Chart Of Tenses

CHART OF TENSES:
AFFIRMATIVE Present Simple: S+V (he,she,it +s/es)+(C) NEGATIVE S+do/does+not+inf+(C) QUESTION Do/does+S+inf+(C) +? AUX Do|Does We use these verb tenses to talk about: Habits,routines Universal truths Timetables In time clauses Actions happening now A temporary action An arranged plan in the future With “always” when we want to complain A finished past action Imaginaryconditions Something that happened regularly in the past Actions happening at specific past moment To make descriptions

Present Continous:

S+am/is/are+V-ing+(C)

S+am/is/are+not+V-ing+(C)Am/is/are+S+V-ing+(C) +?

Am|Is|Are

Past Simple:

S+V-ed/2nd column+(C)

S+did+not+inf+(C)

Did+S+inf+(C) +?

Did

Past Continous:

S+was/were+V-ing+(C)

S+did+not+inf+(C)Was/Were+S+V-ing+?

Was|Were

Past Perfect:

S+had+V-ed/3rd column+(C)

S+had+not+ V-ed/3rd column+(C)

Had+S+ V-ed/3rd column+(C)+?

Had

Past of the past Past conditions impossible to changePresent Perfect:

S+have/has+V-ed/3 column+(C)

rd

S+have/has+not+ V-ed/3 column+(C)

rd

Have/has+S+ V-ed/3 column+(C)+?

rd

Have Has

A recent action An action started in the past whichstill continues in the present An experience in life

Present Simple How often…? Once/Twice/3 times a … Every … +Frequency adverbs

Present Continuous Now At the moment This These Tonight TodayPast Simple Yesterday,… / Last … …, ago When This morning

Past Continuous While

Past Perfect Because, Until, after, Before, When, By the time

Present Perfect Yet/already/just How long…?Since/For

They refer to states, they are: Feelings- like, love, hate, prefer, dislike Mental- understand, believe, forget, want, hope, remember, need, know think Passive senses- see, feel, smell,taste Mesure- weigh, cost, mesure

= Students sat down and opened their books = While they were writing someone knocked on the door = As Joan was talking. Maria was still writing = Before he left, I...