present tense -Rogelio Glz 307

negative: subject +don’t/doesn’t + verb

- She doesn’t work in the morning- They don’t dance rock and roll

interrogative: Word or phrase + do/does + sub + verb

- Does he play soccer?- Does she go to school?

affirmative: subject + verb (past form)

- I broke up with my boyfriend yesterday- You visited your parents last week

negative: subject + didn’t + verb

- She didn’t play with me last weekend- My mom didn’t walk this morning

negative: subject + verb to be + not + verb-ing

- She is not running- He is not talking

interrogative: verb to be + subject + verb-ing

- Are you singing?- Am I playing videogames?

affirmative: Subject + was/were + verb-ing

- She was sleeping- I was eating pizza

negative: subject + was/were + not + verb-ing

- He wasn’t dancing- I wasn’t reading

SIMple present usage: - Habits and routines - Permanent emotions - actions and situations that repeat

Simple Past usage: - Used to talk about a completed past action

Past continuous usage: - To describe parallel actions - To describe what someone was doing at a particular point in time

Present continuous usage: - Actions in progress - Actions that are already planned - Expressing time at the moment of speaking

PRESENTypast

affirmative: subject + verb

- She works in the morning- They dance rock and roll

affirmative: subject + verb to be + verb-ing

- She is drinking water- He is watching a movie

interrogative: (Word/phrase) + did + subject + verb

- Did she say something?- Did they work today?

interrogative: Was/were + subject +verb-ing

- Was she walking?- Was I jumping ?