VERBS TENSES

PRESENT SIMPLE

USES:

• habitual actions:

I go to school every day

she goes to school
He eats every day/
I always go to the gym

• facts:

Josh speaks Spanish very well

Pedro runs very well
I live in Bs. As
I have brown eyes

Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, never, hardly ever

- Before the main verb:

I always go to school
I usually play football games

- After the verb to be:

you are always late

she is usually on time

Expressions of Frequency: every day, one a week, twice a week, at the weekend

- Usually go at the end of the sentences:

I go to the school every day

We visit our grandmother once a week
Affirmative:
To be:
I
You Is / Are (present) There is an apple
We + verb (base form) (run) There are some apples
They

He
She + verb-s (runs)
It

EXAMPLES:

• I always have English class at 7 o’clock

• She usually studies on Saturday
• He often goes to cinema
• They never study at night

Negative:
don’t: do not
I doesn’t: does not
You
We + don’t + verb ex. I don’t go to school every day
They

He
She + doesn’t + verb ex. She doesn’t go to school every day
It

EXAMPLES:

• I usually don’t have dinner at 8 o’clock

• She often doesn’t play guitar at the weekend
• We usually don’t run in the morning
• You often don’t call you mother
• He doesn’t play piano at the week
• I don’t eat vegetables everyday
Interrogative:

Yes or Not Questions

Do + I + verb ( base form) + complement ?

You
We
They

Does + He + verb (base form) + complement

She
It Short answer

Ex. Do they go to school every day? Yes, they do/ No, they don’t

Ex. Do they play basketball every day? Yes, they do/No, they don’t

Does he play chest every Saturday? Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t

Does she go to dance every Monday? Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t

Do you usually visit your grandmother? Yes, I do / No, I don’t

Do they dance at the weekend? Yes, they do / No, the don’t

Do we cook every day? Yes, we do / no, we don’t

Information Questions

Wh + Do + I + verb ( base form) + complement ?

We
They

Does + He + verb (base form) + complement

She
It
(Question Word)
When (cuando)
Where (where)
What (que/cual)
How (como)
Who (quien)
EXAMPLES:

• When do you visit your grand mother? I usually visit my grandmother on

Sunday
• When do you visit the park? I always visit the park on Mondays
• Where does she live? She lives in the main Street
• What he does on the weekend? He often goes the cinema
• How often they clean the house? They clean the house every day
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

USES: something that happen at the moment

Affirmative: She is watching tv

I + am

he/ she/ it + is + verb- ing

you/we/they + are

Ex. I am studying English now

you are listening music now
they are cooking fish right now
he is driving the car at the moment
I am studying in my house in this moment

Adverbs of frequency: now, at the moment, at moment, right now

Negative:
isn’t: is not
I + am not aren’t: are not

he/she/it + isn’t (is not) + verb- ing …

you/we/they + aren’t (are not)

ex. she is not running at that moment

they aren’t studying Spanish right now
he isn’t playing tennis at the moment
we aren’t studying French at moment
it isn’t closing right now
it isn’t raining now
He isn’t doing his homework right now
We aren’t watching a movie now
Interrogative:

Yes/No Questions

Am + I +
Is + she/he /it + verb-ing + complement ?
Are + you/ we/ they
Short answer

Ex. Is she studying history in this moment? Yes, she is / No, she isn’t.
Am I staying in Argentina? Yes, you are/ No, you aren’t
Are we walking in the general San martin park now? Yes, we are/No, we aren’t
Is he doing homework at the moment? Yes, he is
Am I studying French? No, I am not
Are we playing football in the club? No, we aren’t
Is she cooking the dinner right now? Yes, she is

Information Question

where is he doing the homework? He is doing the homework in his house

Where am I studying French right now? You are studying French in your school
Where are we playing football? We are playing football in the park
What is she cooking? She is cooking fish