The document provides information on simple past, present, and future tenses in English. It includes tables showing affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of to be, to do, and various verbs in the simple present, simple past, and future tenses. Examples are also provided to illustrate the use of various verb tenses.

4. Present Past FutureSimple
Вспом. гл.: do /
does
Окон-е: –, -s
Формула: V(s)
Индик.: always,
often, usually,
every day…
+ I work
+ He writes
- I do not work
- He does not write
? Do I work?
? Does he write?
Вспом. гл.: did
Окон-е: -ed, –
Формула: V2
Индик.: yesterday,
last week, … ago
+ I worked
+ He wrote
- I did not work
- He did not write
? Did I work?
? Did he write?
Вспом. гл.: will / shall
Окон-е: –
Формула: will/shall +
V
Индик.: tomorrow,
next week…
+ I will work
+ He will write
- I won’t work
- He won’t write
? Will I work?
? Will I write?

5. 1. Margaret … go to the bank yesterday
a) isn`t b) didn’t c) wasn’t
2. Cars are expressive. They … a lot of money.
a) costs b) cost c) have cost
3. I drink black coffee but I … drink white coffee
a) didn’t b) doesn’t c) don’t
4. Today it is warm, but yesterday the weather … cold.
a) were b) was c) are
5. This time last year we .. in Paris
a) was b) are c) were
6. If you are not well, go bed early, and you … feel better
tomorrow.
a) are b) will c) shall
7. She … the room every day.
a) cleans b) is cleaning c) cleaned
8. She promised us, she … tomorrow.
a) came b) will come c) is come
b) didn`t
b) cost
c) don`t
b) was
c) were
b) will
a) cleans
b) will come

6. was/were + V(ing) + S.
(yesterday at 5 o’clock, when you called, when rain
started, during)
wasn`t/weren`t + V(ing) + S.
was/were + S. + V(ing)
I was doing my homework at 6 o`clock yesterday.
He were cooking, when I came home.
I wasn`t doing my homework at 6 o`clock yesterday.
He weren`t cooking, when I came home.
Was I doing my homework at 6 o`clock yesterday.
Were he cooking, when I came home.

7. What happened? The phone rang. (Past Simple)
What was Jack doing when the phone rang?
He was reading a book. (Past Continuous)
What did he do when the phone rang?
He stopped reading and answered the phone. (Past Simple)
Jack began reading before the phone rang. So:
When the phone rang, he was reading.

8. to
work
Positive form Negative form
Interrogative
form
I I was working. Was I working?
He He wasn`t working.
She
It It was working. Was it working?
We
We weren`t
working.
You
Were you
working?
They
They were
working.
I wasn`t working.
She was
working.
She wasn`t
working.
Was she
working?
We were
working.
Were we
working?
They weren`t
working.
Were they
working?
He was working Was he working?
It wasn`t working.
You were
working.
You weren`t
working.

9. She (to play),
when her daddy
came.
was playing

10. They (to talk),
when the snow
stopped.
were talking

11. When he
knocked the
door, she
( to dance).was dancing

12. Yesterday at 7
o`clock he
(to play)
hockey.
was playing

13. It (snow),
during the
match.
was snowing

14. 1. I (read) a book at 6 o’clock yesterday.
2. As John and Jo (come) in, Pete gave them the bad
news.
3. The sun (shine) all the time, when we came to
Australia.
4. We (not work) on Friday, it was a public holiday.
5. ... you (drive) by the road when you saw the red
car?
6. The elephant (not eat) when I fed the other
animals.
7. The whole class (revise) for the exam all through
June.

15. 1.I (to play) computer games yesterday.
2. I (to play) computer games at five o'clock yesterday.
3. He (to play) computer games from two till three yesterday.
4. We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday.
5. What Nick (to do) when you came to his place?
6. What you (to do) when I rang you up?
7. I (not to sleep) at nine o'clock yesterday.
8. What he (to do) yesterday? - He (to read) a book.
9. What he (to do) the whole evening yesterday? --He (to read) a book.
10. She (to sleep) when you came home?
11. My brother (not to play) tennis yesterday. He (to play) tennis the day
before yesterday.
12. My sister (not to play) the piano at four o'clock yesterday. She (to
play) the piano the whole evening.
13. When I came into the kitchen, mother (to cook).
14. She (to cook) the whole day yesterday.

16. What (you do) yesterday at 5
o`clock in the evening?
What (your friend do) when you
called him?
Where (you live) in 2000?