SIMLE PRESENT TENSE
acţiune repetată
Aff: S + V (He, she, it  V-s/-es)
I like jam and my brother likes
Int: Do / Does + S + V
Do you spend a lot of many on books?
Neg: S + Don’t / Doesn’t + V
I don’t spend on swits, I spend on books.
SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT
actiune abia încheiată
Aff: S + have/has + V(3th form)
I have had breackfast.
Int: Have/has + S + V(3th form)
Has it rained?
Neg: S + haven’t/hasn’t + V(3th form)
I haven’t had breakfast yet.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Acţiune trecută încheiată
Aff: S + V(2 th form)
It rained ten minutes ago.
Int: Did + S + V
Did it rain yesterday?
Neg: S + didn’t + V
It didn’t rain yesterday.
SIMPLE PAST PERFECT
Acţiune trecută terminată înaintea altei
trecute
Aff: S + had + V(3th form)
It had rained when I arrived Bucharest.
Int: Had + S + V(3th form)
Have you left when Mary come?
Neg: S + hadn’t + V(3th form)
I hadn’t left.
PRESENT TENSE CONTINUOS
acţiunea se petrece în momentul vorbirii
Aff: S + Present of “to be” + Ving
Tom is sleeping.
Int: “To be” + S + Ving
What are you doing?
Neg: S + “to be not” + Ving
It isn’t raining.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Acţiune începută în trecut, încă neterminată
Aff: S + have/has been + Ving
It has been raining for two hours.
Int: Have/has + S +been + Ving
Has it been raining long?
Neg: S + haven’t/hasn’t been + Ving
It hasn’t been rained long.
PAST TENSE CONTINUOS
Acţiune trecută, neterminată în acel moment trecut
Aff: S + Past of “to be” + Ving.
It was raining at this time yesterday.
Int: Was/Where + S + Ving
What were you doing at 10 a.m.
yesterday?
Neg: S + wasn’t/weren’t + Ving
I wasn’t watching TV, I was sleeping.
PAST PERFEECT CONTINUOS
acţiuni Acţiune începută în trecut, neterminată şi care se
poate încheia odată cu a 2-a acţiune trecută, înainte
de a 2-a acţiune trecută sau după a 2-a actiune
trecută
Aff: S + had been + Ving
Alice had been playing the piano for two
hours when Tom called.
Int: Had + S + been + Ving
Had you been writing long?
Neg: S +hadn’t + Ving
No, I hadn’t been writing the letter long.