Verb Tenses 8vo Pasts Pastc Future

FINAL TEST

CONTENTS

VERB TENSES:

• SIMPLE PAST

• FUTURE

• PAST CONTINUOUS

EXPRESSIONS:

• HOW OFTEN?

• POSSIBILITY – OBLIGATION – PROHIBITION

• USED TO

VOCABULARY:

• CONNECTORS

• ADVERBS (FREQUENCY, MANNER)

• PRONOUNS ( OBJECT – POSSESSIVE)

VERB T

ENSES

SIMPLE

PAST

FORM

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

PRONOUN + VERB (PAST) + …

P + DIDN’T + VERB (PRESENT) + …

DID + P + VERB (PRESENT) + …

SHE ATE AN APPLE SHE DIDN’T EAT AN APPLE

DID SHE EAT AN APPLE?

VERBS

R E G U L A R

ADD ED.

PLAY PLAYED

I R R E G U L A R

CHANGE ITS FORM

EAT ATE

SPELLING ED ENDING.1. If a word ends in an E we just add the D to the

end. Example: live lived

2. If the word ends in a Consonant + Vowel + Consonant, we double the final consonant and add ED. Example: stop stopped

3. When a verb ends with the letter y and there is a consonant before it, they changes into i. Then we add ed. Example: try tried.

4.. When a verb ends with y and there is a vowel before it, we simply add ed to the verb. Example: stay stayed

USES

C O M P L E T E D A C T I O N I N T H E PA S T

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

Example: I saw a movie Yesterday.

A S E R I E S O F C O M P L E T E D A C T I O N S

We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.

Example: I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim

D U RAT I O N I N PA S T

The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc

Example: I lived in Brazil for two years

H A B I T S I N T H E PA S T

The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc

Example: He played de Violin

PAST FACTS OR GENERALIZATIONS

The Simple Past can also be used to describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true. As in USE 4 above, this use of the Simple Past is quite similar to the expression "used to.“

Example: She didn’t like tomatoes before.

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Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis. They began at 10 o´clock and finished at 11.30. So, at 10.30 they were playing tennis.

They were playing: They were in the middle of playing. They had not finished playing.

USES

a) puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past

Example: He was playing football.

b) two actions happening at the same time (in the past)

Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.

c) action going on at a certain time in the past

Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

FORM

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

P + WAS /WERE + VING + …

P + WAS/WERE + NOT + VING + ….

WAS/WERE + P + VING + … ?

HE WAS SLEEPING WHEN YOU CALLED

HE WAS NOT SLEEPING WHEN YOU CALLED.

WAS HE SLEEPING WHEN YOU CALLED?

SIMPLE PAST VS. PAST CONTINUOUS.

Simple Past Past Progressive

irregular verbs: see 2nd column of irregular verbs

I spokeregular verbs: verb + ed

I worked

past form of 'be' + ing form of verb 

I was speakingyou were speaking

he / she / it was speakingwe were speaking

they were speaking

Simple Past Past Progressive

after anotherShe came home, switched on the computer and checked her e-mails.

at the same time Simon was playing on the computer while his brother was watching TV.

Simple Past Past Progressive

new actionMy mobile rang (when I was sitting in a meeting.)

action already in progressWhile I was sitting in a meeting, (my mobile suddenly rang.)

Simple Past Past Progressive

just mentioningColin played football yesterday.

emphasising progressYesterday at six o'clock, Colin was playing football.

SIMPLE FUTURE

• Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to."

• The two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings.

• These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice, the differences will become clear.

• Both "will" and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future

FORM WILL

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

PRONOUN + WILL + VERB + …

PRONOUN + WILL NOT (WON’T) + VERB + …

WILL + PRONOUN + VERB + … + ?

IT WILL RAIN TOMORROW

IT WON’T RAIN TOMORROW

WILL IT RAIN TOMORROW?

USES

• a spontaneous decision

example: Wait, I will help you.

• an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future

example: He will probably come back tomorrow.

• a promise

example: I will not watch TV tonight.

• an action in the future that cannot be influenced

example: It will rain tomorrow

FUTURE GOING TO

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

PRONOUN + VERB TO BE + GOING YO + VERB + …

P + VERB TO BE + NOT + GOING TO + VERB + …

VERB TO BE + P + GOING TO + VERB + … + ?

THEY ARE GOING TO BUY A CAR.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BUY A CAR

ARE THEY GOING TO BUY A CAR?

USES

• an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared

example: I am going to study harder next year.

• a conclusion regarding the immediate future

example: The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.