ENGLISH TENSES REVISE YOUR GRAMMAR AND COMPLETE THIS TABLE WITH THE MISSING TENSES

TENSE USE FORM AUXILIARY VERB NOTES & PROBLEMS

Present simple It describes
- habits
- routines Aff. I/you/we/they go do/does - Spelling rules (-s)
- states he/she/it goes - Position of frequency
Neg. I/you/we/they don’t go adverbs
It is also used as a narrative present.
he/she/it doesn’t go do not = don’t - Present simple with
Examples: Int. Do I/you/we/they go? does not = doesn’t future meaning
 He smokes a packet of cigarettes a Does he/she/it go?
day (habit).
 We never come to school on Sunday
(routine).
 She doesn’t look good.
 When Little Red Riding-Hood enters
her grandmother’s house, the wolf
eats her (narrative present).
Present continuous It describes Aff. I am going
- what is happening now you/we/they are going - Spelling rules (-ing)
- what is happening these days he/she/it is going am/is/are - Verbs never used in the
Neg. I am not going continuous form
It also expresses annoyance.
you/we/they are not going - Present continuous
 We are having an English lesson. he/she/it is not going am not = ‘m not with future meaning
 The students are spending a lot of Int. Am I not going? is not = isn’t
are not = aren’t
money on text books. Are you/we/they going?
 You are always talking! Is he/she/it going?
Past simple It describes actions started and finished The affirmative form varies depending - We must study and
in the past, especially when the time is on the verb: regular or irregular? remember irregular
stated. Questions in the past beginning Aff. I/you/he/she/it/we/they did verbs
with When? or What time? Are always in played, remembered, tried - Spelling rules (-ed)
the past simple. went, ate, wrote - Study the verb to be: it
did not = didn’t is an auxiliary and
Neg. I/you/he/she/it/we/they
 Clare returned home late last night. did not play/did not try/ doesn’t require did.
 I didn’t like reading when I was a didn’t go/didn’t eat/didn’t write I/he/she/it was.
child. Int. Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they go? You/we/they were.
 When did you get married? Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they try?
I/he/she/it wasn’t.
You/we/they weren’t.
Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they eat? Was I/he/she/it?
Were we/you?
Past continuous
Present perfect
Simple & continuous
The future tenses:
- Present simple
- Present
continuous
- To be going to
- Future simple
Conditionals
Types 1-0-2-3