How do I remember: "Time signal words are your best friend! Every day → Simple. ..."?

Time signal words are your best friend! Every day → Simple. Now → Continuous. Yesterday → Past.

How do I remember: "Be careful: verbs like LOVE, KNOW, WANT do NOT use -ing even..."?

Be careful: verbs like LOVE, KNOW, WANT do NOT use -ing even in continuous context.

How do I remember: "Irregular past forms: go→went, have→had, see→saw, eat→ate, b..."?

Irregular past forms: go→went, have→had, see→saw, eat→ate, buy→bought.

Present Simple Tense: Rules, Examples & Exercises | Dolcake

Lesson Goal

Identify and use different English tenses correctly: present simple, present continuous, past simple, and future forms.

Key Points

Quick Tense Reference:

• Present Simple: habits, facts → She works every day.

• Present Continuous: happening now → She is working right now.

• Past Simple: completed action → She worked yesterday.

• Future (will/going to): plans → She will work / is going to work tomorrow.

Examples

Every day → Present Simple: "She walks to school every day."
Right now / at the moment → Present Continuous: "She is walking to school now."
Yesterday / last week → Past Simple: "She walked to school yesterday."
Tomorrow / next week → Future: "She will walk to school tomorrow."

Memory Tips

💡 Time signal words are your best friend! Every day → Simple. Now → Continuous. Yesterday → Past.
💡 Be careful: verbs like LOVE, KNOW, WANT do NOT use -ing even in continuous context.
💡 Irregular past forms: go→went, have→had, see→saw, eat→ate, buy→bought.

Summary

Look for time signal words in each sentence to identify the correct tense. Match the tense to the time frame: present habit vs current action vs past completed vs future plan.