verb tenses cecília hartt. simple tenses 1. simple present 2. simple past 3. future 4. conditional
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VERB TENSESVERB TENSES
Cecília Hartt
SIMPLE TENSESSIMPLE TENSES
1. SIMPLE PRESENT
2. SIMPLE PAST
3. FUTURE
4. CONDITIONAL
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSESIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Used to talk about routines and habits.AUXILIARY VERBS
– DO ( I/you/we/they)– DOES (he/she/it)
Used in:– questions – negative sentences– Short answers
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSESIMPLE PRESENT TENSE I/WE/YOU/THEY Do you speak
English? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. I speak English but
not very well. I don’t speak English
very well. DON’T=DO NOT
HE/SHE/IT Does he speak
English? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t. He speaks English but
not very well. He doesn’t speak
English very well. DOESN’T=DOES
NOT
VERB + S (or) ES VERB + S (or) ES (HE/SHE/IT)(HE/SHE/IT)
She works a lot.She teaches English.She goes to work by car.
VERB+ES =After verbs ended in:
SS/SH/CH/X/Z/O and Y preceded by consonant
SIMPLE PRESENTSIMPLE PRESENT (VERBS+ES) (VERBS+ES)
FOR I/YOU/WE/THEY:
KISS WASH WATCH FIX BUZZ GO STUDY
FOR
HE/SHE/IT: KISSES WASHES WATCHES FIXES BUZZES GOES STUDIES
PAST SIMPLE TENSEPAST SIMPLE TENSE
Used to talk about what happened at a definite time in the past.
AUXILIARY VERB – DID ( I/you/we/they/he/she/it)
Used in:– questions – negative sentences– Short answers
SIMPLE PAST TENSESIMPLE PAST TENSE REGULAR VERBS VERB + D (or) ED: Work=worked Did you work a lot
yesterday? Yes, I did. I worked
very much yesterday. No, I didn’t. I didn’t
work a lot yesterday. DIDN’T=DID NOT
IRREGULAR VERBS (NO RULE) Go=went Did s/he go to the
cinema yesterday? Yes, she went to the
cinema yesterday. No, he didn’t go to the
cinema yesterday. DIDN’T=DID NOT
SIMPLE PAST TENSESSIMPLE PAST TENSES REGULAR VERBS: Play=played Study=studied Stay=stayed Wash=washed Watch=watched Need=needed Love=loved Want=wanted Like=liked
IRREGULAR VERBS: Write=wrote Read=read Eat=ate Drink=drank Buy=bought Send=sent Come=came Teach=taught See=saw
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSESIMPLE FUTURE TENSEAUXILIARY VERB: WILL+VERB
(I/you/we/they/he/she/it)Used to indicate a decision about the future
taken at the moment of speaking.I think I’ll (I will) go out on the weekend.I think I won’t (I will not) go out on the
weekend.Will you follow me? Yes, I will./No, I
won’t.
CONDITIONAL TENSECONDITIONAL TENSE
AUXILIARY VERB: WOULD +VERB (I/you/we/they/he/she/it)
Used in polite requests, asking for help and to indicate conditions.
Would you please help me with this?Would you open the door for me, please?I’d (I would) buy a new car if I had money.I wouldn’t (would not) do that if I were
you.
CONTINUOUS TENSESCONTINUOUS TENSES
1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
2. PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSETENSE
TO BE (PRESENT)+(VERB+ING)Used to talk about actions in progress,
happening now, at the moment.I am teaching now.You are studying now.Is she learning?They aren’t playing now.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSEPAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
VERB TO BE (PAST)+(VERB+ING)Used to talk about actions that were in
progress at a definite time in the past.
VERB TO BE (PAST)
I was we were
he was you were
she was they were
it was
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSEPAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
What was your teacher doing yesterday evening?
She was working.Was she using a computer?Yes, she was.Were they working too?No, they weren’t.(were not)
PERFECT TENSESPERFECT TENSES
1. PRESENT PERFECT
2. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
3. PAST PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT TENSEPRESENT PERFECT TENSE AUXILIARY VERBS: HAVE (I/you/we/they)+PAST
PARTICIPLE HAS (he/she/it)+PAST PARTICIPLE Used to talk about actions that :
1. Happened at indefinite times
2. Started in the past and continue up until now
3. Have a present result
4. Can be repeated
PRESENT PERFECT TENSEPRESENT PERFECT TENSE
For I/we/you/they: Have you worked at
your present job for a long time?
Yes, I have. No, I haven’t.
HAVEN’T=HAVE NOT
For he/she/it: Has she worked at her
present job for a long time?
Yes, she has. No she hasn’t.
HASN’T=HAS NOT
PRESENT PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUS
AUXILIARY VERBS:
HAVE (I/you/we/they)+BEEN+(VERB+ING)HAS (he/she/it)+BEEN+(VERB+ING)
It is used to emphasize the continuation of actions that started in the past and continue up until now.
PRESENT PEFECT PRESENT PEFECT CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUS
For I/you/we/they: Have you been
working at your present job for a long time?
Yes, I have been working at my present job for a long time.
No, I haven’t been working at my present job for a long time.
For he/she/it: Has she been working
at her present job for a long time?
Yes, she has been working at her present job for a long time.
No, she hasn’t been working at her present job for a long time.
PAST PERFECT TENSEPAST PERFECT TENSE
AUXILIARY VERB: HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE
IT IS THE PAST OF THE SIMPLE PAST
Had you seen that film before?Yes, I had. No, I hadn’t. (had not)
PAST PARTICIPLESPAST PARTICIPLES REGULAR
VERBS(Third column of verbs):
ALL PAST PARTICIPLES END IN “ED” OR “D”
Love-loved-loved Like-liked-liked Hate-hated-hated Work-worked-worked Study-studied-studied Play-played-played
IRREGULAR VERBS (Third column of verbs):
The 3 forms can be the same, only 2 forms can be the same or the 3 forms can be different:
Put-put-put Cut-cut-cut Teach-taught-taught Go-went-gone
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