VERB TENSES

Present simple -something that is true in the present or is

-s always true He lives  in London
-do does She  never plays football..
-don’t doesn’t -routines: always, sometimes, never, often….

present continuous -activities at the moment of speaking: I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour.
-am, is, are What are you doing next week?
-…….ing -future plans or arrangements

- How long? for/since I have lived in Navarre for 10 years

Present perfect
-have has haven’t hasn’t
-…..ed/ past participle
- ever, never (life experiences) I have never been to New York
- lately/recently Have you been to the cinema recently?
- just I have just had lunch
- still/yet/already He hasn’t finished yet.
- so far How many exams have you taken so far?
- today/this week-month-term/year I have had 10 lessons this week
- to give news -express result He has broken his leg.

Past simple -Last night/Sunday/week/ /month/year I had lunch at a great restaurant …..
-an hour/a week/ a month/ ago
-ed/-irregular -Yesterday, the day before yesterday
- did -yesterday morning/yesterday evening
-didn’t -In 1999, in 2018… I was born in 1999.
-In March The weather was great in August.
-when I was 5 I was able to ride a bike when I was 5-
-this morning I had a white coffee for breakfast this morning.

Past Continuous - parallel actions While I was doing my homework my dad was
- describe what somebody was doing at a point cooking
-was were in the past What were you doing at 9 yesterday morning?
- …… ing - express interrupted actions I was driving to work when I crashed my car
- express repetition He was always complaining in class

Past Perfect -Describe an action finished before another I got stuck in the traffic because there had
-had hadn’t past action been an accident.
-……ed/past participle

- decisions at the moment of speaking, I’ll help you with your homework
FUTUTE - a prediction He will be rich
- will /won’t - an opinion I think he will be here tomorrow.
-verb - first conditional If If the weather is good we’ll go to the beach.
- offers, requests, promises, threats I promise I won’t tell anyone.

FUTURE - plans decided before the moment of speaking. I’m going ( planning) to travel to Peru this
-am is are - a prediction based on present evidence. summer
-going to - something is about to happen. Look at those clouds. It is going to rain.
-verb He is going to fail his exams. He is not working
hard enough.
FUTURE (PRESENT CONTINUOUS) - future plans or arrangements What are you doing tomorrow night?
-am is are
- …….ing