SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

TENSESAUTOR: LORENT GÓMEZ

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PRESENT

The simple present is a verbal tense used to express actions that take place in the present, and that are done with certain frequency, for

example, each morning, or each week. It is also used to express facts or general statements.

SIMPLE PRESENT

It is formed with the base form of verb ‘to be’ as following:• Affirmative form: Subject + Verb (infinitive) + Complement

For negative and interrogative forms, we need the auxiliary verb “DO”.• Negative form: Subject + Do not - Don’t / Does not – Doesn’t +

Verb (infinitive) + Complement• Interrogative form: Do / Does + Subject + Verb (infinitive) +

Complement + ?

SIMPLE PRESENT

When the subject is the third person of singular, we have always to add an S to the verb, but there are some exceptions:• If the verb finishes in S, SH, CH, SS, ZZ or X, you add an ES at the

end of the verb.• If the verb finishes in O, you also add ES at the end of the verb.• If the verb finishes in Y after a consonant (and NOT after a vowel),

you replace the Y with IES.

SIMPLE PRESENT

Examples:• She goes to sleep late every night.• Ana loves to go to the movies every Monday.

SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PAST

The simple past is a verbal tense used to express actions that took place in the past in a specific time, about habitual actions that took

place in the past, and to describe events that happened in the past –and not now-. There are two types of simple past: regular simple past (formed with regular simple past verbs), and irregular simple

past (formed with irregular simple past verbs).

SIMPLE PAST

The regular verbs in simple past are formed by adding a D or an ED at the end of the verb in its base form. The irregular verbs in simple past are form following no rules, you just have to learn each one of

them.

SIMPLE PAST

Affirmative form: Subject + Verb (simple past) + Complement

Negative form: Subject + Did not/Didn’t + Verb (simple past) + Complement

Interrogative form: Did + Subject + Verb (infinitive) + Complement + ?

SIMPLE PAST

Examples:• I studied in France for two years.• Monica and Chandler traveled to Las Vegas last month.

SIMPLE FUTURE

SIMPLE FUTURE

The simple future is a verbal tense used to express actions that will take place in the future, regardless the exact moment.

• Affirmative form: Subject + Will + Complement.• Negative form: Subject + Will not/Won’t + Complement.• Interrogative form: Will + Subject + Complement + ?

SIMPLE FUTURE

Examples:• Will you marry me?• I won’t go to my parent’s dinner tomorrow.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

The present continuous is a verbal tense used to express actions that take place in the present, in the very moment that they are being announced by the interlocutor.

• Affirmative form: Subject + Verb to be + Verb (-ing) + Complement• Negative form: Subject + Am-is-are not + Verb (-ing) + Complement• Interrogative form: Am-is-are + Subject + Verb (-ing) + Complement

+ ?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Examples:• Are you going to the movies?• Gabriel is making a portrait.

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUSThe past continuous is a verbal tense used to express actions that took place in a specific or particular moment in the past. Also, it is used to express two actions that were happening at the same time in the past, and the course of an action during the past.

• Affirmative form: Subject + Was/Were + Verb (-ing) + Complement

• Negative form: Subject + Was not-wasn’t/Were not-weren’t + Verb (-ing) + Complement

• Interrogative form: Was/Were + Subject + Verb (-ing) + Complement + ?

PAST CONTINUOUS

Examples:• John was doing his homework at seven o’clock last night.• Was John doing his homework at seven o’clock last night?

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

The future continuous is a verbal tense used to talk about what is going to occur in a particular moment in the future.

• Affirmative form: Subject + Will be + Verb (-ing) + Complement• Negative form: Subject + Will not/Won’t be + be + Verb (-ing) +

Complement• Interrogative form: Will + Subject + be + Verb (-ing) +

Complement + ?

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

Examples:• Ana will be playing the cello at the Centro Cultural Chacao

tomorrow night.• Will Ana be playing the cello at the Centro Cultural Chacao

tomorrow night?