The document is a student's final project on verbal tenses and grammar. It aims to both self-assess the student's gained knowledge and share it with classmates. The student chose to focus on verbal tenses, which they found most difficult. Graphical comparisons of tense rules are provided to help understand when to use different verb tenses. Tables comparing simple past, past progressive, past perfect simple, past perfect progressive and other tenses are included.

1. FINAL PROJECT
VERBAL TENSES
GRAMMAR 2
Professor, Laura Naranjo
Student, Gabriela Alvarez
April, 2012

2. As a selection of one of the most important topic that, in my
opinion, we have studied during the quarter, the intention I want to
follow with this presentation is not only a self-assess about the gained
knowledge but also to share it with my classmates, and at the same
time it could serve to the professor as a measurement of the
individualized achievement of the initial courses objectives, y also allow
me to storage important material that can be very useful during all my
career.
From all the topics that we saw; I chose one; which is not exactly the
most easily understood and assimilated by me, if not the opposite; in
which I found greater degree of difficulty and I think is the most
extensive and may include or relate to the other`s, With the object of
being rechecked of important details, in order to understand them
better and especially to spend a little more time in the practicing them.
I hope my proposal will help you as much as helped me to continue
expanding our English knowledge and that this language every day
becomes to be a better tool for our intellectual and professional
development .

3. VERBAL
TENSES
To use correctly past, future and present tenses, there are
just a few rules to keep in mind. For example If you know how to
use the present progressive correctly to express present actions,
you will as well be able to use the past progressive correctly to
express past actions. See graphically is a good way to memorize
things, topics, rules, formulas etc, and I consider this Graphic
Comparison is a good tool that could help us to understand how
and when to use which tense verb in each case.

5. moment in time
o action that takes place once, never or several times
o actions that happen one after another
o actions that suddenly take place
period of time o action that started before a certain moment and lasts
beyond that moment
o actions taking place at the same time
Result o action taking place before a certain moment in time
o puts emphasis on the result
Course / Duration
o action taking place before a certain moment in time
o puts emphasis on the course or duration of the action

6. SIMPLE PAST
Past Present Future
Future I Simple,
Simple Past, regular verb to add e, irregular Simple Present, I, you, we, and They, verb will /going to
verbs in past tense, d in base form, for she, he and it. to add s + in base form
Explanation Neg. form, I, you, we, and They don`t, she,
Neg. form; didn`t + verb in based form he and it. doesn`t + verb in based form Neg. form Will not/wont
+ verb in based for
Regular Verbs He played football last night They like (she likes) to play guitar. He (we) will / is (are) going to buy a new car.
E
x Iregular Verbs She saw a tiger when she went to Africa. The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation
a
m
p
l
Negative, Regular Verbs He didn`t move his hand We don’t play guitar, It doesn`t mean nothing He will not/wont to buy a new car
e
s
Negative, Iregular Verbs The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation

7. PAST PROGRESSIVE
Past Present Future
Future I Simple,
Simple Past, regular verb to add e, irregular verbs in Simple Present, I, you, we, and They, verb in base form, will /going to
past tense, d for she, he and it. to add s + in base form
Explanation Neg. form, I, you, we, and They don`t, she, he and it.
Neg. form; didn`t + verb in based form doesn`t + verb in based form Neg. form Will not/wont
+ verb in based for
Regular Verbs He played football last night They like (she likes) to play guitar. He (we) will / is (are) going to buy a new car.
E
x
a Iregular Verbs She saw a tiger when she went to Africa. The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation
m
p
l
e Negative, Regular Verbs He didn`t move his hand We don’t play guitar, It doesn`t mean nothing He will not/wont to buy a new car
s
Negative, Iregular Verbs The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation

8. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
Past Present Future
Future II Simple
Present Perfect Simple She, he it (has) We They (have) + past
Explanation Past Perfect Simple had + past participle not mor
participle
Will have + past participle
Regular Verbs
She had loved her friend until today . He has (we have) started to work in the first project She will have worked in the first project
E
x Iregular Verbs
a
m He had won five matches until that day. He has (we have) won five matches so far. He will have won five matches by then.
p
l
Negative, Regular Verbs
e
s
She had not loved her friend until today .We have not lived with our friend. She won’t have worked in the first project.
Negative, Iregular Verbs
He had not won any matches until that day. We have not seen any giraffe never in our country He wont have won matches by then.

9. PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Past Present Future
Present Perfect Progressive She, he, it ( has been ), We , Future II Progressive She, he, it ( will has been ),
Explanation Past Perfect Progressive had been + verb in ing
they (have been) + verb in ing We , they ( will have been) + verb in ing
He had been playing singing the same song until she He has (they have) been singing the same song during all
Regular Verbs He will have been playing football for ten years.
learned new one. our vacations
E
x Iregular Verbs The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation The same rule to regular (i) verb, it doesn`t require conjugation
a
m
p
l She will not has been delivering potatoes for two
Negative, Regular Verbs He had not been reading any book until that day We haven’t been selling during this season
e weeks.
s
Negative, Iregular Verbs He had not won any matches until that day. We have not seen any giraffe never in our country He wont have won matches by then.