Verb tenses 1. Affirmative 2. Negative 3. Interrogative ‘Present simple “They ave wea They dont haven cae Dohey havea cat Present continuous He's reading now: He i eading now. The reading now? Past simple They aa movil They dat cea mae Did they cea monic? Past continwons re soon tect score. Wee anon? Present perfect We fave been tev We fave been tse lave we been ts ‘Present perfect continuous | Yoav bess wodsnghasd | You havent sean wodiag hast _| Have yon beoa woaag hant™ ‘Past pestect “They ad eft for ance | They dt ef for Fance | Had they eft for Face Fast perfect continuous | She fad bees walng for Him She ad bees waling for as_| Ha ae been wating for ‘Future simple twill snow this winter. [It won't snow this winter. Will i¢ snow this winter? Future continuous | ‘She will be traveling. ‘She won't be traveling, Will she be traveling? Future perfect — _| He will have atrived. He won't have arrived. _| Will he have arrived? Conditional” road Sree TTeeadne aye. Would row By ce? ‘Conditional continuous | They would be doping now [They woods be desping now _| Won they be sleeping noe? ‘Conditional perfect ‘She Sond ave besa thce [She wosldat ae been tece | Would ee have basa hac? Fue be going to She's going to get marted. | She ie't going to get marie. |e abe gong vo get mand? jot accept creditcard are not aren't going to clean the computer going to clean the computer going to clean the computerFUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE Dae eee Per ne eae ant ai Formula for Present Progressive Subject + Verb To be + Verb + ing Te SIMPLE PAST TENSE (Pasado Simple) MODOAFIRMATIVO | MODO INTERROGATIVO MODO NEGATIVO I did not Ye no I played Yo jugue | Did | play? zJugué yo? play jugué You played jugerte [Did you play gee] YOU MO oe He played Eljugo |Did he play? “479° te cae ee She played eta juge|Did she play? 8° ee ae Te Itplayed Sige [Dia play? ofa) lay | noluge We played Figsmos | Did we play? fies) |e a aetna Ustedes | J You did not Ustedes You played jugaron [Did you play? tstedes? | play no jugaron Ellos . a They did mot Elios They played jugaron Did they play? “cigs?” | play ne jugaronTENSE DIRECT SPEECH (soe a acd aay gs) Berra or Peace) ag We are eating healtty | She sad thatthey were | pact coNTINUOUS erat ot Pees Leen Coe ae ene oe Bie ot PRESENT PERFECT | Wo have boan eating Cetin eae) Deen eee ee ged eer ot Ponsa eee ay Ete td PAST PERFECT Were) einen) healthy food Cte Mc a RR acs} Sone) Cee acre Soto bosn eating healthy food Seretoe Cree acre ron) n eating healthy food Rotor) eect Rotors ee ace Poros Eras Pera eerie ges eras Pome as eeu PCa aas ers DCme-aas enue Verk oe SIMPLE CONTINUOUS: PERFECT FACTSIAEITS ROUTINES NOWTENFORARVACTWTIES | ExFERENGESFASTACT MMHPRESESUTT SUBJECT + INFINITIVE (45) SUBJECT +BE+ ING | SUBJECT.+ HAVE PaRTICIPLE PRESENT | | ne~she ives~they ine lam hing ~she is thine | nave lved~she has Ived | oontt live —he doesnt live am netliving—he isnottiving | | have net|ivec'— ne nas nat ved Dayoulive? ~Doas ohe live? ‘Are you ining? Io she ting? | Have you vod? ~Hoe she lived? PASTACTIONATAGIVENTIME | THINGS HAPPENINGATA GIVEN TIME | _ PAGTACTONIN RELATONTOTHEPAST SUBJECT + VERE IN PAST | SUBJECT * WASWERE + ING | SUBJECT + HAD + PARTICIPLE PAST Lived ~ che ined ~ they ived Las lving—she was ining nad lived she had lived | ert ive —he el ve Didyou live? — Did she hve? las not iving ne was not i wing | Ihad natived—e ha notlived Wore you lving? Was she living? | Hadyou lived? —Had she lad? FUTURE ACTIONS SUBJECT + WILL + INFINITIVE Lyell ive she wil iva Lill net live ~he il not ive volyou we AM she NE? THINESHAEPERINGATAPLT.GVENTIME. | WHAT WLLHAVE HéFPENEDINTHERLILRE SUBJECT + WILE + no | SUBJECT +waLL Have + PARTICR. willbe tiving—she willbe ling | Iwihavetied—sheval have hee Inilnotbelving—hevitnctbelhing | bilrotharenec—re wlrothavelred \rniyounenne?—valcrene wre? | Wihcurereiey?—nlshe nave ned? Author: Michael Gavin wow the-english-chub.net