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VERB TENSES

verb

tenses

Present Simple

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Future simple (will)

Be Going To

Verb To Be

negative - contraction

yes/no question - affirmative answer - negative answer

affirmative - contraction

i don'tyou don't she doesn't he doesn't it doesn't we don't they don't

yes, i do.yes, you do. yes, she does. yes, he does. yes, it does. yes, we do. yes, they do.

no, i don'tno, you don't no, she doesn't no, he doesn't no, it doesn't no, we don't no, they don't

i do notyou do not she does not he does not it does not we do not they do not

do i (verb)...?do you (verb)...?does she (verb)...? does he (verb)...? does it (verb)...? do we (verb)...? do they (verb)...?

i doyou do she does he does it does we do they do

we use present simple To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes: I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth)

Present Simple

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Future simple (will)

Be Going To

Verb To Be

negative - contraction

yes/no question - affirmative answer - negative answer

affirmative - contraction

i didyou did she did he did it did we did they did

i did notyou did not she did not he did not it did not we did not they did not

i didn'tyou didn't she didn't he didn't it didn't we didn't they didn't

yes, i did.yes, you did. yes, she did. yes, he did. yes, it did. yes, we did. yes, they did.

no, i didn'tno, you didn't no, she didn't no, he didn't no, it didn't no, we didn't no, they didn't

did i (verb)...?did you (verb)...?did she (verb)...? did he (verb)...? did it (verb)...? did we (verb)...? did they (verb)...?

The simple past tense, is used to talk about a completed action in the past.There are regular verbs in the past. they usually finish in 'ed'. Some verbs are irregular. Their past forms do not end in -ed. for example go -went. The past forms don't change, you use the same past form for all subjects.

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Future simple (will)

Be Going To

Verb To Be

affirmative - contraction

negative - contraction

yes/no question

i am eatingyou are eating she is eating he is eating it is eating we are eating they are eating

am i (verb + ing) ...?are you (verb + ing) ...?is she (verb + ing) ...? is he (verb + ing)...? is it (verb + ing)...? are we (verb +ing)...? are they (verb +ing)...?

i'm eatingyou're eating she's eating he's eating it's eating we're eating they're eating

i am not eatingyou are not eating she is not eating he is not eating it is not eating we are not eating they are not eating

I'm not eatingyou aren't eating she isn't eating he isn't eating it isn't eating we aren't eating they aren't eating

affirmative answer - negative answer

no, i'm not eating.no, you aren't eating. no, she isn't eating. no, he isn't eating. no, it isn't eating. no, we aren't eating. no, they aren't eating.

The present continuous is used: to describe an action that is going on at this moment: You are using the Internet. You are studying English grammar. to describe an action that is going on during this period of time or a trend: Are you still working for the same company? More and more people are becoming vegetarian.

yes, i am eating.yes, you are eating. yes, she is eating. yes, he is eating. yes, it is eating. yes, we are eating. yes, they are eating.

Past Continuous

Present Continuous

Future simple (will)

Be Going To

Verb To Be

affirmative - contraction

negative - contraction

yes/no question

i was eatingyou were eating she was eating he was eating it was eating we were eating they were eating

was i (verb + ing) ...?were you (verb + ing) ...?was she (verb + ing) ...? was he (verb + ing)...? was it (verb + ing)...? were we (verb +ing)...? were they (verb +ing)...?

i was not eatingyou were not eating she was not eating he was not eating it was not eating we were not eating they were not eating

i wasn't eatingyou weren't eating she wasn't eating he wasn't eating it wasn't eating we weren't eating they weren't eating

affirmative answer - negative answer

yes, i was eating.yes, you were eating. yes, she was eating. yes, he was eating. yes, it was eating. yes, we were eating. yes, they were eating.

no, i wasn't eating.no, you weren't eating. no, she wasn't eating. no, he wasn't eating. no, it wasn't eating. no, we weren't eating. no, they weren't eating.

we use past continuous:To describe an unfinished action that was interrupted by another event or actione.g. "I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang." to express a change of mind: e.g. "I was going to spend the day at the beach but I've decided to get my homework done instead."

Past Continuous

Future simple (will)

Be Going To

Verb To Be