A brief description of the different English tenses. Enjoy it!

1. Juan Diego Cuellar Mazabel
Cód. 20141125843

2. SIMPLE PRESENT
 Affirmative: He speaks.
 Negative: He does not speak.
 Question: Does he speak?
Use:
 Action in the present taking place once, never or several times
 Facts
 Actions taking place one after another
 Action set by a timetable or schedule
Form
infinitive
(he/she/it) + -s

3. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
 Affirmative: He is speaking.
 Negative: He is not speaking.
 Question: Is he speaking?
Use:
 Action taking place in the moment of speaking
 Action taking place only for a limited period of time
 Action arranged for the future
Form
to be (am/are/is)
+ infinitive + -ing

4. SIMPLE PAST
 Affirmative: He spoke. He worked.
 Negative: He did not speak.
 Question: Did he speak?
Use:
 Action in the present taking place once, never or several times
 Facts
 Actions taking place one after another
 Action set by a timetable or schedule
Form
regular: infinitive + -ed
irregular: 2nd column
of table of irregular
verbs

5. PAST PROGRESSIVE
 Affirmative: He was speaking.
 Negative: He was not speaking.
 Question: Was he speaking?
Use:
 Action going on at a certain time in the past
 Actions taking place at the same time
 Action in the past that is interrupted by another action
Form
to be (was/were)
+ infinitive + -ing

6. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
 Affirmative: He has spoken.
 Negative: He has not spoken.
 Question: Has he spoke?
Use:
 Finished action that has an influence on the present
 Actions that is still going on
 Action that stopped recently
 Action that has taken place once, never or several times before the
moment of speaking
Form
have/has + past
participle*

7. PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
 Affirmative: He has been speaking.
 Negative: He has not been speaking.
 Question: Has he been speaking?
Use:
 Putting emphasis on the course or duration (not the result)
 Action that recently stopped or is still going on
 Finished action that influenced the present
Form
have/has + been
+ infinitive + -ing

8. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
 Affirmative: He had spoken.
 Negative: He had not spoken.
 Question: Had he spoke?
Use:
 Action taking place before a certain time in the past
 Sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive
 Putting emphasis only on the fact (not the duration)
Form
had + past
participle*

9. PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
 Affirmative: He had been speaking.
 Negative: He had not been speaking.
 Question: Had he been speaking?
Use:
 Action taking place before a certain time in the past
 Sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple
 Putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action
Form
had + been +
infinitive + -ing

10. FUTURE SIMPLE
 Affirmative: He will speak.
 Negative: He will not speak.
 Question: Will he speak?
Use:
 Action in the future that cannot be influenced
 Spontaneous decision
 Assumption with regard to the future
Form
will + infinitive

11. FUTURE SIMPLE II
 Affirmative: He is going to speak.
 Negative: He is not going to speak.
 Question: Is he going to he speak?
Use:
 Decision made for the future
 Conclusion with regard to the future
Form
to be (am/are/is)
+ going to +
infinitive

12. FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
 Affirmative: He will be speaking.
 Negative: He will not be speaking.
 Question: Will he be speaking?
Use:
 Action taking place before a certain time in the future
 Putting emphasis on the course of an action
Form
will + be +
infinitive + ing

13. CONDITIONAL SIMPLE
 Affirmative: He would speak.
 Negative: He would not speak.
 Question: Would he speak?
Use:
 Action that might take place
Form
would + infinitive

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