English tenses course - lesson 1

1. English Tenses
Verónica Esteban Díaz

2. LESSON 1
 Objective:
 Learn non-personal forms in order to be able to form other tenses
 Infinitive
 Gerund
 Participle

3. INFINITIVE
FORMS
 Positive
The infinitive could be formed without to

4. INFINITIVE
FORMS
 Negative

5. EXAMPLES
 Positive
To watch
To speak
Buy
Study
 Negative
Not eat
Not to drink

6. USES
 As subject
To give advice is easy
 As direct object
We all want to talk
 As complement
My goal is to win
 It is used to describe unreal, general or future actions
She decided to return home
In my goal is to win, to win is a complement because the verb is copular

7. GERUND
FORMS
 Positive

8. GERUND
FORMS
 Negative

9. EXAMPLES
 Positive
Drinking
Studying
Watching
 Negative
Not talking
Not being
Not speaking

10. USES
 As subject
Eating is a pleasure for me
 As direct object
He enjoys swimming
 As complement
You keep talking about your problems
 As an adverb
 It’s freezing cold
 As adjective that describes things
 The film was interesting
 It is used to describe real and completed actions
They finished working the garden

11. EXERCISES
 http://www.really-learn-english.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercises.html
 http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_3.htm
 http://imparareinglese.com/esercizi_inglese/gerund_infinitive_change.html

12. PARTICIPLE
FORMS
 Positive
-ed is used for regular verbs, for irregular verbs see this list

13. PARTICIPLE
FORMS
 Negative
-ed is used for regular verbs, for irregular verbs see this list

14. EXAMPLES
 Positive
Watched
Studied
Walked
Bought
Drunk
Put
 Negative
Not spoken
Not done
Not visited

15. USES
 As adjectives that describes a person
A weaked child was begging
 As object
I found her not recovered
 As adverb
I’m dead thirsty
 To expess an early action of the same subject
Deceived by everybody, he decided to move on

16. EXERCISES
 http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/irregverbs1.ht
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 http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-3.html
 http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/past_participle.htm