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Affirmative Interrogative
Negative
I work Do I work?
I don’t work
You work Do you work ?
You don’t work
He/She/It works Does he/she/it work?
He/She/It doesn’t work
We work Do we work?
We don’t work
You work Do you work?
You don’t work
They work Do they work?
They don’t work
Meaning
A – an habitual action
B – a characteristic or fact about someone or something
C – verbs which cannot normally be used in the continuous, eg . : to belong, to
like, to understand
I am working Am I working? I am
not working
You are working Are you working? You are not
working
He/She/It is working Is he/she/it working? He/She/It is
not working
We are working Are we working? We are not
working
You are working Are you working? You are not
working
They are working Are they working? They are not
working
Meaning
A – an action which is taking place at the moment of speaking
B – an arrange future
Meaning
A – an action completed in the past at a specific time (stated or understood)
Meaning
A – an action which was in progress when another action occurred ( second
Meaning
Affirmative Interrogative
Negative
working
We have been working Have we been working We haven’t been
working
You have been working Have you been working? You haven’t been
working
They have been working Have they been working? They haven’t been
working
Meaning
Meaning
A – the earlier of two actions which occurred in the past , the second of
which is the simple past
Used either:
a) when there is ambiguity over which action occurred first
or
b) when the first action refers to a time period earlier than that of the main
narrative