
The boys went to the store.
An eagle flew very high.
A police station sounded an alarm.
The girls kicked the balls around.

SINGULAR
+ NAME WORDS

DO Word + ed
(verb)

was

+

walked (walk + ed)
was

flew
sounded

PLURAL
Name Words

Do word + ed


were

started


were


kicked

Adverbial / adjectival phrase

(???????)
Who/What/ Where/ When/ How

Yesterday. (when)
to the market. (where)
very big. (how)
at the store. (where)
very high. (how)
an alarm. (what)
the balls around. (what)

Past continuous tense

SIMPLE FORMULA: THE + Name word + (was / were + do word + ing) + (????????)
Article

The/A /
An
The
A
An
The
An
A
The

Name Words
(nouns)

Person

Place

Thing

man

boys


girls

schools




Police station

elephant

eagle

Sentences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

SINGULAR
+ NAME WORDS

WAS
DO Word + ing
(verb)

The schools started yesterday.

A man walked to the market.
An elephant was very big.
The boys went to the store.
An eagle flew very high.
A police station sounded an alarm.
The girls kicked the balls around.

PLURAL
Name Words

WERE
Do word + ing

was walking
was

flew
sounded

were starting


were


kicked

Adverbial / adjectival phrase

(???????)
Who/What/ Where/ When/ How

tomorrow. (when)
to the market. (where)
very big. (how)
at the store. (where)
very high. (how)
an alarm. (what)
the balls around. (what)