TENSES USE AFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE KEY WORDS

Always / Usually / Often /

PRESENT
SIMPLE I work
Subject + DONT + verb Sometimes
- Hbits, rutines diries, You work (WH-word)+ DO / DOES + subj
Hardly ever / Never / Every
- Horaris i programes He/ She/ It works + verb?
He/ She/ It + DOESNT + verb day
We/ you/ they work
Once a week

- Accions que estan passant en Now

Subj..+ AM/ IS/ ARE + NOT +
CONTINUOUS

el mateix moment de parlar. Sub. + AM/IS/ARE + Verb + ING (WH-word) + AM / IS / ARE + v. At the moment
PRESENT

Verb + ING
- Accions temporals + ING? These days
- Accions futures planejades i I am working Nowadays
I am not working
programades He/ She/ It is working Are you working? Tomorrow
He/ She/ It isnt working
- Accions repetides que We are working Why are you working? Next week
We arent working
expressen queixa In a minute
- Accions acabades que es
refereixen al passat (Wh-words) + DID + Sub.+ verb? Yesterday
SIMPLE

Regular verbs: worked, practiced Subj + DIDNT + verb

PAST

- Acci passada curta que va Last night

passar mentre un altre estava Why did you go? Three weeks ago
Irregular verbs: ran, went, drank We didnt work
en progrs Did you go? When (= quan)
She didnt go
- Acci que estava passant en Sub.+ WAS / WERE + verb+ING
CONTINUOUS

S. + WASNT / WERENT + v. (Wh-words) + WAS/ WERE + S: While (= mentre)

un moment concret del passat
+ ING + v + + ING?
PAST

- Acci que estava en progrs I was speaking

quan va passar alguna cosa
- Accions simultnies en passat.
- Prediccions
FUTURE
As (= mentre)
You were speaking
I wasnt speaking Why were you speaking?
He /She/ It was speaking
You werent speaking Were you speaking? When (=quan)
Subject + WILL + verb Subject + WONT / WILL NOT ( Wh- word)+ WILL + S. + v. ? Tomorrow

- Accions que passaran en un + verb In the future

WILL

moment concret del futur I will read What will she do? I think
- Decisions espontnies I wont go Will she work as a teacher?

- Indica que una acci haur Subjecte + WILL + HAVE + Subject + WONT / WILL NOT WILL+ Subj.+ HAVE + Participi? By this time...
PERFECT
FUTURE

acabat en un moment futur. Participi. + HAVE + Participle By then

- Indica all que estar passant
en un moment del futur.
FUTURE
I will have started my new job by
the end of the year
Sub + WILL + BE + VERB +ING
(At) this time next year, he will
I wont have finished working By the end of...
by this time tomorrow. Will you have stopped....?
Sub. WILL + NOT + BE + VERB WILL+ Sub + BE + VERB + (At) this time next week...
+ ING ING?
(At) this time next year, he wont

be studying medicine. be studying medicine Will you be travelling?

CONT.
TENSES USE
- Plans i intencions de futur
BE GOING
- Accions que es veu
positivament que passaran
TO
- Accions passades que encara
afecten el present
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
- Accions que tot just han acabat
have + just + participi I have prepared an activity
- Accions presents que van
comenar en el passat i encara
duren ( FOR I SINCE)
- Accions passades quan no
especificam en quin moment del
passat.
- Accions LLARGUES que tot
PRESENT PERFECT
just han acabat i els efectes de
CONTINUOUS
les quals encara duren
- Accions presents en les quals
es vol subratllar la seva durada
des que van comenar
- Quan parlam del passat i ens
PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT
remuntam a accions que
SIMPLE
passaren abans
- Accions acabades abans dun
moment especfic del passat
- Quan parlam daccions
CONTINUOUS.
prolongades que van tenir lloc en
el passat abans duna altra acci I had been eating
breu tamb passada
AFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE KEY WORDS
S. + is/ are + going to + verb S: + isnt/ arent + going to + (Wh-word)+ is/ are + S.+ going Tomorrow
verb to + verb? Next week
He is going to have a baby In a minute
They are going to complain When are you going to take the Tonight
about the exam exam?
Subject + HAVE/ HAS + Subject + HAVENT / HASNT + (WH- word) + HAVE / HAS + For
Participi +participi subject + participi +
complement? Since
I havent prepared the activity
Have you prepared the Ever
activity?
She has lived here for 20 years I havent lived here for 20 years Already
She haslived here since 1983
Where have you lived since Yet
1983?
I have been to the USA I havent been to the USA Just
Have you ever been to the
USA? Never
Subject + HAVE/ HAS + BEEN Subject + HAVENT / HASNT + (WH- word) + HAVE/HAS + For
+ verb + ing BEEN + verb + ing subject + BEEN + verb + ing
+ complement? Since
Im tired because I have been She hasnt been cleaning all day
cleaning the house. Has she been cleaning the
I havent been waiting the bus for house?
I have been waiting the bus for hours
hours Why have you been waiting so
long?
Subject + HAD + participi Subject + HADNT + participi (Wh-word) + HAD + subject After
+ participi + complement? As soon as
When the police arrived, the When the police arrived, the Before
robbers had already gone robbers hadnt gone yet Where had the burglars gone By the time (that)
after the police arrived) Until
I had finished all my homework When
by midday.
Sub + HAD BEEN + verb + ING Sub + HADNT BEEN+verb+ ING HAD +Sub+BEEN+ verb+ING All morning
When
I hadnt been eating Had he been eating? For / since
By the time
Before / after