TENSESTENSES

Participles are words formed from verbs which can be used as adjectives.There are two types of participles:

•The Past Participle: (usually ending -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n)

Regular verb Irregular verb jump > jumped know > known

paint > painted choose > chosen

•The Present Participle: (ending -ing).

Infinitive are verbs which we have to ending -ing to give correct tense to the sentence.

HE 4 PAST EXAMPLE

Simple Past I broke

Past Progressive I was breaking

Past Perfect I had broken

Past Perfect Progressive I had been breaking

THE 4 PRESENT EXAMPLE

Simple Present I break

Present Progressive I am breaking

Present Perfect I have broken

Present Perfect Progressive I have been breaking

THE 4 FUTURE EXAMPLE

Simple Future I will break

Future Progressive I will be breaking

Future Perfect I will have broken

Future Perfect Progressive I will have been breaking

It is what happen in the past which are separate from now and they are end it:TO BE verb:

Affirmative: I wasYou wereHe wasShe wasIt wasWe wereThey were

Questions:She was a student.Was she a student?

Negative:I was not/ wasn’tYou were not/ weren’tHe was not/ wasn’tShe was not/ wasn’t /It was not/ wasn’tWe were not/ weren’tThey were not/ weren’t

Is the past before the past.

And we use the auxiliary: had:had:

She had lived there for 10 years now. Subject + had + Participle verb “live”.

Negatives:

We add notnot after had.

I had not (hadn’t) lived there.

We form the to beto be verb in past (was/were) + and other verb ending “ing”.“ing”.

I was watching the I was watching the news castnews cast

To be + watch + ing.

Is the past before the past.And we ask how long? question to use this form?

She had been living there for 10 years now. Subject + had + been + ing (verb) .

To describe: habits or daily routines:

He playplayss tennisShe eateatss a lot.

To express permanent situation:

She isis very happyMy father isis a lawyer.

To express possession with the verb:

You havehave a beautiful sister.

Affirmatives phrases:We have to add a letter SS to “He, She, or “He, She, or It”:It”:

I singYou singHe singssShe singssIt singssWe sing

They sing

Start in the past but still going in the present.

And we use the auxiliary: havehave

and has:has:

She has lived in this house for ten years.

Auxiliary have/has + Participle verb “live”.

Negatives:

We add notnot after have /has.

I have not (haven’t) seen.

It is verb “to be” + to be” + and other verb ending “ing”ing”

I am watch ing TV. TO BE + WATCH + ING

We are watch ing TV. TO BE + WATCH + ING

We used to talk about experiences on unspecific time and we use the have/ has verb.

She have been living there for 10 years now.

Subject + have + been + ing (verb) .

To talk about future intentions or situations we use auxiliary be going be going to or willwill.

I am going to going to finish the jobI willwill finish the job.

Affirmatives phrases:

I am going to do something.

Verb tobe in present + going to + verb in infinitive

I will do something. Will + verb in infinitive

We can use contraction like:

I’mShe’s + going to +verbThey’re

You´llWe’ll + the verb.He’ll

I’m going to take a break.We´ll play baseball.

We use this tense when the situation will have happened in the future.We use the auxiliary will have + the verb in participle.

I will have lived --- She will have lived.

I will have lived / She will have lived Subject + will have + verb in participle.

We use this tense when the things happening at the future and give time.We use the auxiliary will be + the verb in infinitive.

I will be living --- She will be living.

I will have lived / She will have lived Subject + will be + verb in infinitive

We use this tense when we refer of how long before future action.We use the auxiliary will have + been + the verb in infinitive.

I will have been living / She will have been living

Subject + will have been + verb in infinitive.