PRESENT SIMPLE

Subject + verb SF

AFFIRMAT
IVE

3 person (he, she,

it) verb + s
I work
She works

Subject + dont/
doesnt + verb SF
NEGATIVE

QUESTIO
NS

I dont work
She doesnt work

PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
Subject + to be
(am, is are) +
verb + ing
I am working
She is working
You are working

Subject + to be
+ not + verb +
ing

PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE
Subject + have (I, we,
you, they) // has (he,
she, it) + verb past
participle
I have eaten

PAST SIMPLE
Subject + verb
past simple
She worked
She went
* Regular verb
-ed

Subject + havent / hasn

t + verb past participle

Subject + Didn
t + verb SF

I havent eaten

She didnt work

Im not working
She isnt
working

PAST
PREGRESIVE
Subject + was
(I, she, he, it) //
were (we, you,
they) + verb +
ing
He was working
You were
working
Subject + wasn
t // werent +
verb + ing
She wasnt
working

Do/Does + subject +
verb SF?

To be + subject
+ verb + ing ?

Have / has + subject +

verb past participle?

Do I work?
Does she work?

Is she working?

Have you eaten?

Did + subject +
verb SF?

Was// were +
subject + verb
+ ing?

Did she work?

Was she
working?

USE /TIME
EXPRESSI
ONS

Permanent states,
routines, habits,
general truths
Usually, always, often,
in the morning, on
Mondays, at the
weekend, once, twice,
a week/ day.

For temporary
state, actions
happening at the
moment, for
future
arrangements
Now, at the
moment, today,
this week/year,
tomorrow, next
week.

Action which happened in

the past, but we dont
mention when exactly
About a state which started
in the past and continues
up to the present
for, since, already, just,
yet, recently, lately, ever,
never, how long, once,
twice, before, so far.

Actions that
started and were
completed at a
specific time in
the past
Shorter action
last night/ week/
year
yesterday, ago, in
1992.

For actions that

were happening
at a specific point
of time in the
past
longer action
(while,when,as)
PP
As soon as Past
Simple