Tense

TENSE | ESTRUCTURE | EXAMPLE |
SIMPLE PRESENT | Subject+verb+complement | Affirmative: I play soccer in the field with my friends |
| Subject+auxiliar+”not”+verb+complement | Negative: Theydon’t wear the same clothes every single day. |
| Auxiliar+subject+verb+complement? | Question: Do any of you have 5 dollars to give me? |
PRESENT CONTINUOS | Subject+verb “To be” in present+verb+”ing”| Affirmative: She’s doing one of the best guns you could imagine. |
| Subject+verb”tobe”in present | Negative: He’s not doing the homework right. |
| Verb”Tobe”inpresent+not+verb”ing”? |Question: be not playing soccer in the mud? |
PRESENT PERFECT | Subject +Auxiliar”To have” +Verb in past participle+complement | Affirmative: He’s been in Mexico City with my parents |
| Subject+Auxiliar”To have” +”Not” +Vern in past participle+complement | Negative: I haven’t been in Mexico City only to Toluca. |
| Auxiliar “to have” +Subject+Verb in past participle? | Question: Has she beenin Guadalajara before? |
SIMPLE PAST | Subject+verb in past+complement+complement | Affirmative: I played soccer with my best friends. |
| Subject+auxiliary”did” +”not” +verb in present+come |Negative: He didn’t arrive on time. |
| Auxiliar”did” +subject+verb in present? | Question: Did they turn in their homework on time? |
PAST CONTINUOS | Subject+”Was/Were” +”ing” +complement |Affirmative: He was helping everybody in English class. |
| Subject+”Was/Were” +”not” +complement | Negative: I wasn’t in my house yesterday I was playing video games. |
| “was/were” Subject+”ing”+complement? | Question: were you playing soccer in the night? |
PAST PERFECT | subject+”had” +past participle+complement verb | Affirmative: They’d go to one of the prettiest places in the worldParis. |
| Subject+”had” +”not” +past participle+ complement verb | Negative: We hadn’t done anything of the homework we should start. |
| “had” +subject+past participle? | Question: Had I seen...