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VILLABON GABRIELA
TORRES MARIA JOSE
RUBIANO TATIANA
Simple Present
It is one of the verb tenses used in English, in the simple
present the auxiliaries "do and does" have the function of
making questions or negations.
The auxiliary ''does'' is used only for these subjects: she, he,
it.
and the auxiliary ''do'' is used only for: I, you, we, they.
Examples:
¿?- Does she like eat pizza?
+Yes, she like eat pizza
- No, she doesn´t like eat pizza
SIMPLE PAST
simple past of a verb can be structured in affirmative form, negative form or question form.
1.In the affirmative form, the verb, when it is regular, the ending -ed is added.
2.For the negative form, the verb remains in the infinitive, that is, without adding the ending -ed. put
didn't in front of the infinitive form.
3.in the interrogation it is necessary to use the auxiliary
did + the subject (I, you, he, she, it, we,
they) + the verb in infinitive + the complement
example
Example:
¿?- Is she slepping in class?
+ Yes, she is slepping in class.
- No, she isn,t
past continuous
Express actions or states that were taking place in the past when another action or state interrupts or
reinforces it.
for example- I was walking when I saw an eagle.
(Estaba caminando cuando vi un águila).
it is made up of two parts: the past tense of the verb "to be" (was/were) and the stem of the main verb
+ing.