Simple Present and Simple Past -by Vinita C.Malde

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1. I cook my own meal.

2. You dance

gracefully.

3. He carries a blue

football.

4. She lives in a

castle.

5. They pray together.

Verbscook

danc

e

carri

es

lives

pray

PRESENT TENSE- DEFINITIONA verb that refers to ‘present’ time is said to be in the Present Tense

1. I cooked my own

meal.

2. You danced

gracefully.

3. He carried a blue

football.

4. She lived in a castle.

5. They prayed

together.

Verbscooked

danc

ed

carri

ed

lived

pray

ed

PAST TENSE- DEFINITIONA verb that refers to ‘past’ time is

said to be in the Past Tense

watch

eats

watch

ate

ed

1. The movie begins at

6pm.

2. Jim falls from the

swing.

3. The sun rises in the

east.

4. The dog knows his

master.

5. Alice catches fish

with her grand-

father.

Verbsbegan

fell

rose

knew

caug

ht

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Tenses

SimplePresent

SimplePast