SIMPLE TENSE Flashcards
1
Q
habits, general action and truths
It refers to events that are conceptualized as complete wholes. The events are not presented as
allowing for further development.
A
simple present
2
Q
Refers to actions that are completed
Describes events as wholes, ones not conducive to change or development. It adds a sense of
“remoteness”— a feeling that the event is over and done with
A
simple past
3
Q
actions that will happen in the future
with “will” or contracted “ll + base form of the verb
Future time cannot be factually knowable, so w ill is said to be used for strong predictions.
A
Future simple