Present and Past tenses

PRESENT AND PAST FORMS

HOW MANY FORMS CAN A VERB HAVE TO REFER TO PRESENT ASPECT?

Ver Action Verbs or Verb to Be

Keep in mind!!

action verbs take the ending of "s" or "es" for the thrid person singular

Present Progressive

Present PerfectPresent Perfect Continous

Present Simple

Do for questionsDon´t or do not for negatives (I, you, we, they) Does for questions Does not for negatives (He, she, it)

BE + Verb ingam - I are - you is - he, she, it

Have / Has + verb past participleHave / Has + been + Verb ing

Use the present:Simple: habits, states, schedules Continous: temporary, in progress, future arranged idea Perfect: experience connected to present completed event , duration of the event Perfect continous: duration of events that are still true emphasiz process

Past Forms

BE - Action Verbs

REMEMBER

.BE (Was, Were) ACTION Verb (Regular "ed") (Irregular "memory"

Past Continous

Past Perfectand Past Perfect Continous

Past Simple

Did - questions, short answersDID NOT (Didn´t) questions and negatives

Was, Were + Verb ing

Had + Verb past participle Had + been + Verb ing

Use:

Simple: completed actionsContinous: action in progress Perfect: the action happened before a given time in the past Perfect Continous: progress over a period of time up to a point in the past

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