To Be AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Subje
To Be
Examples
ct
I am from New
I
am
Zealand.

To Be INTERROGATIVE FORM
Subje
To Be
Examples
ct
Am I from New
Am
I
Zealand.

To Be NEGATIVE FORM

You

are

You are Chilean.

Are

You

Are you Chilean.

You

He

is

He is twenty
years old.

Is

He

Is he twenty years
old.

He

is not

She

is

She is a nurse.

Is

She

Is she a nurse.

She

is not

It

is

It

Is it a big dog.

It

are

Ae

We

Are we intelligent.

We

You

are

Are

You

Are you students.

You

They

are

It is a big dog.
We are intellige
nt.
You are student
s.
They are marrie
d.

Is

We

Are

They

Are they married.

They

is not
are
not
are
not
are
not

Subje
ct
I

To Be

Examples

am
not
are
not

I am not from
Spain.
You are
not Australian.
He is not thirty
years old.
She is not a
secretary.
It is not a small cat.
We are not stupid.
You are
not teachers.
They are not single.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PROGRESSIVE

Complete the table with the correct forms.

No.

Affirmative

I am working

You are jumping

Interrogative

Negative

He is not dreaming

4
5

Is she sleeping?
It is snowing

Are we singing?

You are not fighting.

Are they reading?

Exercise on affirmative sentences

Use the words below to make sentences in Present Progressive.
ANSWERS
1. I / to read a book
3. They / to watch a film

2. He / to repair his bike

4. The cat / to sleep on the

5. Jane and Emily / to do their

chair
6. Bill / to wait at the bus

homework
7. We / to listen to the radio

stop
8. The children / to play a

9. Laura / to walk the dog

game
10. It / to rain

El Simple Past (pasado simple) es una forma del verbo que muestra que la accin ocurri en el pasado.
(Los verbos estn en negrita)
He broke his tooth last week.
(Se le rompi el diente
la semana pasada.)

He played and he lost.

(Jug y perdi.)

He was very dirty 30

minutes ago.
(Estaba muy sucio hace 30
minutos)
They worked very hard for this.
(Trabajaron muy duro para lograr esto)

PAST CONTINUOUS OR PROGRESSIVE

To be in simple past

Verb

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

I,
he,
she
,
it
We
You
the
y

Was

wa
s

Wer
Playin
e

ing
INTERROGATIVE FORM

I
He
She
It
You
We
They

Playin
g?

we
re

Examples:
Were you studying for the exam?
What was she doing yesterday evening?
Were they playing video games
yesterday night?
Was he eating junk food?

NEGATIVE
FORM

Examples:
I
Yesterday evening I was
a film,
Hewatching
Was
when someone knocked
on the door.
She
not /
This morning I was revising
my lessons
It
wasnt
when my father came in.
We
Jim and Liza were playing tennis
You
Were not
yesterday at 11:00
They
/ weren
t

playing

Examples:
I wasnt studying math last
weekend.
She wasnt practicing in her
piano class.
He wasnt playing basketball.
We werent doing our
homework-

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play)_____________________________ monopoly.
2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) __________________________________ dinner.
3. The kids (play)_______________________________in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4. I (practice) __________________________________ the guitar when he came home.
5. We (not / cycle)_________________________________ all day.
6. While Aaron (work)_________________________ in his room, his friends (swim)________________________ in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not)________________________________.
8. What (you / do)__________________________ yesterday?
9. Most of the time we (sit)__________________________ in the park.
10. I (listen) __________________________ to the radio while my sister (watch)__________________________TV.

FUTURE
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
FUTURE (Will)
I
You
He
She Will
Verb
It
(simple
We
form)
You
The
y

WILL
Usamos el futuro para expresar una promesa, una
prediccin o algo que se quiere hacer en el futuro.
She will read. (ella leer)
Will she read? (Ella leera?)
She wont read (ella no leer)
GOING TO
Usamos el futuro + going to para acciones que van a
suceder muy pronto.

FUTURE (Going to)

I
am
You
are
He
is
She
is
Going
It
is
to
We
are
You
are
The
are
y

Verb
(simple
form)

You are going to eat (t vas a comer.

Are you going to eat? (T vas a comer?
You arent going to eat (T no vas a comer)

INTERROGATIVE FORM
FUTURE
I
You
He
Will
She
It
We
You
The
y

WILL

Verb ?
(simple
form)

Examples:
Will you learn English?
Will she pay me?
Will they get married?
Are you going to go to the movies?
Are they going to play soccer this weekend?
Is my mom going to bake a cake?

Am
Are
Is
Is
Is
Are
Are
Are

FUTURE GOING TO
I
You
He
She
Verb
?
It
Going to
(simple
We
form)
You
they

NEGATIVE FORM
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They

Examples:
He wont study in Europe.
We wont fail our tests.
They wont win the lottery.
Will + not
(wont)

Verb
(simple form)

I am not going to work next week.

We are not going play because it is
raining.
She is going to study piano next
month.

I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They

Am not
Are not
Is not
Is not
Is not
Are not
Are not
Are not

Going
to

Verb
(simple
form)