Verbs and tenses

A verb is a doing word. It tells us what someone or something does: run, eat, write, sing.

Simple present tense

We use the simple present for things that happen every day or are always true.

• I walk to school every morning.
• The sun rises in the east.

With he, she and it we add -s or -es: She reads. He washes. It flies.

Simple past tense