Verb Tenses

PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS CHART
| USAGE | VERB FORM | AUXILIARY VERB | COMMON TIME EXPRESSIONS | EXAMPLES |
PRESENT SIMPLE | * Facts (something is generally known to be true)* Action in the present taking place once, never or several times
* Actions in the present taking place one after another
* Action set by a table or schedule | * negativeHe/she/it+doesn´t+ verb in base formi/we/you/they+ don´t+ verb in base form * positive

sub+ aux verb+ verb main |

Do or does |

Usually, always, often, sometimes, days of the week (Monday, Tuesday…),at weekends | * the sun never sets in the east or south or north, but always is in the west
* Collin plays football regularly- every Tuesday |
PRESENT CONTINUOUS |
* To talk aboutactivities happening now
* To talk about activities around now, and not necessary in this moment
* For activities happening in the near future, especially planned future events |

sub+ am/is/are+verb+ ing+ complement? word+ be+ verb+ ing+ complement |

be |

at the moment, now, today, this week, this month, tomorrow, next week, currently | * I am sitting down, because I am tired.* How are you brushing up on your English for the trip?
* I am seeing my dentist on Wednesday |

PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS CHART
| USAGE | VERB FORM | AUXILIARY VERB | COMMONTIME EXPRESSIONS | EXAMPLES |
PAST SIMPLE | * To talk an action that took place in the past
* About a state that continued for some time, but now is finished * About actions that happenedregularly in the past | * Positive:
subject+verb+ * ed+complement
* Negative:
subject+did+verb+complementQuestion
did+ person+ verb in base form+ conplement |

did |
yesterday, theother day, last night, just now, the day before | * he turned round, dropped the bag and ran away
* Did she really work there for ten years?
* We always went to Devon for our holidays when I...