PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE: It is used to talk about habits, routines, general facts, likes and opinions.
Time Examples
expressions
I run every day.
Structure
-Never
-sometimes I don’t eat breakfast.
Affirmative:
-often
Subject + verb
PRESENT SIMPLE -usually Do I run every day?
Negative:
-always
Subject + do/does + verb
-every day
Interrogative:
-once a week
Do/Does + subject + verb + ?
-in the
morning

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: It is used to express that something is happening now.

Structure Time Examples
expressions
Affirmative: I am doing homework now.
Subject + to be + gerund + ing -At the
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Negative: moment I am not dancing right now.
Subject + to be + not + gerund + ing -now
Interrogative: -today Am I working today?
To be + subject + gerund + ing + ? -right now
SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINOUS

SIMPLE PAST: It is used to talk about an action finished in the past (single or repeated), and to talk about series
of completed actions in the past.
Structure Time Examples
expressions
Affirmative: I visited San Vicente
Subject + verb (regular/irregular) -Last night yesterday. I ate pizza
Negative: -last week yesterday.
Subject + didn’t + base form verb -last Monday
SIMPLE PAST
Interrogative: -yesterday I didn’t eat pizza yesterday.
Did + subject + verb + ?
Did you forget to do the
homework?
PAST CONTINUOUS: It is used to talk about actions that were in progress at a special time in the past, and to
talk about two actions that were happening at the same time (the actions do not influence each other)

Structure Time Examples

expressions
Affirmative: I was reading a book
Subject + was/were + verb (ing) -While yesterday evening.
Negative: -When
PAST CONTINUOUS
Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + verb (ing)
-At 7:00pm I wasn’t eating pizza last
Interrogative: -Yesterday at Friday in the morning.
Was/were + subject + verb (ing) + ?
night
-Last Friday Was he fixing the car last
at noon weekend at 6:00?
SIMPLE PAST X PAST CONTINUOUS: The action in the simple past interrupts the action in the past
progressive.
Examples

I was waiting for my friend, when my mom called me.

I was eating pizza, when my sister broke her leg yesterday in the morning.
I fell asleep while I was watching TV last night at 9:00.

PAST PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST

PAST PERFECT: It is used to talk about an action which happened before another action In the past, and
to talk about an action which happened before a stated time in the past.
Examples

Mom had baked a cake

before the party started.
Time
expressions Lenny had done his
homework by seven o’clock.
-after
Structure
-before Before we locked the door,
PAST PERFECT
-when we had called a taxi.
Subject + had + verb (past participle)
-by
-as soon as As soon as it had stopped
-by the time raining, we took our dog for
a walk.

By the time we reached the

railway station, the train
had left.
 FUTURE TENSE: WILL AND BE GOING TO
GOING TO: It is used to talk about:
1. future plans
2. things we expect, because we can see the evidence.
Will: It is used to talk about:
1. facts about future
2. guesses and opinions about future
3. decisions at the moment of speaking.
4. offers, promises, warnings

Structure Examples
Time
expressions
Affirmative: I am going to play football
Subj. + be + going to+ (verb) next weekend.
-Tomorrow
GOING TO -tomorrow
Negative: We are not going to meet at
morning
Subj. + be + not + going to + (verb) the cinema.
-next week
-next month
Question: Is Mike going to play soccer
-next year
Be + Subj. + going to + (verb) + ? next weekend?

Examples

I will be 25 years old next

year.
Structure
People will live in the space
in the future.
Affirmative:
Subj. + will + verb
I'm hungry. I will have a
Will snack.
Negative:
Subj.+ will + not + verb
I will always love you!
(promise)
Question:
Will + subj.+ verb + ?
Run! you'll miss the train!
(warning)

I'll buy the tickets for you.

(offer)