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The past tense in English describes events that have already happened. How to form the past tense in English: take the present tense of the word and add the suffix "-ed"" . For example, to turn the verb "walk" into the past tense, add "-ed" and you get "walked."

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The present tense is a type of tense which indicates that an action is happening right now or at the present moment. There are four different variations of the present tense; these are present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, and simple present tense.

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*Cook+ing
Cooking
*Play+ing
Playing
*Read+ing
Reading
*Swim+ing
Swimming

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Am-Was
Is-Was
Are-Were

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*I am tired right now
*I was tired last night
*You are always late!
*You were late yesterday

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*I work in an office
*We live in Canada
*The children eat in the house (They eat in the house)
*You read books

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*I was not tired last night
*You were not late yesterday
*He was not at work last sunday
*Amy was not 22 last year

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*I am cooking dinner
*You are playing the piano
*He is reading a book
*She is swimming alone

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To make the past tense with most regular verbs, add -ed.
*Watch
Watched
*Walk
Walked
*Rain
Rained

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*I don't work in an office
*We don't live in Canada
*They don't eat in the house
*You don't read books

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*Tony work in an office (He works in an office)
*Anne live in the U.S. (She lives in the U.S.)
*The dog eat in the garden (It eats in the garden)
*Mrs. Garcia read magazines (She reads magazines

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*I'm not cooking dinner
*You're not playing the piano
*He's not reading a book
*She's not swimming alone

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*He doesn't work in an office
*She doesn't live in the U.S.
*It doesn't eat in the garden
*She doesn't read magazines

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If a regular verb ends in e, just add -d.
*Like
Liked
*Close
Closed
*Smile
Smiled
*Type
Typed

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If a regular verb ends in a consonant and -y, take off the y and edd -ied.
*Cry
Cried
*Fry
Fried
*Try
Tried
*Carry
Carried

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If a regular verb ends in a single vowel and a single consonant, double the consonant and add -ed.
*Stop
Stopped
*Plan
Planned
*Hop
Hopped
*Clap
Clapped

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The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, describes ongoing actions in the past, such as I was writing my research paper all night. It uses the same construction as the present continuous tense except with the past tense of the verb to be.

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Describes an activity in progress at a particular time in the past

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Describes an activity in progress at a particular time in the past

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+ She was cooking all morning
- She was not sleeping when he came home
? Was she sleeping when he came home?

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We use “there + be” to talk about the existence of something. “There + be” can be expressed in all tenses, but unlike Spanish, in English we conjugate this verb if the noun that comes after it is plural or singular and if it is countable or uncountable.

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*There is a lighthouse on the beach
*There are two houses near the station

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The future tense with going to is most commonly used in spoken language when you want to refer to the immediate future, that is, to something that is about to happen.
Examples: She going to pay with a credit card = She is going to pay with a credit card (something that is about to happen)

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*I am going to work
*You are going to work
*He is going to work
*She is going to work
*It is going to work
*They are going to work
*You are going to work
*We are going to work