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