Simple tenses

Tense

Form

Example

Main Use

Simple Present

Verb (+s/es for he/she/it)

"He plays soccer."

Habits, facts, general truths.

Simple Past

Verb + -ed (or irregular form)

"He played soccer."

Completed action in the past.

Simple Future

Will + Verb / Be going to + Verb

"He will play soccer." / "He is going to play soccer."

Something that will happen after now.