PROYECTO INGLES

ENGLISH TENSES

GONZALEZ DE LEIJA DIEGO MIRAMON 305

SIMPLE PRESENT

AFFIRMATIVE FORM: Subject + verb + complement EXAMPLES I SING A SONG HE PLAY THE PIANO WE DO THE HOMEWORK

NEGATIVE FORM: Subject + Do/Does + Not + verb + Complemet EXAMPLES I DO NOT PLAY THE PIANO SHE DOES NOT WORK MY TV DO NOT WORK

QUESTION FORM: Do/Does + Subject + Verb + ComplementEXAMPLES Do you work ? Does he play the piano? Yes, I do No, he does not

PRESENT CONTINUOS

To describe dynamic actions that happen repeatedly, are currently happening, or will be happening in the near future.

STRUCTURE

Affirmative form:Subject + Verb to be + Verb in gerund + complement EXAMPLES Children are going to school. The boys are playing in the park. The baby is crying out loud.

Negative form: Subject + Verb to be + Not + Verb in gerund+ complement EXAMPLES Children are not going to school The boys are not playing at the park The baby is not crying

QUESTION FORM: Verb to be + Subject + Verb in gerund + Complement + ? EXAMPLES Are the children going to school? Am I dreaming? Is the baby crying?

SIMPLE PAST

It is used to talk about an action that concluded in a time prior to the current one.

STRUCTURE

Negative form: Subject + Did not + Vern in infinitive + Complement EXAMPLES John Cabot did not sail to america in 1498 My father did not die last year I did not eat pizza

Affirmative form: Subject + Verb in past + Complement EXAMPLES John Cabot sailed to America in 1498. My father died last year. He lived in Fiji in 1976.

Question Form: Did + Subject + Verb in infinitive + Complement + ? EXAMPLES Did John Cabot sailed to america? Did he lived Fiji in 1976? Did my father died last year?

Past continuos

shows us that the action was already in progress at a certain time in the past.

STRUCTURE

Negative form: Subject + was/were + not + verb in gerund + Complement EXAMPLES It was not snowing yesterday They were not eating pizza You were not working yesterday

Affirmative form: Subject + was/were + Verb in gerund + complement EXAMPLES It was snowing yesterday. They were eating at the restaurant. You were working yesterday.

Question form: Was/were + Subject + Verb in gerund + Complement + ? EXAMPLES Was It snowing yesterday? Were you working? Were they eating pizza?

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