2. SUMMARY
VERB TENSES: QUESTIONS:
PRESENT TENSES: Object questions
Present simple Subject questions
Present continuous
PAST TENSES: VOCABULARY:
Past simple Appearance
Past continuous Personality
FUTURE TENSES: Things you wear
Be going to + infinitive Holidays
Present continuous Time sequencers and connectors
Will + infinitive Prepositions
Opposite verbs
3. PRESENT TENSES
PRESENT SIMPLE
Form:
+ I am happy / He is happy / They are happy
I play football / He plays football
- I am not happy / He is not happy / They are not happy
I don’t play football / He doesn’t play football
? Am I happy? / Is he happy? / Are they happy?
Do you play football? / Does he play football?
Use:
- Habits, routine. e.g.Maria smokes
- Permanent actions. e.g. Pedro lives in Seville
- Eternal truths. e.g. The earth is round
4. PRESENT TENSES
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Form:
+ I am playing football / He is playing football / They are
playing fooball
- I am not playing football / He is not playing football /
They are not playing football
? Am I playing football? / Is he playing football? / Are
they playing football?
Use:
- Actions in progress at the moment of speaking in the
present.
- Temporary things that are happening now
5. PAST TENSES
PAST SIMPLE
Form:
+ I was happy / He was happy / They were happy
I played football
- I was not happy / He was not happy / They were not
happy
I did not play football
? Was I happy? / Was he happy? / Were they happy?
Did you play football?
Use:
Past finished actions
6. PAST TENSES
PAST CONTINUOUS
Form:
+ I was playing / He was playing / They were playing
- I was not playing/ He was not playing / They were
not playing
? Was I playing? / Was he playing? / Were they
playing?
Use:
Actions in progress at a specific moment in the past
7. FUTURE TENSES
BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE
Form:
+ I am going to play / He is going to play/ They are going
to play
- I am not going to play / He is not going to play/ They are
not going to play
? Am I going to play? / Is he going to play? / Are they
going to play?
Use:
Future plans. e. g. I’m going to travel to Paris next year
Predictions when there is evidence. e.g. Look! It’s very
cloudy! It’s going to rain
8. FUTURE TENSES
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Form:
+ I am playing football / He is playing football / They are
playing fooball
- I am not playing football / He is not playing football /
They are not playing football
? Am I playing football? / Is he playing football? / Are
they playing football?
Use:
Arrangements. e.g. I’m seeing The hobbit next Friday, I
bought the tickets this morning
9. FUTURE TENSES
WILL+ INFINITIVE
Form:
+ I will play
- I will not/won’t play
? Will you play?
Use:
Future predictions when there isn’t evidence (it’s just
an opinion). e.g. I think it’s not going to rain on your
wedding day, it would be very bad luck.
10. QUESTIONS
OBJECT QUESTIONS:
Are you happy?
Who do you play football with?
Are you studying?
Were you happy?
Where did you play football?
Why were you studying?
Are you going to come?
What will you do?
SUBJECT QUESTIONS:
Who cleaned the house?
What happened?
15. TIME SEQUENCERS AND CONNECTORS
Link the sentences and the discourse using
CONNECTORS (and, or, but, because, so,
although) and SEQUENCERS (then, before/after
breakfast, ...)
because
“I like Sundays _________ I don't work. I wake
up at 8.30 ______I get up at 10.00 _____ I have a
but and
big breakfast. ______ I sometimes read the
Then
or
newspaper ____ work in the garden.
Before lunch Then
___________ I go out for a walk._____ I have
After lunch
lunch with my family. __________we watch TV
and or
____ talk. We don't work ____ study.
Although
_________ I love going to bed late, I work on
Mondays , ____ I never go to bed after 10.30.”
so
16. PREPOSITIONS (p. 153)
for
I asked _____ a coke 30 minutes ago, and it’s not
here yet
with
I completely disagree _______ you
for
Don’t worry, I’ll pay _____ the meal
on
I spend a lot of money ____ food
to
I write ____ my friend Sean every month
A: Are you going to the beach tomorrow?
on
B: I don’t know yet. It depends _____ the weather
