SPELLING RULES

TENSE USE VERB STRUCTURE AUXILIARY (+) AUXILIARY (-) AUXILIARY (?) EXAMPLE (+) EXAMPLE (-) EXAMPLE (?)
(If necesssary)
- When
the verb ends in a
consonant + -y we
change y to i and add
es. - When the verb t they?
ends in a vowel + -y we don´t
Action that´s
uses the base form or add -s. she doesnt work in
Simple Present happening right now or I work in Argentina. do we work in Argentina?
's' form of a verb - Have, Argentina.
happens regularly.
go, do and be
e/you/they do
- When
the verb ends in -s or -z
we double e -s or -z and
add -es

When the verb ends in

Thing that are
Present Continuous present tense + ing -e, we take off the -e we are not playing tennis Is he playing tennis?
happening now. I am playing tennis l.
and add -ing. y are
aren´ they?
t

Describe an action or
situation that started in
Present Perfect Simple the past and past participle y she has tried meat i havent tried meat have you tried meat?
continues in the have /they?
present. haven´t

we haven´t been working

to refer to an i´ve working on my have you been working on
Present Perfect Continuous present participle + ing y on my homework since
unspecified time homework since 3pm your homework?
have /they? 3pm.
haven´t

- If a
verb ends in -e,

- fa
verb ends in a vowel
and a consonant, the they?
consonant is
usually doubled before
refer a completed adding an 'ed' or a 'd'
they didn´t move to
Simple Past action in a time before to the end of the base i moved to Escobar did he move to Escobar?
- If a Escobar
now verb.
verb ends in consonant
didn´
and -y, you
t
take off the y and add -

- But if
y did
the word ends in a
vowel and -y, you add
-ed.

to show a past action

that has been she was washing her
we weren´t washing our
Past Continuous interrupted or a main verb +ing. was i washing my clothes?
clothes
habitual action that no were /they? clothes
longer occurs.
weren´t

describe one action

that happened before
Past Perfect Simple
another action in the
past.
she had gone to Paris
They hadn´t gone to Paris had we gone to Paris
past participle - he/she/it hadn’t - before quarantine.
before quarantine. before quarantine?
y hadhadn’t /they?

to talk about actions

the past perfect of the
that continued for a
verb to be + the n
Past Perfect Continuous period of time before n? he hadn´t been studying had you been studying?
present participle -we/you/they had i had been studying
another action or een - had we/you/they
(base+ing).
situation in the past -we/you/they hadn´t

To predict a future you will be at school i won´t be at school will they be at school
Future Simple (WILL) Will + root verb
event tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow?
y will won´t/they?

- he/she/it isn´t going

reference an event that subject + form of “to
to i am not going to have are you going to have
Future Going TO has already been be” + going to + base of a o?
-we/you/they are -we/you/they aren´t dinner tonight dinner tonight?
planned. verb.
- are we/you/they she is going to have
? dinner tonight