Tense Signal words Use form Examples Examples negative Examples interogative

affirmatives
Simple present Every day *something happens Infinitive I work I don´t work Do I work?
Sometimes repeatedly HE/SHE/IT: HE works HE doesn´t work Does he work?
Always *how often Infinitive+S I go I don´t go Do I go?
Often something happens HE goes HE doesn´t go Does he go?
Usually *one action follows
Seldom anoher
Never *thing in gerenal
First… then *with verbs like(to
love, to hete, to
think, etc)
*furure meaning:
timetables,
programmes
Present progressive Now *something is BE(am/are/is) I´m working I´ m not working Am I working?
(continuo) At the moment happening at the +infinitive+ing He´s working He isn´t working Is he working?
Look! same time of I´m going I´m not going Am I going?
Listen! speaking or around it He´s going He isn´t going Is he going?
*future meaning:
when you have
already DECIDED
AND ARRANGED to
do it( a fixes plan,
date)
Simple past last… *action took place in Regular: I worked I didn´t work Did I work?
…ago the past, mostly Infinitive+ed He worked He didn´t work Did he work?
In 1990 connected with an Irregular: I went I didn´t go Did I go?
Yesterday expression of time (2nd column of table He went He didn´t go Did he go?
(no connection to the of irregular verbs)
present)

Past progressive While *an action happened I was working I wasn´t working Was I working?
in the middle of WAS/WERE+infiniti He was working He wasn´t working Was he working?
another action. ve+ing I was going I wasn´t going Was I going?
*someone was doing He wasn´t going He wasn´t going Was he going?
sth.at a cartain
time(in the past)-you
don´t know whether
it was finished or
not.
Simple present Just *you say that sth.has HAVE/HAS+past I have worked I haven´t worked Have I worked?
perfect Yet happened or is participle* He has worked He hasn´t worked Has he worked?
Never finished in the past *(infinitive+ed) or I have gone I haven´t gone Have I gone?
Ever and it has a (3rd column of table He has gone He hasn´t gone Have he gone?
Already connection to the of irregular verbs)
So,far present
Up to now *action started in
Since the past and
For continues up to the
Recently present
Present perfect All day *action began in the HAVE/HAS+ been+ I have been working I haven´t been working Have I been working?
progressive The whole day past and has just infinitive+ing He has been working He hasn´t been working Has he been working?
How long stopped I have been going I haven´t been going Have I been going?
Since *how long the action He has been going He hasn´t been going Has he been going?
For has been happening
Simple past perfect Already *mostly when two HAD+past I had worked I hadn´t worked Had I worked?
Just actions in a story are participle* He had worked He hadn´t worked Had he worked?
Never related to each *(infinitive+ed)or(3 I had gone I hadn´t gone Had I gone?
rd
other:the action column of table He had gone He hadn´t gone Had he gone?
wich had already of irregular verbs)
happened is put into
past perfect, the
other action into
simple past
*the past of the
present perfect
Past perfect How *how long HAD+been+infinitiv I had been working I hadn’t been working Had I been working?
progressive Since something had been e+ing He had been working He hadn´t been working Has he been working?
For happening before I had been going I hadn´t been going Had I been going?
something else He had been going He hadn´t been going Had he going?
happened
Will future *predictions about WILL+infinitive I will work I won´t work Will I work?
the future(you think (I´LL) He´ll work He won´t work Will he work?
that sth ill happen) I´ll go I won´t go Will I go?
*you decide to do He will go He won´t go Will he go?
sth. Spontaneously
at the time of
speaking
*main clause in type
Iof the condicional
sentences
Going to future *when you have BE(am/are/is)+ I´m going to work I´m not going to work Am I going to work?
already decided to going to+ infinitive He´s going to work He´s not going to work Is he going to work?
do sth. In te future I´m going to go I´m not going to go Am I going to go?
*what you think He´s going to go He´s not going to go Is he going to go?
what will happen
Furure progressive *an action will be in WILL+be+infinitive I´ll be working I won´t be working Will I be working?
progress at a certain +ing He´ll be working He won´t be working Will he be working?
time in the future. I´ll be going I won´t be going Will I be going?
This action has He´ll be going He won´t be going Will he be going?
begun before the
certain time.
*something happens
because it normally
happens
Future prefect Sth. Will alredy have WILL+have+past I´ll have worked I won´t have worked Will I have worked?
simple happened before a participle* He´ll have worked He won´t have worked Will he have worked?
certain time in the *(insfinitive+ed)or( I´ll have gone I won´t have gone Will I have gone?
future 3rd column of table He´ll have gone He won´t have gone Will he have gone?
of irregular verbs)
Future prefect Sth. Will already WILL+HAVE+been+ I´ll have been I won´t have been Will I have been
progressive have happened infinitive+ing working working working?
before a certain time He´ll have been He won´t have been Will he been working?
in the future working working Will I have been
EMPHASIS: LEGTH I´ll have been going I won´t have been going going?
OF TIME OF AN He´ll have been He won´t have been Will he have been
ACTION going going going?
Conditional simple *sth .that might WOULD+infinitive I would work I wouldn´t work Would I work?
happen He would work He wouldn´t work Would he work?
*main clause in type I would go I wouldn´t go Would I go?
II of the conditional He would go He wouldn´t go Would he go?
sentences
Conditional Sth. That might WOULD+BE+infiniti I would be working I wouldn´t be working Would I be working?
progressive happen ve+ing He would be working He wouldn´t be working Would he be working?
I would be going I wouldn’t be going Would I be going?
He would be going He wouldn´t be going Would he be going?
Conditional perfect *sth. That might Would+ have+ past I would have worked I wouldn’t have worked Would I have worked?
have happened in participle* He would have He wouldn´t have Would he have
 the past *(infinitive+ed)or(3 worked worked worked?
rd
*main clause in type column of table I would have gone I wouldn´t have gone Would I have gone?
II of the conditional of irregular verbs) He would have gone He wouldn´t have gone Would he have gone ?
sentences
Conditional perfect Sth. That might have WOULD+HAVE+BEE I would have been I wouldn´t have been Would I have been
progressive happened in the past N+infinitive+ing working working working?
EMPHASIS:LENGTH He would have been He wouldn´t have been Would he have been
OF TIME OF AN working working working?
ACTION I would have been I wouldn´t have been Would I have been
going going going?
He would have been He wouldn´t have been Would he have been
going going going?