Tense Use Grammar considerations Example

1.- An action happening at the time of *Use of the verb to be in its
Present Continuous speaking that isn’t finished.
2.- Sometimes the action is not happening at
the moment but it’s currently happening and
isn’t finished.
We use it to say that something happens all
Present Simple the time or repeatedly, or something that is
true in general.
We talk about a period of time that
continues from the past until now. (We don’t
Present Perfect know what would happen in the future, we
just talk about the action until now)
1.-We use it for an activity that has recently
Present Perfect stopped.
Continuous 2.- We use it to express how long an activity
has been occurring.
Past Simple The action began and finished in the past
Past Continuous It was an action in progress at a certain point
in the past.
1.- We are talking about
three forms: am, is, and are.
*The main verb has to end in
-ing.
*We use the auxiliaries
Do/Does for negative and
interrogative forms.
*For 3rd person singular we add
an “s” by the end of the main
verb.
*We use the auxiliaries
Have/Has.
*We use verbs in their past
participle form (In the case of
regulars, it’s the same as in past
simple, but irregulars change)
*We use the auxiliary Have/Has
*We use the past participle of
verb To be: Been
*Verbs end in -ing
*Verbs change: We add -ed to
regular verbs and irregulars
change completely.
*We use the auxiliary Did for
negative and interrogative
forms.
*We use the auxiliaries
Was/Were.
*Main verb with -ing
grammar
2.- I’m reading a very good
book
1.-Nurses look after patients in
hospital
2.- She works in San Carlos
1.- I have never had a car
2.- Have you heard about Miss
Flo recently?
1.- I’m very tired because I have
been working very hard
2.- It has been raining for two
hours
1.- I didn’t go to school
yesterday
2.- She wrote a letter last week
1.-They were playing soccer at
10.30.
2.- It was raining when I got up.
Past Perfect The action happened before a certain point *Auxiliary Had When Sara arrived at school,
in the past. *Verbs in Past participle Paul had gone home
*Auxiliary Had Paul went to the doctor last
Past Perfect Continuous We can use it when an activity had just *Past participle of verb To Be: week because he hadn’t been
stopped at a certain point in the past. Been feeling well for some time.
*Main verb ends in -ing
The action is planned to happen in the 1.- We will visit our grandma
Future Simple future, or is something that is likely to *We can use Will/ Be Going To. soon.
happen. 2.- I’m going to come school
earlier tomorrow.
1.- She will be helping us to
1.-An activity that is planned to start at a organize the event.
Future Continuous particular point in the future and will *We use Will be 2.- Our professor will be giving
continue after that point *Main verb ends in -ing his lecture at 10 o´clock as
2.- A future activity that happens regularly usual.
3.- An arranged activity 3.- We will be leaving school at
8:30.
Future Perfect Something that Will be ended, completed, or *We use “Will” By the time you get home, I will
achieved by a particular point in the future. *Main verb in past participle have cleaned the house.
Used to emphasize the duration of an
Future Perfect activity that will be in progress at a particular *Will Next year I will have been
Continuous point in the future. *Main verb with -ing studying here for five years.
It is important to mention that particular
point (Next year, by the time you get home,
etc.)