Grammar sumary

GRAMMAR SUMMARY: Tenses

Present Simple

We use present simple to talk about:

← States and facts

← Routines and usual activities

← Fully determined future situations

|Affirmative |Negative |Interrogative |
|I/You/We/They + Infinitive Verb|I/You/We/They don´t (do not) + infinitive verb |Do I/You/We/They + infinitive verb? |
|He/She/It + (Verb+S) |He/She/It doesn´t (does not) + infinitive verb |Does He/She/It + infinitive verb? |

|Kind of sentences |Construction of sentences |
|Affirmative |Person + Verb + object|
|Negative |Verb + person + object? |
|Interrogative |Person + (Verb +n´t) + object |

Vip verbs

← To be
← Can
← Have got
← Must

Keywords

← Adverbs of frecuency
← Verbs: Have, Want, Like, Hate, Know, Undestand, Look.

• Like + Noun/Geround

We use “like” to express feelings towardspeople or things.

|Affirmative |Negative |Interrogative |
|I/You/We/They like + (Verb+Ing) or Noun. |I/You/We/They don´t (do not) like + (Verb+Ing) or Noun |Do I/You/We/They like + (Verb + Ing) or Noun? |
|He/She/It likes + (Verb+Ing) or Noun|He/She/It doesn´t (does not) like + (Verb+Ing) or Noun |Does He/She/It like + (Verb + Ing) or Noun? |

Present continuous

We use present continuous to talk about:

← Actions that are happening now or around now
← Temporary actions or situations.
← Situation that will happen in a near future, and it is very certainly.(meeting, travels, etc.)

|Affirmative|Negative |Interrogative |
|I´m (am) + (Verb+Ing) |I´m not (am not) + (Verb+Ing) |Am I + (Verb+Ing)? |
|You/We/They´re (are) + (Verb+Ing) |You/We/They aren´t (are not) + (Verb+Ing)|Are You/We/They s+ (Verb+Ing)? |
|He/She/It´s (is) + (Verb+Ing) |He/She/It isn´t (is not) + (Verb+Ing) |Is He/She/It + (Verb+Ing)? |

Key words

← Now
← At this moment
← At present
← Tomorrow
← Next

Past Simple

We use the past simple to:

← Talk about repeated actions in the past (describing the date)← Talk about short, completed actions at a definite time in the past.
← Tell stories in which one thing happened after another.

|Affirmative |Negative |Interrogative |
|I/You/We/They He/She/It Swam. |I/You/We/They He/She/It didn´t (did not) swim.|Did I/You/We/They He/She/It swim? |

|Kind of sentences |Construction of sentences |
|Affirmative |Person + Verb + object |
|Negative |Verb + person + object? |
|Interrogative |Person + (Verb +n´t) + object |

Vips Verbs

← To be
I/He/She/it: Was
You/We/They: Were
← Can: Could

Key words

← Ago
← Last
← Yesterday
← What time
← When
← Never: Situation that you can´t change.

Past Continuous

We use the past continuous to:

← Describe interruption actions
← Long actions, with the time in which the action occurred
← When two actions happen together, we use past continuous...