Revision of tenses

1. Revision of
tenses
Gayane Ohanyan

2. Present simple
• The simple present tense has the same form as the infinitive except in the
third person singular in which an –(e) s is added to a verb.
• Affirmative: I play … ; She plays … Negative: I do not (don’t) play …; She
does not (doesn’t) play … Interrogative: Do I play …?; Does she play …?
• Used with the following time adverbials:
• sometimes, always, never, every day, every week, every Wednesday, every
month, every year, every …
• 1. Ann goes to school with her brother.
• 2. Every time I play chess with my father, and he always wins.
• 3. He lives in California and goes to the school.
• 4. My father comes home, has dinner and watches TV.
• 5. My doctor comes from abroad next week.

3. • The present progressive tense is formed with the present tense of the
auxiliary verb to be and the present participle (the infinitive + -ing) of the
main verb.
• Affirmative: I am playing … ; She is playing … Negative: I am not playing
…; She is not playing … Interrogative: Am I playing …?; Is she playing
…?
• 1. They are swimming in the pool at present.
• 2. Mary is talking with her friends at this moment.
• 3. He is eating a dinner now.
• 4. I am training to become a professional footballer.
• 5. Elizabeth is currently writing a children's book titled ''I am the World''.
Present progressive (present continuous)

4. Present perfect simple
• The present perfect tense is formed with the present tense of the
auxiliary verb to have and the past participle of the main verb.
• Affirmative: I have played/gone … ; She has played/gone … Negative: I
have not played/gone …; She has not played/gone … Interrogative:
Have I played/gone …?; Has she played/gone …?
• Used with the following time adverbials:
• since, never, ever, just, already, yet, lately/recently, for
• 1. I have already done my homework.
• 2. Have you ever violated a rule?
• 3. I have never played this game.
• 4. She has already read these books.
• 5. Have you been to London?

5. Simple past (past simple)
• The simple past tense in regular verbs is formed by adding –ed to the
infinitive. The simple past form of irregular verbs may be found in the list of
irregular verbs.
• Affirmative: I played/went … ; She played/went … Negative: I did not play/go
…; She did not play/go … Interrogative: Did I play/go …?; Did she play/go
…?
• Used with the following time adverbials:
• yesterday, last week, last year, last Monday, last …, ago
• 1. Why didn't you go to the party? / I did go.
• 2. After drinking it I did in fact feel better.
• 3. The event is completely finished.
• 4. What did you eat for dinner?
• 5. I lived in that house when I was young.
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6. Past progressive (Past continuous)
• The past progressive tense is formed by the past tense of the auxiliary verb
to be and the present participle of the main verb.
• Affirmative: I was playing … ; You were playing … Negative: I was not
playing …; You were not playing … Interrogative: Was I playing …?; Were
you playing…?
• Used with the following time adverbials:
• the whole day yesterday, the whole evening yesterday and the like
• 1. Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
• 2. Anne was writing a latter while Steve was reading the New York Times.
• 3. While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the telephone rang.
• 4. Elizabeth was always coming late.
• 5. You were not playing footlball.

7. Past perfect simple
• The past perfect tense is formed with the past tense of the auxiliary verb to
have and the past participle of the main verb.
• Affirmative: I had played/gone … ; He had played/gone … Negative: I had
not played/gone …; He had not played/gone … Interrogative: Had I
played/gone …?; Had he played/gone …?
• 1. I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
• 2. I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
• 3. She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
• 4. Krisitne had never been to an opera before last night.
• 5. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times.

8. Future simple
• The future simple tense is formed with shall (for the 1st person singular and
plural) or will (possible for all the persons, both singular and plural) and the
infinitive (without to) of the main verb.
• Affirmative: I shall/will play/go … ; He will play/go … Negative: I shall/will not
play/go …; He will not play/go … Interrogative: Shall/will I play/go …?; Will
he play/go …?
• 1. I will send you the information when I get it.
• 2. I will translate the email, so Mr. Smith can read it.
• 3. Will you help me move this heavy table?
• 4. I will not do your homework for you.
• 5. I will call you when I arrive.