Simple tenses

Simple tenses show moments in time, timeless states, and habitual or repetitive actions. The simple tenses consist of a single word. 

There is a present simple tense:

I like I live 
you like you live 
he likes he lives 

I like my steak rare.

It tastes good.

Julie keeps a diary.

Rob usually walks to school.

There is also a past simple tense:

I liked I lived 
you liked you lived 
he liked he lived 

He liked to walk to the station.

Adrian went home at midnight.

She heard a strange noise in the night.

Yesterday he travelled by train.

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