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He tried to kicked the ball away.

He tried to kick the ball away.

Don't use the simple past tense after to.

Does the gardener waters the flowers?

Does the gardener water the flowers?

The man doesn't waters the flowers.

The man doesn't water the flowers.

After the auxiliary does use the infinitive without to, and not the third person of the present.

The answer to a question beginning with Does is always in the present tense, third person: Does he like the cinema? - Yes, he likes the cinema; or Yes, he does.

Look! Two boys fight.

Look! Two boys are fighting.

We also use the present continuous for the future when something is pre-arranged or expected with some certainty: Lorna is arriving tomorrow at six. Tom and I are eating out tonight

The train already left before I arrived.

The train had already left before I arrived.

Use the past perfect when the time of one past action is more past than that of another. Put the action which was completed first in the past perfect and the second action in the past tense.

Don't use the present tense and the past perfect in the same sentence. It would be incorrect to say: My brother says that he had not gone to the cinema last night.

I've been at this school two years.

I'm at this school two years.

Use the present perfect (and not the simple present) for an action begun in the past and continuing into the present. I've been at this school two years means I'm still here.

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