Simple Present Tense

Positive Statements:
1. I __________ an English session every day.
2. I ________ basketball every Sunday in the mornings.
3. We _________ very close to the Johns International school.
4. My parents both ___________ good Hindi.
5. My mother ____________ green tea for breakfast every day.
6. I usually _______ to School by bus.
7. The School library __________ at 7.30 a.m.
8. It _________ a lot in England.
9. The Sun _______ in the east and ________ in the west.
10. My father __________ in a bank.
Task: Write two example sentences for positive statements.
Negative Statements: dont/doesnt
1. The School library / open until 9.30 a.m. on Tuesdays.
2. I / get up / early in the mornings.
3. My mother / play / golf but she / play / tennis.
4. It / rain / much in the summer in Germany.
5. Some students / do / their homework on time.
6. We / drink / coffee or tea.
Task: Write two example sentences for negative statements.

Positive Questions: do(plural)/does(singular)

1. Your brother / speak / German?
2. When ____ you usually ______ your homework?
3. Your manager / give / you feedback after the project?
4. What time _______ you usually ________ lunch?
5. You / use dictionary when reading?
6. Your parents both / work / for the same company?
Task: Write one yes or no question and one wh question.
Negative questions: dont/doesnt
1. You / drink / coffee?
2. He / work / hard under tight deadlines?
3. The seniors / tease / the juniors in this college?
4. You / watch / TV?
5. She / listen / to pop music?
6. They / speak / French?
Task: Write one yes or no question and one wh question.
Task: Write down the formulae of 2 group of subject forms for positive and negative statements,
and positive and negative questions.
Types of Subjects:
There are two types of subjects in Simple Present Tense: Sub A and Sub B
Sub A refers to I/we/you/they/more than 1 person/object
Sub B refers to he/she/it/1 person/object
Formulae for Simple Present Tense
1. Positive Sentence: Sub A + verb(v1) + obj

2. Negative Sentence: Sub B + verb(s) + obj

3. Positive question (yes/no): Do + Sub A + verb(v1) + obj?
4. Negative question (yes/no): Does + Sub B + verb(v1) + obj?
5. Positive question (Wh/how): Wh/how + do + Sub A + verb(v1) + obj?
6. Negative question (wh/how): wh/how + Does + Sub B + verb(v1) + obj?

Present Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences:
1. He / write / a letter.
2. She / drive / a car.
3. They / apply / for jobs.
4. She / attend / an interview.
5. I / search / for my dictionary.

Past Continuous Tense

Positive statements:
1. The lights went off yesterday as we / listen / to the class.
2. Where were you this morning? I / play / cricket in the ground
3. It started to rain while the students / get off / the bus.
4. I / look for you yesterday. Where were you?
5. We / have / breakfast at 7 this morning.
Task: Write two example sentences for positive statements.

Negative statements:
1. She / drive / carefully. So she fell off the bike.
2. Dont interrupt. I / talk / to you
3. Where were you yesterday evening? You / play / in the ground
4. Even though it / rain, it was getting dark. So we postponed our movie programme.
5. She was unlucky to have the accident. She / drive / very fast
Task: Write two example sentences for negative statements

Positive questions:
1. I saw you leaving the school afternoon. Where / you / go?
2. It / rain / when you went shopping?
3. Why / you / shout at him like that yesterday?
4. You / sleep when the TV caught fire?
5. He / drive / too fast when he had the accident?
Task: Write one yes or no question and one wh question.
How long has Pooja been working?
Where has Pooja been all these days?
Have you been here for long?

Negative questions:
1. You / pay / attention in the class? I taught the same topic several times over the past three
weeks.
2. The panelists in the debate / discuss / the core of the topic?
3. When she fell off the bike, she / drive / carefully?

4. He / argue / with you in the restaurant the other day? I saw the entire altercation.
5. Why did the financier seize your car? You / pay / the installments regularly?.
Task: Write one yes or no question and one wh question.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences:
1. He / attend / various interviews in vain (to no avail), ever since he completed his graduation.
2. Why are you crying? I / cut / onions.
3. They / build / the new fly-over for more than a year.
4. Someone / smoke /here.
5. Why are you sweating? I / jog.
Task: Write two example sentences for positive statements.

Negative Sentences:
1. She / sing / in India, since she left for Paris.
2. I / work / hard these days. (these days = lately/of late/now-a-days)
3. You / attend / the classes on time for three days.
4. The clock / work / since it fell down a month ago.
5. We / exercise / regularly.
Task: Write two example sentences for negative statements.

Positive Questions:
1. How long / you / learn guitar?
2. What / you / do?

3. It / rain / outside?
4. You / cry?
5. They / travel / around Asia?
Task: Write one yes or no question and one wh question.

