This document provides information about English verb tenses including: 1) The simple present tense is used to express facts or general truths using the structure of subject + verb + complement. 2) The simple past tense, formed with regular and irregular verbs, is used to narrate events that occurred at a specific time in the past. 3) The future tense, formed with will/shall + verb, is used to describe actions that will occur in the future.

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2.  It is used to express facts or general truths.
 Subject + Verb + complement
 Example:
• I whatch the bible every day
• You play soccer with my brother

3.  Is the time used to narrate events that occurred at a
specific time in the past
Simple past
Did
 Subject + verb simple past + predicate
Verbs in past
Regular irregular
«ed» «change»
 Example:
• I watched the soccer game
• We moved here in 2000
• Where did you go last weekend?
• What did you do at 4:00 pm?

4.  It is used to describe actions that occurred in the
future
 Subject +will /shall + verb
Note: The auxiliar «Shall only used for the first person
singular and plural, while the auxiliary «Will» it can be
used in all cases.
 Example:
• I will /shall work
• They will work

5. ,
 Subject + will + not + verb
 Example:
• I will / shall not work
• He will not work
Interrogative sentences

6.  Use the Present Continuous with Normal Verbs
to express the idea that something is happening
now, at this very moment. It can also be used to
show that something is not happening now.
 Subject + auxiliary (to be) + ing
 Example:
• I am talking
• He’s eating at the moment

7.  Verb + auxiliary (to be) + subject
+ ing
 Example:
• I’m studying now
• Is it raining?

8.  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.
 Subject + was + were + verb + ing
 Example:
 I was working
 You were sleeping

9.  Subject + was/were not +verb + ing
 Example:
• I was not singing
• He was not singing
INTERROGATIVE IN THE PAS
CONTINUOUS
 Particula interrogative + was / were +subject
+ing
 Example: What were you singing?

11. Negative Sentences
 Subject + “will be” + “not” + ing
 Subject+ verb auxiliary (“to be”) + “not” +
“going to be” + ing
 Example:
• I will not [won’t] be talking. / I’m not going to be
talking.
• They will not [won’t] be learning. / They’re not
going to be learning
Interrogative Sentences
 Verb auxiliary “will” + subject + "be"+ ing…?
 Verb auxiliary (“to be”) + subject + “going to be”
+ ing…?
 Example:
• Will he be eating? / Is he going to be eating?
• Will they be learning? / Are they going to be
learning?