MAPA CONCEPTUAL

Affirmative

Negative

Questions

Habitual Actions

Affirmative

Negative

Questions

It serves to express facts or states that happened in a distant or near past

Affirmative

Negative

Questions

Affirmative

Negative

Questions

is used to describe an action that was in progress in the past

Simple present

Simple past

Past continuous

Present continuos

PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

Structure

• Subject + Verb
• I take a bath every morning
• He takes a bath every morning
• I walk to school every morning
• She walks to school every morning

• Subject + don't/doesn't + Verb
• I don't take a bath every morning
• He doesn't take a bath every morning
• I don't walk to school every morning
• She doesn't walk to school every morning

• (Word or phase) + do/does + subject + verd
• Do i take a bath every morning?
• Why does he take a bath every morning?
• Do i walk to school every morning?
• Why she does walk to school every morning?

Usage

• I drink milk every morning
• I drink coffe twice a day

General Truths

• I feel sad when i get an 8
• People need food

Facts

• I feel sad when i get an 8
• People need food

Structure

• Subject + am/is/are + present participle (verb+ing) + the rest of the sentence
• You are singing in the rain
• He is singing in the rain
• I working at the cinema
• He is working at the cinema

• Subject verb to be not verb ing the rest of the sentence
• You are not singing in the rain
• He is not singing in the rain
• I am not working at the cinema
• He is not working at the cinema

• Verb to be subject verb ing complement..?
• Are you singing in the rain?
• Is he singing in the rain?
• Am i working at the cinema?
• Is he working at the cinema?

Usage

• You can use present continuos in sentences with time such as “at the momento”, “at present”, “now”, “currently” and “these day”.
• The present continuos is also used with verbs that express emotions or feelings, such as “love” and “like”.

Structure

• Subject + verb in the past ( d, ed)+ complement
• I played football yesterday
• He played football yesterday
• She studied Spanish for three years in college
• I studied Spanish for three years in college

• Subject + did not (didn't) + verb + complement
• I did not play football yesterday
• He did not play football yesterday
• She did not study spanish for three years in college
• I did not study spanish for three years in college

• Did + subject + verb in infinitive + complement
• Did i play football yesterday?
• Did he p9
• lay football yesterday ?
• Did she study spanish for three years in college?
• Dis i study spanish for three years in college?

Usage

Structure

• Subject+ verb to be +main verb in gerund (ing)+ complement
• She was playing hide and seek
• I was playing hide and seek
• We were making dinner
• He were making dinner

• Subject + was/were + not + present participle + rest of the sentence
• She was not playing hide and seek
• I was not playing hide and seek
• We were not making dinner
• He were not making dinner

• Was/were + subject + action verb + the rest of the sentence
• Was she playing hide and seek?
• Was i playing hide and seek?
• Were we making dinner?
• Were he making dinner?

Usage