The simple tense is a verb tense for past, present, and future events. The simple tense is outlined in the example below using a regular verb. Infinitive verb for example: to jump Simple past: I jumped. Simple present: I jump. Simple future: I will jump.

For example: Simple present: I eat my lunch. Present perfect: I have eaten my lunch. Simple past: I walked to school yesterday. Past perfect: I had walked to school yesterday. Simple future: I will finish my homework tomorrow. Future perfect: I will have finished my homework by tomorrow.

They prepared dinner. We met them at the party. I designed the logo. He danced in front of the crowd. I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t go back to sleep until 4 am. I talked to my friend. I drank milk at daybreak. He painted the room white.