PRESENT PAST
Simple *Verb
(+) S + Ves/s + O
(-) S + do/does + not + V(bare)
(?) Do/does + S + V (bare)?
* To Be (am/ is/ are):
(+)S + be (am/is/are) + O
(-) S + be + not + O
(?) Am/is/are + S + O?
 Often,usually,frequently
 constantly,always
 seldom/ rarely/ hardly
 occasionally/ sometime
 everyday/night/week
 ever/never/every
Continuous S + am/is/are + V_ing
(TD)
 Now
 at the moment
 right now
 at present
 Listen! Look! Watch out!
Be quiet!
Perfect (HT) S + have/has V3/ed +O
 Since, for, yet
 just, ever, already, never
 so far = until now = up to
now
 before (cuối câu)
Perfect S + have/has been V_ing
Continuous
(HTTD)  all day/week....
 almost every day this
week...
 in the past year...
FUTURE
*Verb
(+) S + V2/ed + O S + shall/will + V(infinitive) + O
(-) S + didn’t + Vo + O  Tomorrow
 Nextday/week/month/year
(?) Did + S + Vo + O?  in + khoảng thời gian (in an hour)
* To Be
(+) S + was/were + O
(-) S + was/were + not + O
(?) Was/were + S + O?
 Ago
 Last
 yesterday
 in + year
S + was/were + V_ing + O S + will be + V-ing
 at … last  next time/year/week
 giờ + adv QK  in the future
ex: at 3pm yesterday  soon
 at this time last night  at this/that time + adv tlai
 when/ while/ as ex: at this time next week
 from … to …
S + had V3/ed + O S + will have + V3/ed
 prior to that time  by/by the time/by the end of + thời
 as soon as gian trong tương lai
 when
 before/by the time, after
 Until then
S + had been + V_ing + O S + will have been + V-ing + O
 until then  For + khoảng thời gian + by/ before +
 by the time mốc thời gian tl
 prior to that time  by the time
 before, after  by then