TENSES REVIEW

PRESENT TENSE

SIMPLE PRESENT

TO BE: AM, ARE, IS/ IT CAN MAKE NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS BY ITSELF/ IT DOESN`T NEED AN
AUXILIARY.

E.G.

SHE IS MY DOCTOR

MY MOTHER IS NOT A TEACHER

ARE YOU A FRIEND OF MINE?

OTHER VERB: THE SAME CONJUGATION FOR ALL THE SUBJECTS, THIRD PERSON RULE, THEY USE
AUXILIARIES DO/ DOES FOR NAGATIVES AND QUESTIONS,

E.G.

SHE WORKS IN A BANK

WE WORK IN A BANK

YOU DO NOT WANT A NEW CAR

SHE DOES NOT WANT A NEW CAR

DO YOU WANT A COFFEE?

DOES SHE WANT A TEA?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

TALKS ABOUT ACTIONS IN PROGRESS, IT USES THE VERB TO BE AS AN AUXILIARY, THE MAIN VERB
USE THE GERUND FORM –ING, VERB TO BE IS GOING TO FORMULATE NEGATIVES AND
QUESTIONS.

SHE IS WORKING HARD

SHE IS NOT WORKING HARD

IS SHE WORKING HARD?

YOU ARE MAKING A NEW INVENTION

WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR HOURS

ARE THEY LIVING TOGETHER?

SIMPLE PAST

VERB TO BE INTO THE SIMPLE PAST

THE CONJUGATION IS DIFFERENT, IT DOESN`T USE AUXILIARIES, IT FORMULATES ITS OWN

NEGATIVE AND QUESTION FORM.

I WAS

YOU WERE

HE WAS

WE WERE

THEY WERE

S + VERB TO BE(PAST FORM)+C

HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND WHEN I WAS A CHILD

I WAS A GOOD STUDENT WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL

WE WERE TOGETHER FOR TEN YEARS

I WAS NOT A TEACHER THREE YEARS AGO

WAS SHE YOUR BEST FRIEND?

OTHER VERBS

IT TALKS ABOUT AN ACTION HAPPENED INTO THE PAST, IN A SPECIFIC TIME, THEY STARTED AND
FINISHED INTO THAT SPECIFIC TIME. WE USE THE AUXILIARY DID FOR MAKING NEGATIVES AND
QUESTIONS.

INTO THE PAST WE HAVE TWO KIND OF VERBS; REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

CLEAN - CLEANED

WANT- WANTED

EAT – ATE

BUY – BOUGHT
GO – WENT

Yesterday

Last week

Ago

Do-does/did

I wanted to travel to London a year ago

Yesterday, I lost my wallet

We did not lose our keys

He did not buy any milk

Did you call me yesterday?

Past continuous

It talks about actions in progress but into the past. It also talks about an action which is happening
while another is. It uses the verb to be in its past form as an auxiliary, the main verbs is in gerund
form.

WHILE I WAS READING A BOOK, MY MOM ARRIVED

WE WERE WAITING FOR HOURS BUT HE DIDN`T ARRIVE

I AM WORKING HARD – I WAS WORKING HARD

I WAS RESTING WHEN IT RAINED

WE WERE TRAVELING WHEN THE BUS CRASHED

YOU WERE NOT CALLING PEOPLE I TOLD YOU

ROSE WAS NOT PLANNING OUR VACATION

WERE YOU WORKING WITH RONALD?

WAS HE SLEEPING AT MY HOUSE?

WERE YOU CALLING MOM WHILE I WAS CALLING DAD?

YOU WERE NOT WRITING THAT BOOK THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU

YESTERDAY AT THE PARTY YOU WERE BEING A FOOL

WILL

BE GOING TO

I WILL RETUN SOON-

I AM GOING TO RETURN SOON-

YOU WILL BE MY WIFE A DAY

YOU ARE GOING TO BE MY WIFE A DAY

WE WILL NEED SOME HELP

HE WILL LEARN FRENCH THE NEXT YEAR

SHE WILL NOT BE ON TIME

OUR CLASSMATE WILL NOT ASSIT TOMORROW

WILL YOU RETURN SOON?

BE GOING TO

I AM GOING TO SLEEP IN A HOTEL

YOU ARE GOING TO DRIVE A BUS

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A NICE MEETING

I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE A DINNER AT HOME

SHE ISN`T GOING TO VISIT US THIS WEEKEND

ARE YOU GOING TO READ MY LETTER?

IS IT GOING TO ARRIVE ON TIME?

PRESENT PERFECT

TALKS ABOUT AN ACTION WHICH HAPPENED BEFORE THE PRESENT INTO A NON SPECIFIC TIME.

THIS ACTION CONTINUS INTO THE PRESENT AND MAYBE INTO THE FUTURE

IT IS GOING TO USE THE AUXILIARY HAVE/ HAS AND THE PAST PARTICIPLE.

I HAVE EATEN

YOU HAVE EATEN

SHE HAS EATEN

HE HAS EATEN

WE HAVE EATEN

THEY HAVE EATEN

SHE HAS GONE TO THE UNIVERSITY- GO – WENT- GONE

WE HAVE CLEANED ALL THE HOUSE CLEAN- CLEANED- CLEANED

I HAVEN`T VISITED HIM FOR 2 YEARS

IT HASN`T RAINED SINCE THE LAST YEAR

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM BEFORE? SEE- SAW- SEEN

HAVE WE BEEN THERE AFTER TODAY? TO BE – WAS/WERE- BEEN

PAST PERFECT

IT TALKS ABOUT AN ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE AN ACTION IN A SPECIFIC TIME IN THE
PAST. IT USES THE AUXILIARY HAD AND THE PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB.

I HAD BEEN SICK WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME

I HAD WASHED THE CAR WHEN SOMEBODY CRASHED IT

SHE HADN`T ARRIVED SO I LEFT

WE HAD NOT GONE TO THE SCHOOL WHEN MOM CALLED US

HAD YOU BEEN HERE WHEN THE OWNER CLOSED THE SHOP?