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A simple tense only has one verb eg present simple/past simple. All future forms have more than one verb so there is no future simple tense.
The simple present tense follows this structure:Subject + Auxiliary Verb "do" + VerbHowever, the auxiliary verb is only used in negative sentences.e.g. I like VS I do not like
Well first of all I think you mean past tense and so the past tense for goes is went.The past tense/aspects of the highly irregular verb 'go' are:* went (simple past - all persons)* has gone (present perfect - 3rd person only - he/she/it)* have gone ( " " - other persons - I/you/we/they)* had gone (past perfect - all persons)The negative forms are:* did not go (simple past - all persons)* has not gone (present perfect - 3rd person only - he/she/it)* have not gone ( " " - other persons - I/you/we/they)* had not gone (past perfect - all persons)The interrogative forms are:did * go? (simple past - all persons)has * gone? (present perfect - 3rd person only - he/she/it)have * gone? ( " " - other persons - I/you/we/they)had * gone? (past perfect - all persons)
Yes it is.
"Proof" is a noun and so doesn't have any tenses. Only verbs have tenses.The future tense of the verb prove is will prove.
The verb - is - is a present tense be verb so the tense of this sentence is present. Also because there is only one verb you could say it is present simple.
There is only one simple present tense.
There is no simple tense. There is only past, present or future tense.But there is a present simple tense and a past simple tense. They are called simple because they only have one verb:I walk to school - I walked to school.Both these sentences, one is past and one is present, have only one verb = walk/ed.Compared to a present perfect sentence which has two verbs an auxiliary verb have or has and a main verb:I have walked to school.
There are five tenses: 1.simple present 2.present continuous 3.present perfect 4.present perfect continuous 5. present passive
The Simple Aspect of the Indicative Mood: the Present Tense, the Past Tense, the Present Perfect, the Past Perfect and the Future. On the other hand, we can term "simple" all the tenses that are made up of only ONE form (they have no auxiliary verb such as WILL, WOULD, SHOULD, SHALL, AM, IS, ARE, HAVE, HAS, HAD): the Present Simple, the Past Tense Simple, the Imperative Mood, the Part Participle, the Present Participle (also called Gerund), the Synthetic Subjunctive.
Simple present and simple past (or past simple and present simple). They are called simple because they only have one verb.I like ice cream.I had ice cream for lunch
A simple tense only has one verb eg present simple/past simple. All future forms have more than one verb so there is no future simple tense.
Geoffrey Leech in 'An A-Z of English Grammar' defines a simple tense as a tense that has only one verb eg past simple -- I went to school in Auckland. -- verb = went present simple -- We live in Ekatahuna. -- verb = live
The simple present tense follows this structure:Subject + Auxiliary Verb "do" + VerbHowever, the auxiliary verb is only used in negative sentences.E.g. I walk VS I do not walk.
The two tenses that will never have auxiliary verbs are the simple present tense and the simple past tense. In these tenses, the main verb stands alone without the need for an auxiliary (helping) verb to form the sentence. For example, in the simple present tense, "I eat" and in the simple past tense, "She ran," the main verbs "eat" and "ran" do not require auxiliary verbs to convey the intended meaning.
The simple present tense follows this structure:Subject + Auxiliary Verb "do" + VerbHowever, the auxiliary verb is only used in negative sentences.e.g. I like VS I do not like
the simple tenses of verbsThe simple present and the simple past are termed "simple" because they are expressed by direct inflection on the verb. English verbs are not inflected for future tense, but expressions with the modal will are often spoken of as "future tense." Some grammars use the term tense to refer what are technically tense and aspect combinations: present perfect, past perfect, present progressive, past progressive, present perfect progressive, and past perfect progressive. Very occasionally, voice (i.e. passive) is treated as a kind of tense.Finally, some authorities use emphatic tense to refer to some or all constructions using the modal do. Only the basic present and past forms qualify as simple.(Present, Past, and Future)