Primary Tenses (Unchanging facts about the world)
Italians eat pasta.
Italians do eat pasta. A lot. Finite Predicate Italians do eat pasta. A lot.
Italians eat pasta a lot. Finite/Predicate Italians eat pasta a lot.
Every Italian does eat pasta a lot. Finite Predicate Every Italian does eat pasta a lot.
Every Italian eats pasta a lot. Finite/Predicate Every Italian eats pasta a lot.
Many Italians did eat pasta yesterday. Finite Predicate Many Italians did eat pasta yesterday.
Many Italians ate pasta yesterday. Finite/Predicate Many Italians ate pasta yesterday.
Italians will eat pasta tomorrow. Finite Predicate Italians will eat pasta tomorrow.
Italians will not eat pasta tomorrow. Mood Adjunct Finite Predicate Italians will not eat pasta tomorrow.
Italians won’t eat pasta tomorrow. Mood Adjunct Finite Predicate Italians won’t eat pasta tomorrow.
Italians do eat pasta. (An Italian does pasta.) did will Review: Primary Tenses Subject Finite Predicate Complement PRESENT Italians do eat pasta. (An Italian does pasta.) PAST did FUTURE will