Basic grammar

TENSE PAST PRESENT FUTURE

SIMPLE Subject + verb in Subject + verb in Subject + will +

past infinitive verb in infinitive

Examples: Examples: Examples:

I danced. I dance. I will dance.
She forgot. She forgets*. She will forget*.

CONTINUOUS Subject + was/were Subject + am/is/are Subject + will be +

+ verb infinitive + - + verb infinitive + - verb infinitive + -
ing ing ing

Examples: Examples: Examples:

I was dancing. I am dancing. I will be
She was She is dancing.
forgetting. forgetting. She will be
forgetting.
PERFECT Subject + had + Subject + have/has Subject + will have
verb in past + verb in past + verb in past
SIMPLE participle participle participle

Examples: Examples: Examples:

I had danced. I have I will have
She had danced. danced.
forgotten. She has She will have
forgotten. forgotten.

PERFECT Subject + had been Subject + have/has Subject + have/has

+ verb infinitive + - been + verb been + verb
CONTINUOUS ing infinitive + -ing infinitive + -ing

Examples: Examples: Examples:

I had been I have been I will have
dancing. dancing. been
She had been She has been dancing.
forgetting. forgetting.
 She will have
been
forgetting.

*What happened with the subject ‘she’ and the verb, is that whenever the
subjects ‘he, she and it’ appear next to a verb in present tense, they add
the letter ‘s’. However, when the subject and the verb are not next to each
other or interrupted by an auxiliar verb (those that indicate in which tense
they’re in), the rule does not apply.
Prepositions
Pre·posi·tion. A word or group of words used especially before a noun or a
pronoun to show place, position, time, method, etc.