Introduction to tenses:

Present simple: ( facts , regular actions or routine ….

Main verb:
Affirmative : She cooks Manasaf. ( Active)
Negative : She doesn’t cook Mansaf. ( helping + main)
Question : Does she cook Mansaf? ( helping verb+ main verb)
Doesn’t she cook Mansaf? (helping+ main verb)

Auxiliary verb:
Aff. Ra’ed is a happy person. ( S V SC)
Neg. Ra’ed isnot a happy person.
Ques. Is Ra’ed a happy person?
Isnot Ra’ed a happy person?
Predicate: is a happy person ( V+ C)

Auxiliary (helping) verbs:

- Verb to be ( is – are –am / was –were)
- Verb to do ( do- does/ did)
- Verb to have (have- has/ had)
 - Modals ( can- could/ shall- should/ will-would / may-
might/ ought to/ must-had to)
S V ( sentence pattern 1)
Bartella can sing.
P. noun (verb) Modal + main verb / present
predicate: can sing

Aff. She loves Translation (main verb / present)

Neg. She doesn’t love Translation ( helping + main)
Ques: Does she love Translation? ( helping + main)

Present continuous: ( actions happing now/ at the time of

speaking)

Aff. I am writing an email now.

Neg. I amnot writing an email now.
Ques. Are you writing an email now?
Homework
Sentences (present/ present continuous)
Aff.
Neg.
Question.

Past tense:
Aff. He came to school yesterday.
Neg. He didn’t come to school yesterday.
Ques. Did he come to school yesterday?

Past continuous:
Aff. He was playing chess.
Neg. He wasn’t playing chess.
Ques. Was he playing chess?
Present perfect: (Key words: since / for/ already/yet/ever)
Aff. I have played basketball.
Neg. I haven’t played basketball.
Ques. Have you played basketball?

Past perfect:
Aff. I had played basketball.
Neg. I hadn’t played basketball.
Ques. Had you played basketball?

Present perfect continuous:

I have been playing basketball.
I haven’t been playing basketball.
Have you been playing basketball?
Haven’t you been playing basketball?

Past perfect continuous:

I had been playing basketball. ……. ( same as previous example)
Modals:
Aff. She can swim in the deep pool.
Neg She can’t swim in the deep pool.
Ques. Can she swim in the deep pool?
Why can she swim in the deep pool?