PRESENT SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT PERFECT CONT

use To talk about An action that is Actions that Actions that

habitual actions happening happened recently have been
and has relation performed
with the past. recently.

STRUCT Sub+inf verb +comp Sub+tobe+verb+ing+com Sub+aux+verb p.p+com Sub+aux+p.p+

verb+ing+comp
E.G I work everyday Lee is sweeping He has lived there I´ve been reading
QUEST Do you work? Is he sweeping? Has he lived there? Have you been…?
AFFIRM Yes, I do Yes, he is Yes, he has Yes, I have
NEG No, I don’t No, he is not No, he has not No, I haven´t
WH Where do u work? What’s he doing? Where has he lived? What have you
been doing?
AUX Do/does/to To be Have: I/you/we/they Have / has
be/modal verbs. Has: he / she

PAST SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT PERFECT CONT

USE Actions that took An action that was An action that Action taking
place at a specific occurring at a was completed by place before a
time in the past. specific point in time a definite time certain time in
the past.
STRUCT Sub+past verb +comp Sub+pasttobe+verb+ing+co Sub+had+verb p.p+com Sub+had+p.p+
verb+ing+comp
E.G She bought a car I was jogging I had heard that song We´d been working
QUEST Did she buy a car? Were you jogging? Had you heard it? Had u been
working be4?
AFFIRM Yes, she did Yes: I was Yes, I had Yes, we had
NEG No, she didn’t No, I was not No, I hadn´t No, we hadn´t
WH What did she buy? What were u doing? What had u Heard? What had you
been doing be 4?
AUX Did/was/were/modalver To be had Had

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FUTURE SIMPLE ING PERFECT PERFECT CONT
USE It is usually used in promises or To talk about Talks about the past in To show that
probabilities. the future. something will
future plans. continue up until a
particular event or
time in the future.
STRUCT Sub+will+verb+comp Sub+to be+verb Sub+will+have+p.part Sub+will+have+
ing+comp +complement to be+ verb
ing+comp
*I will go to Brazil next *I am going to Tom will have arrived *Jimmy will have
at the office by 7:30. been traveling by
year. meet my friends
the end of the
E.G *Tomorrow’s weather *I am meeting I will have finished the year.
will be sunny. my friends this theses by the end of the *She is going to
weekend… month. have been working
at that company in
2 years.
NEG I won´t go to USA this *I am not going *Tom will not have
arrived at the office by
year. to meet my 7:30.
friends * Tom won´t have
*I ain´t gonna arrived at the office by
meet my friends 7:30.

AUX Will To be Have Have

CAN MAY COULD MIGHT SHOULD MUST SHALL

May have +pp Could have+pp Might have Must have

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