TENSE FUNTION AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION TIME EXPRESSIONS EXAMPLE

Affirmative: I like chocolate. She

We add a S or an ES to We use Do or Does to Some adverbs of frequency
We use Don't or plays tennis every Monday.
To talk about routines, the verb when it's make questions. Do is makes us realice we need to
Present Doesn't when we want Negative: She doesn't play the
habits, facts, general affirmative or we don't for I, You, We, They use Present Simple like,
Simple to make a negative violin.
truth when the person ir I, and Does for He, She Usually, Often, Always,
sentence. Question: Does Paul play the
You, We, They. and It. Sometimes, Never.
piano? Where does she live?

When in the sentences we Affirmative: She is watching tv at

To describe an action We add an ING to the We use ISN'T (He,
see the word: Now, Right the moment. The children are
that is happening now, verb when the sentence is She or It), AREN'T We use AM, IS and
Now, Today, Tonight, At the sleeping.
Present a temporary, changing affirmative, it doesn't (You, We, They) and ARE in the question
moment, This Negative: I'm not studying math
Continuous or developing situation matter the person AM NOT (I). The form. And the verb is
evening/afternoon/ morning, this year. She isn't staying at home.
or to describe irritating involve. And we use IS verb is still with the still in the ING form
This week/ month/ year and Question: Are you going to the
habits. or ARE. ING form.
While cinema? Is he planning to move to
Italy next month?
To talk about a
completed action that We use the auxiliary We use the auxiliary When in the sentences we Affirmative: We walked to school
happened in the past, DIDN'T to form a DID to form a question see the word: YESTERDAY, yesterday. I met my wife in 1998.
We add an ED if it is a
to describe 2 or more negative sentence in in the past and the verb a week/ month/ year/ AGO Negative: I didn't go to school last
Regular verb, if it is an
actions that happened the past and the verb without ED and in or We use LAST year/ night/ week. She didn't get home until
Past Simple Irregular verb we put the
arround the same time without ED and in Infinitive form. It month/ week/ day/ or THE very late last night.
verb in the past tense like
and to talk about 2 Infinitive form the doesn't matter the DAY BEFORE. Also and Question: Where did he go for
go to went.
connected actions that verb. It doesn't matter person involve, (I, You, specific date like 2011 or on holudays? Did she play the piano
happened arround the the person involve. He, She, It, We, They) Holidays when she was younger?
same time.
 To describe a scene in
the past or an action
We use the auxiliary
that was happening at a We use the auxiliary Affirmative: I was waiting for the
We use the auxiliary WASN'T (I, He, She, When they happened in a
particular time. To talk WAS (I, He, She, It) and bus when the accident happened.
WAS (I, He, She, It) and It) and the verb with specific time, for example: It
about something that the verb with ING, and Negative: They weren't playing
Past the verb with ING, and ING, and we use was eight o'clock and I was
happened before and we use WERE with football this week.
Continuous we use WERE with WEREN'T with (You, writing a letter. And also
after an action/ before (You, We, They) and Question: Was tha snake coming
(You, We, They) and the We, They) and the when the word WHILE
and after a specific the verb still with ING towards you? What were you doing
verb still with ING form. verb still with ING appears.
time. Also when an form. at 7 o'clock in the morning?
form.
action gets interrupted
by another action.

To talk about actions

that happened at some
unspecified point in
We use HAVEN'T (I, Affirmative: He has lived in
the past. For something We use HAVE (I, You, We use HAVE (I, You,
You, We, They) plus Some time expressions that London all his life. Thay have been
that happened in the We, They) plus the verb We, They) plus the verb
the verb in Past helps us identify the Present married for nearly 40 years.
Present past and continues in in the Past Participle and in the Past Participle
Participle and also Perfect are: Yet, For, Since, Negative: I haven't had 4 exams this
Perfect the present. For we use HAS (He, She, It) and we use HAS (He,
HASN'T (He, She, It) Often, Ever, Never, Already, week. She hasn't lived abroad since
something that and the verb in Past She, It) and the verb in
and the verb in Past So far, Just. 2018. Question:
happened in the past Paticiple Past Paticiple
Participle Have you ever met George?
and is important in the
present. Also
Experiences
 To talk about past
actions or states that Affirmative: We have been
are still connected to studying French for 3 years. I have
the present, To talk We use HAVEN'T been doing homework since 9 am.
We use HAVE BEEN (I, We use HAVE (I, You, Some time expressions that
about actions that BEEN (I, You, We, He has been feeling ill all week.
You, We, They) plus the We, They) plus BEEN, helps us identify the Present
Present happened repeatedly in They) plus the verb in Negative: They haven't been sitting
verb in ING and we use plus the verb in ING, Perfect Continuous are: For,
Perfect the past and that is still ING and we use in the sofa all day, they have been
HAS BEEN ( He, She , and we use HAS (He, Since, All Morning/
Continuous happening now and to HASN'T BEEN (He, working together in a project.
It) plus the verb in ING She, It) plus BEEN, plus Afetrnoon/ Week/ Day and
talk about recently She, It) plus the verb Question: How long have they been
form. the verb in ING form. also How long
actions which has in ING form. playing tennis? Have you been
either just finished or working hard? Where have you
has just been been studying all morning?
interrupted.
Affirmative: When the police
arrived, the thief had escaped. I
We use it to show the We use HADN'T in called his ofice, but he'd already
We use HAD for (I, You, We use HAD plus the
order of 2 past events. the negative sentence Some adverbs that help us left.
He, She, It, We, They) person (I, You, He, She,
The Past Perfect shows for (I, You, He, She, identify the Past Perfect are: Negative: It still hadn't rained at the
Past Perfect plus the verb in Past It, We, They) plus the
the earlier action and It, We, They) plus the Already, Still, Just, Ever and biginning of May.
Participle or with ED if it verb in past participle or
the Past simple show verb in Past Participle Never. Question: Had the parcel arrived
is a regular verb. with ED.
the later action. or with ED. when you called yesterday? Had
you ever visited London when you
moved there?