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Simple Tenses — Practice

The three simple tenses — present, past, and future — state the basic fact of an action. Classify each sentence by tense. 38 click-to-hear ESL examples.

📝 Verb Tenses unit · lesson 4 of 10 ⏱ about 9 minutes 🔊 every example has audio

Builds on The 5 verb forms Next in unit Progressive Tenses →

  • Simple present — habits, facts, routines
  • She plays tennis every day. – Simple present
  • The sun rises in the east. – Simple present
  • I work at a bank. – Simple present
  • He drinks coffee in the morning. – Simple present
  • They live in Paris. – Simple present
  • Water boils at 100°C. – Simple present
  • My sister studies medicine. – Simple present
  • We go to the gym on Tuesdays. – Simple present
  • The store opens at 9. – Simple present
  • Cats love fish. – Simple present
  • Simple past — finished past actions
  • She played tennis yesterday. – Simple past
  • I visited Paris last year. – Simple past
  • He went to the store. – Simple past
  • They arrived at 6. – Simple past
  • Shakespeare wrote many plays. – Simple past
  • It snowed all night. – Simple past
  • I finished my homework an hour ago. – Simple past
  • She graduated in 2018. – Simple past
  • We had a great time at the party. – Simple past
  • The dog barked all morning. – Simple past
  • Simple future — actions after now (will)
  • She will play tennis tomorrow. – Simple future
  • I will help you with that. – Simple future
  • It will rain later. – Simple future
  • We will visit Rome next month. – Simple future
  • The train will arrive at 8. – Simple future
  • I will study medicine in college. – Simple future
  • She will call you tonight. – Simple future
  • They will buy a house next year. – Simple future
  • The plane will leave at midnight. – Simple future
  • Mixed practice
  • I read a book every week. – Simple present
  • I read a book last week. – Simple past
  • I will read a book next week. – Simple future
  • He visits his parents on weekends. – Simple present
  • He visited his parents last weekend. – Simple past
  • He will visit his parents next weekend. – Simple future
  • She cooks dinner every night. – Simple present
  • She cooked dinner last night. – Simple past
  • She will cook dinner tomorrow. – Simple future