The English Tenses

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THE ENGLISH TENSES. (OS TEMPOS VERBAIS INGLESES.)
I. Talking about the present. (Para falar do presente)

There are three present tenses in English: • The Present Simple: Form: S(ubject) verb (he, she, it) verb+s They live

C(omplements) in Dublin en Dublín verb live verb live C(omplements)? in Dublin?C(omplements in Dublin

+ ?

Eles Do Does Do S(ubject) (he, she, it) They

viven S (he, she, it) they don’t doesn’t don’t

-

Use: To express routines, habits, etc. • The Present Continuous : Form: S(ubject) am, are (he, she, it) is They are

verb-ing living vivindo verb-ing living verb-ing living

C in Dublin now en Dublín agora C? in Dublin now? C in Dublin now

+ ?

Eles Am, Are Is AreS (he, she, it) They

están S (he, she, it) they aren’t isn’t aren’t

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Use : To talk about things that are happening now.

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• The Present Perfect: Form: S (he, she, it) have has have viven S (he, she, it) they haven’t hasn’t haven’t past participle (-ed/ 3rd column) lived pastparticiple (-ed/ 3rd column) lived past participle (-ed/ 3rd column) lived C in Dublin for one year. en Dublín dende hai un ano C? in Dublin? C in Dublin.

+

They Eles have has have S (he, she, it) They

?

-

Use: 1. To talk about experience: (Para falar da experiencia) Have you ever been to London? Estiveches algunha vez en Londres? 2. To talk about something that started in the past andcontinues in the present: (Para falar duna acción ou situación que empezou nun momento do pasado e chega ata o presente:) I’ve studied English for five years now. Hai cinco anos que estudo inglés 3. To talk about a finished action with a present result. (Para falar dunha acción pasada da que nos importa o resultado presente.) She hasn’t finished her homework yet. Aínda non rematou os deberes.(Ten que terminalos)

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II

Talking about the past. (Para falar do pasado)

There are different ways to talk about something that happened in the past: • The Past Simple. Form: S

+ ?

Verb+ed / 2nd column lived viviron /vivían S they didn’t didn’t verb live verb live

C in Dublinlast year en Dublín o ano pasado C? in Dublin last year? C in Dublin last year.

They Eles Did Did S They

-

Use: To talk about things that finished in the past. • The Past Continuous: Form: S (I, he, she, it) we

+

were was were

verb+ing living vivindo Verb+ing living verb+ing living

C in Dublin en Dublín C? in Dublin? C in Dublin

Nos

estabamos S (I, he, she, it) we weren’twasn’t weren’t

?

Were Was Were

-

S(ubject) (he, she, it) We

Use: To express longer actions in the past.

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• The Past Perfect: Form: S had had tiñan S they hadn’t hadn’t past participle lived vivido past participle lived past participle lived C in Dublin en Dublín C? inDublin? C in Dublin

+ ?

They Eles Had Had S They

-

Use: To talk about a former action in the past , etc.

•

Used to + infinitive // would + infinitive

Form: S used to would used to would infinitive live play use to + infinitive infinitive use to live play use to + infinitive infinitive use to live play C in Dublin en Dublín C? in Dublin ? C in Dublin.

+

They Eles

vivían /xogaban S they didn’t wouldn’t didn’t wouldn’t

?

Did Would Did Would S They

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We use these structures to express routines, habits in the past. Used to refers to both actions or situations in the past. Would is only used for actions. (Utilizamos estas estructuras para...