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You are welcome to browse and copy this page for whatever purpose you like. I have given details of the simple present tense, the present continuous or progressive tense and the grammatical structure of 'going to' plus verb base form which is similar to the present continuous tense. I have also included information about the active voice and the passive voice for each tense. Furthermore, I have given mnemonics for each tense to help you remember when you should use that particular tense.
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| Name of tense | Usage | Mnemonic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present simple tense | used for permanent routines, habits, facts, timetables | RAPS * | |||
| Active voice | Passive voice | ||||
| Positive | I/you/we/they study | He/she/it studies | Books are studied by students | ||
| Negative | I/you/we/they don't study | He/she/it doesn't study | Books are not studied by students | ||
| Question | Do I/you/we/they study? | Does he/she/it study? | Are books studied by students? | ||
| Positive short answers | Yes, I/you/we/they do | Yes, he/she/it does | |||
| Negative short answers | No, I/you/we/they don't | No, he/she/it does not | |||
| Present continuous tense | used for temporary actions happening now or around now; | NIPCON * | |||
| future plans | |||||
| Active voice | Passive voice | ||||
| Positive | I am studying | You/we/they are studying | He/she/it is studying | Books are being studied by students | |
| Negative | I am not studying | You/we/they are not studying | He/she/it is not studying | Books are not being studied by students | |
| Question | Am I studying? | Are you/we/they studying? | Is he/she/it studying? | Are books being studied by students? | |
| Positive short answers | Yes, I am | Yes, you/we/they are | Yes, he/she/it is | ||
| Negative short answers | No, I am not | No, you/we/they are not | No, he/she/it is not | ||
| Like the present continuous | used for future intentions decided already, predictions | ||||
| Active voice | Passive voice | ||||
| Positive | I am going to study | You/we/they are going to study | He/she/it is going to study | Books are going to be studied by students | |
| Negative | I am not going to study | You are not going to study | He/she/it is not going to study | Books are not going to be studied by students | |
| Question | Am I going to study? | Are you/we/they going to study? | Is he/she/it going to study? | Are books going to be studied by students? | |
| Positive short answers | Yes, I am | Yes, you/we/they are | Yes, he/she/it is | ||
| Negative short answers | No, I am not | No, you/we/they are not | No, he/she/it is not |
* Key to mnemonics: RAPS repeats are present simple. NIPCON now is present continuous.
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created 27th March, 2020. Thanks are due to ecc (Thailand)