The document provides information about English verb tenses including: 1) Present simple tense which expresses habits or repeated actions and general truths, and its formation of negatives and interrogatives. 2) Present continuous tense which describes actions happening now and its formation. 3) Past simple tense which describes completed past actions and its formation. 4) Past continuous tense which describes past actions in progress and its formation. 5) Future tenses including future simple with will and be going to, and their formations of negatives and interrogatives.

1. English summaryLevels III and IV

2. Verb To beContent

3. Verb To beMy name is Lisa SimpsonI’m Chilean, I’m from SantiagoTheir favorite sports are football and volleyballIt’s 10:00 o’clockIt’s sunny today, but it isn’t warmCan you think of more examples?

4. Verb To bePositive formShort forms

5. Verb To beNegativeformShort forms

6. Verb To beInterrogativeformShort answers

7. ComprehensioncheckMakequestionswiththesewordsIs / at home / yourmotherYour / parents /are / wellInteresting / is / yourjobThe shops / are / open todayFrom / where / you / areInterested in spot / you / areIs / nearhere / the post officeAt school / are / yourchildrenYou / are / late / why

8. Verbs are used in infinitive form. E.g.: WorkIn the third person (he/she/it), you add an “s” to the verbs in affirmative form.Auxiliaries: Do-DoesPresent Simple

9. Present SimpleExpresses a habit or often repeated action. Adverbs of frequency such as: often (a menudo), seldom (raravez), sometimes (a veces), never (nunca), etc. are used with this tense. E.g.:She goes to work everydayThey always eat lunch together

10. Present SimpleThis tense also expresses general truths or facts that are timeless. E.g.:Snowfallsin the December in Minnesota.Waterboilsat 100 degrees Celsius.

11. Present Simple Present simple’s negative corresponds to don’t/doesn’t + verb. E.g.:A: coffee?B: No, thanks. I don’t drink coffeeA doesn’t drink coffee

12. Present SimpleI don’t drink coffee but I drink teaSue drinks tea but she doesn’t drink coffeeYou don’t work very hardWe don’t watch T.V very oftenMyriam and Sylvana don’t know many people?Negative Affirmative

13. Present Simple Present simple’s interrogative is formed by using do/does. E.g.:Do you play chess?What kind of movies does she like?

14. Present SimpleDo play tennis?Do your parents speak English?Does Gary work hard?Does your sister live in London?Do you like Reggeaton??InterrogativeShort answer

15. Verbs are used in gerund form. E.g.: WorkingAuxiliaries: am-are-isPresent continuous or progressive

16. Present Progressive This tense is used to describe an action that is occurring right now (at this moment, today, this year, etc.). The action has begun and is still in progress. E.g.:She is typing a paper for her class.He can’t talk. He is fixing the sink right now.

17. Present Progressive The present progressive can also be used to describe an action that is occurring in the present, but is temporary.John is living in Italy, but he might move soon

18. Present Progressive Present progressive’s negative corresponds to am not/aren’t/isn’t + verb. E.g.:I play the guitar but I am not playing the guitar nowThey aren’t paying attention to the classShe isn’t writing she is editing.

19. Present ProgressiveI am not drinking coffee, but I am drinking teaSue is drinking tea but she isn’t drinking coffeeYou are not working very hardWe are not watching TV (very often X)Myriam and Sylvana are not meeting many people?Negative Affirmative

20. Present Progressive Present progressive’s interrogative is formed by usin1g am/are/is just like in the present simple. E.g.:Are you playing chess?What is Bill trying to do?

21. Present ProgressiveAre playing tennis?Are your parents speaking English?Is Gary working hard?Is your sister living in London?What am I dancing? ?InterrogativeShort answer

22. Verbs are used in past form. E.g.:Worked (regular)Caught (irregular)Auxiliary: DidPast Simple

23. Past Simple We use the simple past to indicate exactly when an action or event took place in the past. E.g.:I visited my sister yesterday.We went out to dinner last night.

24. Past Simple The simple past is use1d to describe actions and/or events that are now completed and no longer true in the present.I attended MJC in 1998. (I no longer attend MJC.)I saw a movie every weekend when I was a teenager. (I don’t see movies very much anymore.)

25. Past Simple Past simple’s negative corresponds to didn’t. E.g.:I didn’t play the guitarThey didn’t pay attention to the class.She didn’t write, she edited.

26. Past SimpleI didn’t drink coffee, I drank tea.Sue didn’t drink tea but she drank coffee.You didn’t work very hard.You didn’t watch TV very often.Myriam and Sylvana didn’t meet many people.?Negative Affirmative

27. Past Simple Past simple’s interrogative is formed by using DID. E.g.:Did you play chess?What did Bill try to do?

28. Past SimpleDid play tennis?Did your parents speak English?Did Gary work hard?Did your sister live in London?What did I dance? ?InterrogativeShort answer

29. Verbs are used in gerund form. E.g.: WorkingAuxiliaries: was-werePast Progressive

30. Past progressive The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the past. The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past. E.g.:I was studying for an exam while my mother was cooking dinner.We were walking in the park around 7 p.m. last night.

31. Past progressive The past progressive is often used with the simple past to show that one action was in progress when another action occurred.I was taking a bath when the doorbell rang.They were eating dinner when the neighbors stopped by for a visit.

32. Past progressive Past progressive’s negative corresponds to wasn’t/weren’t E.g.:I wasn’t playing the guitar.They weren’t paying attention to the class.She wasn’t writing, she was editing.

33. Past progressiveI wasn’t drinking coffee, I was drinking tea.Sue wasn’t drinking tea but she was drinking coffee.You weren’t working very hard.You weren’t watching TV very often.Myriam and Sylvana weren’t meeting many people.?Negative Affirmative

34. Past progressive Past progressive’s interrogative is formed by using was/were . E.g.:Were you playing chess?What was Bill trying to do?

35. Past progressiveWere you playing tennis?Were your parents speaking English?Was Gary working hard?Was your sister living in London?What was I dancing? ?InterrogativeShort answer

36. Verbs are used in infinitive form, e.g.: ork for the future simple and in gerund form, e.g.: workingAuxiliaries: will (for future simple) am-are-is (for “be going to”)Future Simple and “be going to”

37. Future simple and “be going to”Will and be + going + to are often used to describe future actions. t. E.g.:Thomas will graduate in June.Maria is going to go to Mexico next week.

38. Future simple and “be going to” The simple present and present progressive are also used to express future time. These are often used in connection with schedules.She is meeting a new client at eleven o’clock.The train leaves at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.

39. Future simple and “be going to” Future simple’s negative corresponds to won’t E.g.:I wont play the guitar.They won’t pay attention to the class.She won’t write, she will editing. Be going to negative corresponds to am not/aren’t/isn’tI am not going to play the guitar.They are not going to pay attention in class.She is not going to write, she is going to edit.

40. Future simple and “be going to”I am not going to drink coffee, I am going to drink tea.Sue will drinking tea, but she won’t drink coffee.You won’t work very hard.You are not going to watch TV very often.Myriam and Sylvana will not meet many people.?Negative Affirmative

41. Future simple and “be going to” Future simple’s interrogative is formed by using will . E.g.:Will you playing chess?What will Bill try to do? “Be going to” interrogative is formed by using am/are/is . E.g.:Are you going to you play chess?What is Bill going to try to do?

42. Future simple and “be going to”Were you playing tennis?Were your parents speaking English?Was Gary working hard?Was your sister living in London?What was I dancing? ?InterrogativeShort answer