The document provides information about verb tenses and aspects in English. It discusses the simple present, present continuous, simple past, future, and other tenses. For each tense, it outlines the basic uses and forms, including examples. Key points covered include that the simple present expresses habitual or repeated actions, the present continuous describes ongoing actions, and the simple past expresses completed actions that occurred at a specific time in the past.

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2. Is one of the verb forms associated with the present tense in modern English. It is
commonly referred to as a tense, although it also encodes certain information about
aspect in addition to present time.
FORM
[ VERB ] + s / is third person
Use the Simple Present to express the
idea that an action is repeated or usual.
The action can be
•a habit
• a hobby
• a daily event
• a scheduled event
• or something that often happens
• It can also be something a person often
forgets or usually does not do
USE
Something MUST Take into Account
When It Comes To Third Party (he , she,
it ) verbs must be terminated with " s "
"is" or Varia BY THIS verb That trarse . .

3. I work with my father in the newspaper
I read the bible every dayI watch the tv in the night
The negative of the Simple
Present only have to add not do
or does not. The structure of this
is as follows: Subject + do not /
does not + verb + complements
The interrogatica form of the
Present Simple is organized as
follows: Do / Does + Subject + Verb
+ Accessories + ?
Do you live?
We do not love the cars .

4. Use the Simple Past to express the idea
that an action started and finished at a
specific time in the past. Sometimes, the
speaker may not actually mention the
specific time, but they do have one
specific time in mind.
action finished in the
past (single or repeated)
series of completed
actions in the past
Simple Past interrupted an
action which was in
progress in the past.
•I visited Berlin last week.
• Andrew watched TV yesterday
•First I got up, then I had breakfast.
• On Sunday my brother and me went to a nice lake. There we
met our friends. We swam in the warm water and played
volleyball in the afternoon. Too bad that we had to go home in
the evening. We didn't want to go to school on Monday.
•They were playing cards when the
telephone rang.

5. Affirmative sentences . In
affirmative sentences , where talk
of a Fact or ACCION Past , write
Prayer Using a verb in the Past:
Past subject + verb + complements
the predicate.
I played football
They stayed at home all day long
Negative sentences . For the negative
form , we use the auxiliary verb
conjugated to do simple past , the
negative particle not and the simple
form of the verb : Did not + verb
You can also use the contraction did
not : did not + verb
In interrogative sentences the
auxiliary verb to do is also used in
the past, followed by the subject of
the sentence and the verb in the
simple form : + subject + verb did
We did not win / we didn’t win
I did not drink milk / I didn’t drink milk
Did you go to the concert?
Why did we arrive here?

6. Simple Future has two different forms in
English: "will" and "be going to."
Although the two forms can sometimes
be used interchangeably
USE 1 "Will" to
Express a
Voluntary Action
• Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker
offers to do for someone else. Often, we use "will" to respond to someone else's complaint or request
for help. We also use "will" when we request that someone help us or volunteer to do something for us.
Similarly, we use "will not" or "won't" when we refuse to voluntarily do something.
USE 2 "Will" to
Express a
Promise
• Will" is usually used in promises
USE 3 "Be going
to" to Express a
Plan
• Be going to" expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person intends to do
something in the future. It does not matter whether the plan is realistic or not.

7. I will send you the information when I get
it.
Will you help me move this heavy table?
I will not do your homework for you.
I won't do all the housework myself!
She is not going to spend her vacation in
Hawaii.
They are going to drive all the way to Alaska.
Who are you going to invite to the party?

8. The Present Continuous is mainly used to express the idea that something is happening
at the moment of speaking. The Present Continuous also describes activities generally in
progress (not at the moment). Another use of the tense is to talk about temporary actions
or future plans.
• Most often, we use the Present Continuous tense to
talk about actions happening at the moment of
speaking.
Use 1: Present Actions
• This tense is also used for activities continuing
only for a limited period of time.
Use 2: Temporary
Actions
• We also use the Present Continuous when we are in
the middle of doing something time-consuming
(i.e. something that takes time to complete)
Use 3: Longer Actions in
Progress
• Sometimes we use the Present Continuous to show
that something is planned and will be done in the
near future.
Use 4: Future (Personal)
Arrangements and Plans
• This tense is also used for expressing tendencies or
trends.
Use 5: Tendencies and
Trends
• And the last use of this tense is to express irritation
or anger over somebody or something in the
present with adverbs such as: always, continually
Use 6: Irritation or
Anger
• He is eating a dinner.
• I'm riding a bike to get
to work because my car
is broken.
• They are working hard
to earn money.
• I'm meeting Katie in
the evening.
• Our country is getting riche
•She is continually
complaining about
everything!

9. Is she eating my
cake now?
Are you
meeting David
today?
He isn't joking.
I am eating.I am reading a book.

10. It is used for actions and states that were
unfinished at a certain time in the past
or to stress the duration of something.
Use the Past Continuous to
indicate that a longer action
in the past was interrupted.
The interruption is usually a
shorter action in the Simple
Past. Remember this can be
a real interruption or just an
interruption in time.
USE 1
Interrupted
Action in the
Past
In USE 1, described above,
the Past Continuous is
interrupted by a shorter
action in the Simple Past.
However, you can also use a
specific time as an
interruption.
USE 2
Specific
Time as an
Interruption
It is used to express a continued or ongoing
action in past, an ongoing action which occurred
in past and completed at some point in past. It
expresses an ongoing nature of an action in past.
Rules: Auxiliary verb “was or were” is
used in sentence. 1st form of verb or base
verb + ing (present participle) is used as
main verb in sentence.

11. • Positive sentences
Subject + auxiliary verb +
Main Verb (present
participle) + object
* She was crying
yesterday.
* They were
climbing on a hill.
• Negative sentences
Subject + auxiliary verb
+ NOT + Main verb
(present participle) +
object
* She was not
crying yesterday.
* They were not
climbing on a hill.
• Interrogative
sentences Auxiliary
verb + Subject +
Main verb (present
participle) + object
* Was she crying
yesterday?
* Were they
climbing on a
hill?

12. The Future Progressive is used for
actions that will be unfinished at a
certain time in the future, or for things
that will happen in the normal course
of events, rather than being part of
your plans and intentions.
Future Continuous has two different
forms: "will be doing " and "be going to
be doing." Unlike Simple Future forms,
Future Continuous forms are usually
interchangeable.
Use 1: Future
actions in progress
• The first use of
the Future
Continuous is to
express future
action in
progress.
Use 2: Guesses
• Use this tense
also to make
guesses about
something in the
present or future
Use 3: Questions
• And the last use
of the tense is to
make polite
questions about
something or
somebody.

13. Continuous with "Will"
[will be + present participle]
Continuous with "Be Going To "
[am/is/are + going to be + present participle]
Positivesentences
• You are going
to have been
waiting for
more than two
hours when her
plane finally
arrives.
Negativesentences
• Are you going
to have been
waiting for
more than two
hours when her
plane finally
arrives?
Interrogativesentences
• You are not
going to have
been waiting
for more than
two hours
when her plane
finally arrives.
Positivesentences
• I will be
waiting
for you.
Negativesentences
• I will
not be
waiting
for you.
Interrogativesentences
• Will I
be
waiting
for you?