Negative Questions:
1. She / attend / the classes?
2. You / waste time / on downloading movies?
3. He / play / since morning?
4. Why / you / pass the tests?
5. She / talk / to him?
Task: Write one yes or no question and one wh question.
Simple Past (be form)

Positive sentences:
1. He / a bright student.
2. The two teams / champions in 1980.
3. She / weak / in Mathematics in her fifth standard.
4. I / a topper in graduation.
5. ADL tool / ideal for testing software.
Task 1: two example sentences
Task 2: sub + used to + be + obj

Negative sentences:

1. He / late / yesterday.
2. You / available on phone.
3. She / an orphan.
4. We / silent / in the meeting.
5. I / a member / of the association in 2003.
Task 1: two example sentences
Task 2: sub + didnt use to + be + obj
Positive questions:
1. He / your soulmate?
2. They / on a break / in the meeting.
3. It / a dream?
4. I / right or wrong?
5. why / you / there?
Task 1: two example sentences
Task 2: did + sub + use to + be + obj
Negative questions:
1. You / alone / a year ago?
2. She / the right candidate / for the job?
3. They / worldly men?
4. I / a good king?
5. Why / he / affectionate to me?
Task 1: two example sentences
Task 2: didnt + sub + use to + be + obj

Simple past (verb form)

Positive sentences:
1. I / play / tennis all afternoon.
2. My father / take / me to the dentist after school yesterday.
3. They / go / to England in 1990.
4. she / see / him last night.
5. We / have / breakfast this morning.

Task 1: two example sentences

Task 2: sub + used to + v1

Negative sentences:
1. I / see / you in the school yesterday. Were you sick?
2. He / attend / the meeting as (because/since) he was ill.
3. The manager / know that you could speak French.
4. It / stop / raining all yesterday.
5. They / select any candidate in the campus placements.

Task 1: two example sentences

Task 2: sub + didnt + use to + v1

Positive questions:

1. You / read / any good books during the summer holidays?

2. John / come / to school yesterday?
3. You / tell / Ram about the party last night?
4. Why / you / sell / your car?
5. How long / you / stay / abroad?

Task 1: two example sentences

Task 2: did + sub + use to + v1

Negative questions:
1. You / participate / in the conference with the clients?
2. Why / they / join the party?
3. She / watch / the movie?
4. He / submit / the project on time?
5. I / tell / you to keep the passport with you?
Task 1: two example sentences
Task 2: didnt + sub + use to + v1

Present Perfect Tense

Positive sentences:
1. He / wait / for the lift for 10 minutes.
2. She / find / tonnes of gold in her garden.
3. I / meet / that person a few times.
4. They / have / some issue with the manager this week.

5. We / just / buy / the car.

Task: Two example sentences.
Negative sentences:
1. He / still / has / a shower.
2. Where is John? Sorry, I / see / him all day.
3. You / eat / enough. Are you not hungry?
4. I / see / his new film yet.
5. She / invite / John to her birthday party this year.
Task: two example sentences.
Positive questions:
1. She / go / to the movie?
2. How long / you / live in Canada?
3. Where / you / are?
4. They / pass / the exam?
5. He / play / football today?
Task: two example sentences.
Negative questions:
1. You / switch off / the phone?
2. She / go / to the supermarket?
3. Why / he / attend / the class today?
4. Who / finish / the homework?
5. You / meet / the manager yet?
Task: two example sentences.

Future Tense
The Future Tense is often used in the following conditions:
A) Predictions / statements of fact / sudden responses (will)
B) Intentions (going to)
C) Arrangements (Present Continuous Tense)
D) Scheduled events (Simple Present Tense)
A) Predictions:
1. The Sun will rise at 6.30 tomorrow.
2) In 2050, all students will have their own computers in school.
3) Do you think she will come soon?
B) Intentions: (plan)
1. I am going to buy a new car next month.
2. Are you going to play cricket after school?
3. My son is going to start a business after graduation.
C) Arrangements:
An arrangement is a plan for the future that you have already thought about and discussed with
someone else.
1. I am meeting my father at the airport tomorrow.
2. Our grandmother is visiting us this Diwali.
3. Are you doing anything on Sunday?
4. My sister is going to the dentist tomorrow
Going to Vs verb+ing
I am not going to write the exams next week. (I have planned not to write the exams.)
I am not writing the exams next week. (I have decided already not to write the exams..)

I am going to buy a car next month

I am buying a car next month.

Note: The phrase going to in the 4th example emphasizes on plan or intention. However, when
we want to emphasize on when then it will turn into a scheduled event as given below.
Ex: My sister has an appointment with the dentist tomorrow.
D) Scheduled Events:
The Simple Present Tense is used to refer to future events that are scheduled (and are outside of
our control).
1. Hurry up! The train departs in 10 minutes.
2. I leave Hyderabad at 7 in the morning and arrive in New York in the evening the next day.
3. She has an appointment with the manager next week.
Exercise 1
1. Would you like to play tennis? No, I __________________ for my exam tomorrow.

a) Study
b) am going to study
c) will study
d) am studying

2. The examination ______________ at 9.30. Dont be late!

a) is going to start
b) starts
c) will start
d) am starting

3. Does he know about tomorrows test? I am not sure. I ___________ him

a) ask
b) will ask
c) am asking
d) am going to ask

4. Hi John. ___________________ anything at the weekend?

a) Are you doing
b) will you do
c) Are you going to do
d) Do you do

5. Hurry up! The shop ___________________ in five minutes and we still havent bought all
the food we need.
a) is closing
b) will close
c) closes
d) is going to close
Correct Answers:
1. b; because he is expressing intention
2. b; because its a scheduled event.
3. b; because its a spontaneous decision about future actions. However, d is also possible if the
speaker had already intended to ask. But normally speaker makes a spontaneous decision when hearing the
question.

4. a; because speaker wants to know if John has any arrangement. However, c is also possible if
the speaker plans to do something with John and wants to know if he has any existing
arrangements.
5. c; because its a scheduled event.