TENSES REVIEW

GRAMMATICAL FORM FUNCTION/ USE Auxiliary Examples (+) (-) THIRD PERSON
TENSE verbs Yes-no questions/ Wh questions Examples (+) (-)
Yes-no questions/ Wh questions
SIMPLE PRESENT SUB + VERB Routines / daily Do / does I work every day Susan works every day.
activities (-) (¿) I don’t work every day Susan doesn’t work every day.
Do you work every day? Does Susan work every day?
Where do you work every day? Where does Susan work every
day?
SIMPLE PAST SUB + VERB Finished action in Did (-) (¿) We went to the movies John went to the movies
(past) a specific time yesterday. yesterday.
We didn’t go to the movies John didn’t go to the movies
yesterday. yesterday.
Did you go to the movies yest? Did John go to the movies
Who did you go to the movies yesterday?
yesterday with? Who did John go to the
movies yesterday with?
PRESENT Activities
CONTINUOUS happening right
now/ activities or
plans in the
future
PAST
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
GOING TO
WILL
ClUE:

SIMPLE PAST + PAST PERFECT (the first action is in past perfect)

Example: By the time we called, they had already taken her to the hospital

FIRST ACTION

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USED TO – SOLÍA (SIMPLE PAST TENSE) it is an action that we do not do anymore (finished)

I used to dance in a dancing club

I didn’t use to dance in a dancing club

Did you use to dance in a dancing club? Yes, I did / No , I didn’t

Where did you use to dance?

VOCABULARY LIST: translation and examples

Before:

After:

As soon as:

While

As:

By the time