PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
Routine / habits /interests/ daily life
Now / Near future plans Finished actions Actions in progress in the past
Affirmative form:
I always do my homework
Eva goes to dance lessons
María always has dinner...
Daniel plays basketball in the afternoon
Affirmative form:
The students are listening to the teacher
Inda is writing and talking
I am playing football tomorrow afternoon
Affirmative form:
Fatima travelled to Rome last summer
They worked in Zara
I met my friends yesterday
I found 20 euros this morning
Affirmative form:
I was watching TV yesterday at 3 o'clock
They were swimming when I phoned them
Negative form:
I don't do my homework
Eva doesn't go to dance lessons
Daniel does not play basketball
Negative form:
The students aren't listening to the teacher
Inda isn't writing
Negative form:
Fatima didn't travel to Rome last summer
They didn't work in Zara
I didn't find 20 euros ….
Negative form:
I wasn't watching TV
They weren't swimming
Interrogative form:
Do you do your homework?
Interrogative form:
Are the students listening to the teacher?
Interrogative form:
Did you meet your friends yesterday?
Interrogative form:
Were you listening to me?
Does Dani play basketball? Are you playing football tomorrow afternoon?
Did you find 20 euros?
PRESENT SIMPLE-S / -ES don't doesn't
PRESENT CONTINUOUS Be (am, is , are) + -ing
PAST SIMPLE-ed / 2nd column irregular verbs
PAST CONTINUOUSwas/were + -ing
Routine / habits /interests Now / Near future plan Finished actions in the past Actions in progress in the past
Affirmative form:
I go to bed at 10 every night
Andrea reads a book in the afternoon
She goes to bed...
Affirmative form:
We are listening to the teacher
I'm watching a film tonight
Paco is talking to his friend right now
Affirmative form:
Juan Damián played football yesterday afternoon
Ángela met her friends yesterday to go shopping
Affirmative form:
I was listening to music at 3 yesterday afternoon
They were singing at home at 8 o'clock last night
Negative form:
I don't go to bed....
Andrea doesn't read a book...
Negative form:
I am not talking to my friend
I'm not watching a film
Negative form:
Juan Damián didn't play football
Ángela didn't meet her friends...
Negative form:
They weren't singing
I wasn't listening
Interrogative form:
Do you listen to music?
Does Clara visit her grandparents....?
Interrogative form:
Are you listening to the teacher?
Interrogative form:
Did Francisco study English yesterday?
Did Lorena go to the beach last night?
Interrogative form:
Were they singing?
