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Verb tense review:  present, past, and future

1 The present of BE 3 The present continuous

Statements Statements
I am I am watching TV.
You You
We are We are studying English.
They late. They
He He
She is She is arriving now.
It It

Yes / no questions
2 The Simple Present tense
Am I
Statements
you
I Are we
You they going too fast?
speak English.
We he
They Is she
He it
speaks English.
She Short answers

Yes / no questions I am. I’m not.
I you are. you aren’t / you’re not.
you he he isn’t / he’s not.
Do know them?
we Yes, she is. No, she isn’t / she’s not.
they it it isn’t / it’s not.
he we we aren’t / we’re not.
are.
Does eat meat? they they aren’t / they’re not.
she
Information questions
Short answers
you
I I
What are we doing?
you you
do. don’t. they
we we
Yes, they No, they he
When is she leaving?
he he
it
she does. she doesn’t.
Where am I staying tonight?
it it
Who is driving?
Information questions
you
What do we need?
4 The past of be
they Statements
he I
When does she start? He
was late.
it She
wants It

Who needs this book? We
likes You were early.
They

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(The past of be–continued)

Yes / no questions Information questions

I I
he you
Was on time?
she he
it When did she read that?
we it
Were you in the same class? we
they they
Who called?
Short answers
I I
he he 6 The future with be going to
was. wasn’t.
she she Statements
Yes, it No, it I’m
we we You’re
you were. you weren’t. He’s
they they She’s going to be here soon.

Information questions It’s
We’re
we?
They’re
Where were you?

they? I’m
he You’re
When was she here? He’s
it She’s not going to be here soon.
Who were they? It’s
We’re
he? They’re
Who was she?
it ? Yes / no questions
you
5 The Simple past tense Are we going to want coffee?
they
Many verbs are irregular in the simple past tense.
Am I going to be late?
To see the list of irregular verbs, open Reference
Charts on the ActiveBook Self-Study Disc. he
Is she going to arrive on time?
Statements it

I I
Short answers
You You
He He I am. I’m not.
She stopped working. She didn’t start again. you are. you aren’t / you’re not.
It It he he isn’t / he’s not.
We We Yes, she is. No, she isn’t / she’s not.
They They it it isn’t / it’s not.
we we aren’t / we’re not.
Yes / no questions are.
they they aren’t / they’re not.
I
you Information questions
he you
Did she make a good dinner? What are we going to see?
it they
we he
they When is she going to shop?
it
Short answers
Where am I going to stay tomorrow?
I I
you you Who is going to call?
he he
Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.
it it
we we
they they

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