Tenses review
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This document provides a review of English verb tenses including: - Simple present, past, present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses - Examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms - Future, future continuous, future perfect, and conditional tenses - Examples of adverbs of time that can be used with different tenses - A brief overview of modal auxiliaries like should, must, have to, might, want to, used to, be going to
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- 1. Tenses review Simple present (except TO BE) (Routines) Simple past (Finished activities) Present continuous (Present activity) Past continuous (Continued activity) Present perfect (Experiences) Present perfect continuous (Recent activity) Affirmative I eat She eats I ate She ate I’m eating She’s eating I was eating She was eating I have eaten She has eaten (I’ve / She’s eaten) I have been eating chocolate She has been eating chocolate (her hands are dirty) Negative I don’t eat She doesn’t eat I didn’t eat She didn’t eat I’m not eating She isn’t eating I wasn’t eating She wasn’t eating I haven’t eaten She hasn’t eaten I haven’t been eating chocolate She hasn’t been eating chocolate Question Do you eat? Does she eat? Did you eat? Did she eat? Are you eating? Is she eating? Were you eating? Was she eating? Have you eaten? Has she eaten? Have you been eating chocolate? Has she been eating chocolate? Auxiliary Do / does + infinitive Did + infinitive Am / is / are +ing Was / were +ing Have / has + past part. Have / has been +ing Adverbs of time Every day, week… On Tuesdays… Yesterday Last Monday, year, week… Now At the moment Yesterday at 5pm… On Sunday at 10pm… Never, ever, already Once, twice, several times Past perfect Past perfect Simple future Future continuous Future perfect Conditional
- 2. (The action happened before simple past) continuous (Explanation of action before simple past) (Future predictions) (Future plans) (Action before future) (Hypothetical situations) Affirmative I / She had eaten (I’d eaten) (before she arrived) I / She had been eating chocolate (her hands are dirty) People will eat insects (in 2080) I’m going to eat pizza (on Sunday) She’s going to eat pizza (on Sunday) (Tomorrow at 2pm) I / she will have eaten lunch I would eat (if I wasn’t on a diet) She would eat (if she wasn’t on a diet) Negative I / She hadn’t eaten (before she arrived) I / She hadn’t been eating chocolate People won’t eat insects (in 2080) I’m not going to eat pizza (on Sunday) She’s not going to eat pizza (on Sunday) (Tomorrow at 2pm) I / she won’t have eaten lunch I wouldn’t eat (if I was on a diet) She wouldn’t eat (if she was on a diet) Question Had you / she eaten (before you arrived)? Had she been eating chocolate? Will people eat insects (in 2080)? Are you going to eat pizza (on Sunday)? Is she going to eat pizza (on Sunday)? (Tomorrow at 2pm) Will you / she have eaten lunch? Would you eat? (Id you were not on a diet) Auxiliary Had + past part. Had been +ing Will Will not = won’t Am / is / are + going to + infinitive Will have Won’t have Would Would not = wouldn’t Adverbs of time The day before The previous day… Previously Next year, summer… In 2021, 2111… In 100 years… Next Monday, Tomorrow, On Tuesday Tomorrow At 7pm Next Monday, week… If… Other auxiliaries:
- 3. Auxiliaries Use Example Negative form Should Advice You should eat vegetables Should not = shouldn’t Must Obligation You must eat every day Must not = mustn’t Have to Necessity You have to eat breakfast every day She has to eat… Haven’t to / hasn’t Don’t have to / Didn’t have to Might Possibility It might rain on Sunday Might not Want to Wish Vera wants to study dentistry Don’t want to / doesn’t want to / didn’t want to Used to Past habit The school used to have a church Didn’t use to Be + Going to Future plan On Sunday we are going to have a party Are not = Aren’t + going to Is not = Isn’t +going to STRUCTURES Subject + auxiliary + infinitive + complements We + will + visit + the aquarium √ We + won’t + visit + the museum X Auxiliary + subject + infinitive + complements Will + we + visit + the museum? ?