Past tense

Past tense… positive negative question use

To be To be To be -complete action in the
S+was/were S+was not/were not+… was/were+s+…? past
Verbs Verbs Verbs -to express habits in the
past
Simple S+v-ed S+did not+verb (base) Did+s+verb (base)?
-to describe a series of
completed action in the
past
-interrupted in the past -to
express an action
-to describe parallel actions
S+was/were+v-ing S+was/were+not+v-ing Was/were+s+v-ing?
-to describe repetition and
Continuous irritation
-to describe what someone
was doing at point In time
-to describe an action
finished before another
past action
S+had+past participle S+had not/hadn‘t+past Had +s + past participle
-emphasize the result of an
Perfect +… participle +..? activity in the past

-to describe a past action

alredy started and continue
S+had+been+v-ing S + had not / hadn’t Had+s+been+v-ing? up to another action
-to express the duration
Perfect continuos +been+v-ing
before something in the pas
 Present tense

Present tense… positive negative question use

To be To be To be -express general truth
S+am/is/are+predicate S+am/is/are+not+predicate Am/is/are+s+ -habits
Verb Verb predicate? -future timetables
-permanets situations
Simple S+verb+object… S+ don’t+ doesn’t +verb Verb
-when telling stories
+object Do/does+s+verb+obj?

-descibe something whichis

happening at the exact
S+am/is/are+v-ing+.. S+am/is/are (not)+v-ing+… Am/is/are+s+v-ing+..? momebt of speech
-to describe a temporally
Continuous situation

-to express things you have

done in your life
S+have/has+past S+haven’t/hasn’t+past Have/has/subject+pp -to express numbers of
times of you have doing
perfect participle participle
something

-express long actions that

started in past and
S+have/has+been+v- S+have/has (not)+been+v- Have/has+s+been+v- continue
-express actions that have
Perfect ing ing ing?
clear evidence or results
continuous now
 future tense

Future tense… positive negative question use

-for actions decided at the

moment of speech
s+will/shall+v(base) S+wont/will not+ v Will+s+v(base)+…? -for unplanned actions
-for unpreventable actions
Simple (base)
in future

-interrupted actions in the

future
S+will+be+v-ing S+will+not+be+v-ing Will+s+be+v-ing? -actions in progresse at
specific time in the future
Continuous
-to talk about action that
will finish before certain
Perfect S+will+have+pp+.. S+will+not+have+pp+… Will+s+have+pp+…? time in the future
-action that will be
completed before another
events take place
-to show something will
continue up until a
Perfect continuous S+will+have+been+v- S+will+not+have+been Will+s+have+been+v- particular time in the
future
ing +verb-ing ing+..?