Verbs and Tense: Simple Present and Simple Past

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 7 English | Theme 4.0 Leadership | Sub-Strand 4.3.1 Grammar in Use: Verbs and Tense - Simple Present and Simple Past (2 Lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Identify verbs in the simple present and simple past tense in a text
• Write sentences using the simple present tense
• Write sentences using the simple past tense
• Advocate the appropriate use of tense in communication

Summary

This topic narrows the focus from Theme 3's broad regular/irregular verb distinction to two specific tenses: simple present and simple past. The simple present covers actions happening now, repeated habits, and general truths. The simple past covers completed actions. Both are the plainest forms of their tense -- no continuous aspect, no auxiliary complexity, just the base action placed in time.