Verb Tenses 2nd Bach

Oh, yeah!

English is ***** easy!

2021

nº1

1€

Verbs Tenses

2nd Bach

LIVE THE PRESENT!

present SIMPLE

MY FATHER TRAINS TWICE A WEEK

WATER ISREALLY COLD

I DO NOT LIKE ENGLISH

DO YOU KNOWTHE CLASS FINISHES AT 8 PM?

I USUALLYGO TOP THE PARK ON MONDAYS

• PRESENT SIMPLE
• ROUTINES (FREQUENCY ADVERBS, TIME EXPRESSIONS)
• GENERAL TRUTHS
• TIMETABLES

-S: WALKS, WORKS -ES: WATCHES, WASHES, DOES, FIXES, PASSES -IES: PLAY-S (VOWEL) CR-IES (CONSONANT)

wHEN DO WE USE PRESENT SIMPLE?

TIME IS TICKING OUT!

present CONTINUOUS

SEE YOU IN JAIL!

HOWEVER, I CAN'T HELP YOU BECAUSE I AM VISITING THE DOCTOR TODAY!

I AM THINKING ABOUT ROBBING A BANK

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!

• THINGS HAPPENING NOW, AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT NOW

• SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO ROUTINE

• FIXED PLANS IN NEAR FUTURE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EVERYTHING WAS BETTER IN THE PAST

pAST SIMPLE

AT 10 PM! I WAS DREAMING WHEN MY DAD WOKE ME UP!

WHEN DID YOU GET UP?

SLEEPING ROCKS!

HEY! I SAW YOU YESTERDAY AFTERNOON!

IMPOSSIBLE! I WAS SLEEPING ALL DAY LONG!

+ PAST CONTINUOUS

+ PAST SIMPLE

• THINGS IN PROGRESS AT A CERTAIN TIME IN THE PAST

(WHEN, WHILE)

• THINGS FINISHED IN THE PAST (YESTERDAY, AGO, LAST...)

PAST TENSES

PERFECT IS NOTHING!

PRESENTPERFECT

PAST PERFECT

• ACTION TOOK PLACE BEFORE ANOTHER IN THE PAST

PRESENT PERFECT

• STARTED IN THE PAST AND RELEVANT / CONSEQUENCES NOW / CONTINUOUS UP TO THE PRESENT
• WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN

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VERSUS

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I HAVE ALREADY READ THIS COMIC.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

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I HAD ALREADY FINISHED THE COMIC WHEN YOU BURNT IT!

PAST PERFECT

THE FUTURE IS NOW!!

FUTURE TENSES

PRESENT SIMPLE

• TIMETABLES

PRESENTCONTINUOUS:

• FIXED PLANS NEAR FUTURE

BE GOING TO:

• INTENTIONS
• PREDICTIONS (EVIDENCE)

WILL:

• PREDICTIONS (NO EVIDENCE)
• PROMISES
• DECISIONS AT THE MOMENT

FUTURE TENSES

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SEE YUP!

THANKS!