VERB TENSES Cecília Hartt

SIMPLE TENSES 1. SIMPLE PRESENT 2. SIMPLE PAST 3. FUTURE 4. CONDITIONAL

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Used to talk about routines and habits. AUXILIARY VERBS – DO ( I/you/we/they) – DOES (he/she/it) Used in: – questions – negative sentences – Short answers

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE I/WE/YOU/THEY Do you speak English? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. I speak English but not very well. I don’t speak English very well. DON’T=DO NOT HE/SHE/IT Does he speak English? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t. He speaks English but not very well. He doesn’t speak English very well. DOESN’T=DOES NOT

VERB + S (or) ES (HE/SHE/IT) She works a lot. She teaches English. She goes to work by car. VERB+ES =After verbs ended in: SS/SH/CH/X/Z/O and Y preceded by consonant

SIMPLE PRESENT (VERBS+ES) FOR I/YOU/WE/THEY: KISS WASH WATCH FIX BUZZ GO STUDY FOR HE/SHE/IT: KISSES WASHES WATCHES FIXES BUZZES GOES STUDIES

PAST SIMPLE TENSE Used to talk about what happened at a definite time in the past. AUXILIARY VERB – DID ( I/you/we/they/he/she/it) Used in: – questions – negative sentences – Short answers

SIMPLE PAST TENSE REGULAR VERBS VERB + D (or) ED: Work=worked Did you work a lot yesterday? Yes, I did. I worked very much yesterday. No, I didn’t. I didn’t work a lot yesterday. DIDN’T=DID NOT IRREGULAR VERBS (NO RULE) Go=went Did s/he go to the cinema yesterday? Yes, she went to the cinema yesterday. No, he didn’t go to the cinema yesterday. DIDN’T=DID NOT

SIMPLE PAST TENSES REGULAR VERBS: Play=played Study=studied Stay=stayed Wash=washed Watch=watched Need=needed Love=loved Want=wanted Like=liked IRREGULAR VERBS: Write=wrote Read=read Eat=ate Drink=drank Buy=bought Send=sent Come=came Teach=taught See=saw

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE AUXILIARY VERB: WILL+VERB (I/you/we/they/he/she/it) Used to indicate a decision about the future taken at the moment of speaking. I think I’ll (I will) go out on the weekend. I think I won’t (I will not) go out on the weekend. Will you follow me? Yes, I will./No, I won’t.

CONDITIONAL TENSE AUXILIARY VERB: WOULD +VERB (I/you/we/they/he/she/it) Used in polite requests, asking for help and to indicate conditions. Would you please help me with this? Would you open the door for me, please? I’d (I would) buy a new car if I had money. I wouldn’t (would not) do that if I were you.

CONTINUOUS TENSES 1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS 2. PAST CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE TO BE (PRESENT)+(VERB+ING) Used to talk about actions in progress, happening now, at the moment. I am teaching now. You are studying now. Is she learning? They aren’t playing now.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE VERB TO BE (PAST)+(VERB+ING) Used to talk about actions that were in progress at a definite time in the past. VERB TO BE (PAST) I waswe were he wasyou were she wasthey were it was

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE What was your teacher doing yesterday evening? She was working. Was she using a computer? Yes, she was. Were they working too? No, they weren’t.(were not)

PERFECT TENSES 1. PRESENT PERFECT 2. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 3. PAST PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE AUXILIARY VERBS: HAVE (I/you/we/they)+PAST PARTICIPLE HAS (he/she/it)+PAST PARTICIPLE Used to talk about actions that : 1. Happened at indefinite times 2. Started in the past and continue up until now 3. Have a present result 4. Can be repeated

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE For I/we/you/they: Have you worked at your present job for a long time? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. HAVEN’T=HAVE NOT For he/she/it: Has she worked at her present job for a long time? Yes, she has. No she hasn’t. HASN’T=HAS NOT

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AUXILIARY VERBS: HAVE (I/you/we/they)+BEEN+(VERB+ING) HAS (he/she/it)+BEEN+(VERB+ING) It is used to emphasize the continuation of actions that started in the past and continue up until now.

PRESENT PEFECT CONTINUOUS For I/you/we/they: Have you been working at your present job for a long time? Yes, I have been working at my present job for a long time. No, I haven’t been working at my present job for a long time. For he/she/it: Has she been working at her present job for a long time? Yes, she has been working at her present job for a long time. No, she hasn’t been working at her present job for a long time.

PAST PERFECT TENSE AUXILIARY VERB: HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE IT IS THE PAST OF THE SIMPLE PAST Had you seen that film before? Yes, I had. No, I hadn’t. (had not)

PAST PARTICIPLES REGULAR VERBS(Third column of verbs): ALL PAST PARTICIPLES END IN “ED” OR “D” Love-loved-loved Like-liked-liked Hate-hated-hated Work-worked-worked Study-studied-studied Play-played-played IRREGULAR VERBS (Third column of verbs): The 3 forms can be the same, only 2 forms can be the same or the 3 forms can be different: Put-put-put Cut-cut-cut Teach-taught-taught Go-went-gone