Grammar 1

Present Simple / Present

continuous
Past Simple / Past continuous
Past Simple / Present Perfect
Future Forms
Present Simple
Present Simple
Affirmative
○ He/She/IT + verb (s) + object.
○ I/They/We/You + verb + object.
Interrogative
○ Does + He/She/IT + verb + object?
○ Do + I/They/We/You + verb + object?
Negative
○ He/She/IT + doesn’t + verb + object.
○ I/They/We/You + don’t + verb + object.

Time expressions
Often, usually, never, sometimes, at all.
Present Continuous
Present Continuous
Affirmative
○ I + am + verb (ing) + object.
○ He/She/IT + is + verb (ing) + object.
○ They/We/You + are + verb (ing) + object.
Interrogative
○ Am + I + verb (ing) + object?
○ Is + He/She/IT + verb (ing) + object?
○ Are + They/We/You + verb (ing) + object?
Negative
○ I + am + not + verb (ing) + object.
○ He/She/IT + isn't + verb (ing) + object.
○ They/We/You + aren´t + verb (ing) + object.

Time expressions
Now, right now, at the moment,
Present Perfect
Present Perfect

Affirmative
○ He/She/IT + has + verb (Past P.).
○ I/They/We/You + have + verb (Past P.).
Interrogative
○ Has + He/She/IT + verb (Past P.)?
○ Have + I/They/We/You + verb (Past P.)?
Negative
○ He/She/IT + hasn’t + verb (Past P.).
○ I/They/We/You + haven’t+ verb (Past P.).

Time expressions
Since, for, ever, never, just, yet, already, recently
Past Simple
Past Simple
Affirmative
He/She/IT
I/They/We/You + Verb (past)
Interrogative
He/She/IT
Did + I/They/We/You + Verb (inf.)?
Negative
He/She/IT
I/They/We/You + didn’t + Verb (inf.)

Time expressions
Yesterday, last night, ago, in (year/month)
Past Continuous
Past Continuous
Affirmative
○ I/He/She/IT + was + verb (ing)
○ They/We/You + were+ verb (ing)
Interrogative
○ Was + I/He/She/IT + verb (ing) + object?
○ Were + They/We/You + verb (ing) + object?
Negative
○ I/He/She/IT + wasn’t+ verb (ing) + object.
○ They/We/You + weren’t+ verb (ing) + object.

Time expressions
When, while
Past perfect
Past perfect
Affirmative
○ Pronouns + had + verb (p.p)

Interrogative
○ Had + pronouns + verb (p.p.)

Negative
○ Pronouns + had not + verb (p.p.)

Time expressions:
By the time, when
FOR, SINCE, DURING AND
AGO
- DURING - va seguido de un sustantivo.

I was listening to birds singing during the exam. >>>

Nombre.

- FOR - duración concreta del tiempo: horas, minutos,

años… ¡se puede contar!

I’ve had my pet for 8 years. >>> Número de años que

llevas con tu mascota.

- WHILE - va seguido de una frase. Hablamos de dos

acciones que ocurren a la vez.

The dog was running while the cat was sleeping. >>>
oración entera.
AGO
-Se refiere a un tiempo pasado y va siempre al
final de la frase.

-Se traduce como “HACE” y va con el PASADO

SIMPLE

Eg: -Robert finished university four years ago.

-She quit smoking six months ago.

Future Forms