TENSES

1. TENSES

2. PARTICIPLE
Participles are words formed from verbs which can be
used as adjectives.
There are two types of participles:
•The Past Participle: (usually ending -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n)
Regular verb Irregular verb
jump > jumped know > known
paint > painted choose > chosen
•The Present Participle: (ending -ing).
INFINITIVE
Infinitive are verbs which we have to ending -ing to
give correct tense to the sentence.

4. HE 4 PAST EXAMPLE
Simple Past I broke
Past Progressive I was breaking
Past Perfect I had broken
Past Perfect Progressive I had been breaking
THE 4 PRESENT EXAMPLE
Simple Present I break
Present Progressive I am breaking
Present Perfect I have broken
Present Perfect Progressive I have been breaking
THE 4 FUTURE EXAMPLE
Simple Future I will break
Future Progressive I will be breaking
Future Perfect I will have broken
Future Perfect Progressive I will have been breaking

5. PAST SIMPLE
It is what happen in the past which are separate from now and they are end
it:
TO BE verb:
Affirmative:
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
They were
Questions:
She was a student.
Was she a student?
Negative:
I was not/ wasn’t
You were not/ weren’t
He was not/ wasn’t
She was not/ wasn’t /
It was not/ wasn’t
We were not/ weren’t
They were not/ weren’t
PAST PERFECT
Is the past before the past.
And we use the auxiliary: had:
She had lived there for 10 years now.
Subject + had + Participle verb “live”.
Negatives:
We add not after had.
I had not (hadn’t) lived there.

6. PAST PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS
We form the to be verb in past (was/were) + and
other verb ending “ing”.
I was watching the news
cast
To be + watch + ing.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Is the past before the past.
And we ask how long? question to use this form?
She had been living there for 10 years now.
Subject + had + been + ing (verb) .

7. PRESENT SIMPLE
To describe: habits or daily routines:
He plays tennis
She eats a lot.
To express permanent situation:
She is very happy
My father is a lawyer.
To express possession with the verb:
You have a beautiful sister.
Affirmatives phrases:
We have to add a letter S to “He, She, or It”:
I sing
You sing
He sings
She sings
It sings
We sing
They sing

8. PRESENT PERFECT
Start in the past but still going in the
present.
And we use the auxiliary: have and
has:
She has lived in this house for ten
years.
Auxiliary have/has + Participle verb “live”.
Negatives:
We add not after have /has.
I have not (haven’t) seen.

9. PRESENT CONTINUOS
It is verb “to be” + and other verb ending
“ing”
I a m w a t c h i n g T V.
TO BE + WATCH +
ING
We a r e w a t c h i n g T V.
TO BE + WATCH + ING
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
We used to talk about experiences on unspecific time
and we use the have/ has verb.
She have been living there for 10 years now.
Subject + have + been + ing (verb) .

10. FUTURE SIMPLE
To talk about future intentions or situations we use
auxiliary be going to or will.
I am going to finish the job
I will finish the job.
Affirmatives phrases:
I am going to do something.
Verb tobe in present + going to + verb in infinitive
I will do something.
Will + verb in infinitive
We can use contraction like:
I’m
She’s + going to +verb
They’re
You´ll
We’ll + the verb.
He’ll
I’m going to take a break.
We´ll play baseball.

11. FUTURE PERFECT
We use this tense when the situation will have happened in
the future.
We use the auxiliary will have + the verb in participle.
I will have lived --- She will have lived.
I will have lived / She will have lived
Subject + will have + verb in participle.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
We use this tense when the things happening at the future
and give time.
We use the auxiliary will be + the verb in infinitive.
I will be living --- She will be living.
I will have lived / She will have lived
Subject + will be + verb in infinitive

12. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
We use this tense when we refer of how long before future
action.
We use the auxiliary will have + been + the verb in infinitive.
I will have been living / She will have been
living
Subject + will have been + verb in infinitive.