English Grammar

1. Diego Rosas S.
2020

2. Tenses Order
Tense Verb (Spanish) Auxiliary (+/-/?) Verb (English)
Infinitive comer to/not to eat
Present Simple como(e-es-en-emos) do/don't ; does/doesn't eat(s)
Present Continuous or
Progressive
comiendo am/'m not ; is/isn't ; are/aren't eating
Present Perfect comido have/haven't ; has/hasn't eaten
Past Simple comí/comiste/comió/etc did/didn't ate/eat
Past Continuous or
Progressive
comiendo was/wasn't ; were/weren't eating
Past Perfect comido had/hadn't eaten
Near Future
voy (as-a-s-n-amos-an) a
comer
am/is/are going to eat
Future Simple
comeré/comerás(s-
n)/etc
will/won't eat
Conditional comería(s-n) would/wouldn't eat
Example:

3. Don’t Forget!!!
 Structures:
Negative:
Subject Auxiliary (+) (NO Pr. S and Past S) Verb (form according to its tense) Complement
Affirmative:
Subject Auxiliary (-) Verb (form according to its tense) Complement

4. Interrogative:
1) Short Answer:
Auxiliary (+/-) Subject
Verb (form according to its
tense)
Complement ?
Answer (+): Yes, Subject Auxiliary
Answer (-): No, Subject Auxiliary
2) Long Answer:
Question Words
(What/Where/When)
Auxiliary (+/-) Subject
Verb (form according to its
tense)
Complement ?
Answer (+): Subject Auxiliary (+) (NO Pr. S and Past S)
Verb (form according to its
tense)
Complement
Answer (-): Subject Auxiliary (-)
Verb (form according to its
tense)
Complement
Auxiliary (+/-) Subject Verb (form according to its tense) Complement ?

5. That’s All