INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA SAN JUAN DE ARAMA

Tenses Review 2023

Simple present Simple past Present Past continuous Present perfect Present perfect continuous
(except TO BE) (Finished continuous (Continued activity) (Experiences) (Recent activity)
(Routines) activities) (Present activity)
Affirmative I eat I ate I’m eating I was eating I have eaten I have been eating chocolate
She eats She ate She’s eating She was eating She has eaten She has been eating chocolate
(I’ve / She’s eaten) (her hands are dirty)
Negative I don’t eat I didn’t eat I’m not eating I wasn’t eating I haven’t eaten I haven’t been eating chocolate
She doesn’t eat She didn’t eat She isn’t eating She wasn’t eating She hasn’t eaten She hasn’t been eating
chocolate
Question Do you eat? Did you eat? Are you eating? Were you eating? Have you eaten? Have you been eating
Does she eat? Did she eat? Is she eating? Was she eating? Has she eaten? chocolate?
Has she been eating chocolate?
Auxiliary Do / does Did Am / is / are Was / were Have / has Have / has been
+ infinitive + infinitive +ing +ing + past part. +ing
Adverbs of Every day, week… Yesterday Now Yesterday at 5pm… Never, ever, already
time On Tuesdays… Last Monday, At the moment On Sunday at Once, twice, several
year, week… 10pm… times
 Past perfect Past perfect Simple future Future continuous Future perfect Conditional
(The action happened continuous (Future (Future plans) (Action before future) (Hypothetical
before simple past) (Explanation of predictions) situations)
action before simple
past)
Affirmative I / She had eaten (I’d I / She had been People will eat I’m going to eat pizza (on (Tomorrow at 2pm) I I would eat (if I
eaten) eating chocolate insects (in 2080) Sunday) / she will have eaten wasn’t on a diet)
(before she arrived) (her hands are dirty) She’s going to eat pizza (on lunch She would eat
Sunday) (if she wasn’t on a
diet)
Negative I / She hadn’t eaten I / She hadn’t been People won’t eat I’m not going to eat pizza (Tomorrow at 2pm) I I wouldn’t eat (if I
(before she arrived) eating chocolate insects (in 2080) (on Sunday) / she won’t have was on a diet)
She’s not going to eat pizza eaten lunch She wouldn’t eat (if
(on Sunday) she was on a diet)
Question Had you / she eaten Had she been eating Will people eat Are you going to eat pizza (Tomorrow at 2pm) Would you eat? (Id
(before you arrived)? chocolate? insects (in 2080)? (on Sunday)? Will you / she have you were not on a
Is she going to eat pizza eaten lunch? diet)
(on Sunday)?
Auxiliary Had Had been Will Am / is / are + going to + Will have Would
+ past part. +ing Will not = won’t infinitive Won’t have Would not = wouldn’t
Adverbs of The day before Next year, Next Monday, Tomorrow If…
time The previous day… summer… Tomorrow, At 7pm
Previously In 2021, 2111… On Tuesday Next Monday, week…
In 100 years…
Other auxiliaries:

STRUCTURES
Subject + auxiliary + infinitive + complements
We + will + visit + the aquarium √
We + won’t + visit + the museum X
Auxiliary + subject + infinitive + complements
Will + we + visit + the museum? ?
 Auxiliaries Use Example Negative form
Should Advice You should eat vegetables Should not = shouldn’t
Must Obligation You must eat every day Must not = mustn’t
Have to Necessity You have to eat breakfast every Haven’t to / hasn’t
day Don’t have to / Didn’t have to
She has to eat…
Might Possibility It might rain on Sunday Might not
Want to Wish Vera wants to study dentistry Don’t want to / doesn’t want to / didn’t
want to
Used to Past habit The school used to have a Didn’t use to
church
Be + Going to Future plan On Sunday we are going to Are not = Aren’t + going to
have a party Is not = Isn’t +going to