This document provides explanations and examples of different verb tenses in English, including: 1) Present simple tense, used to express habitual or repeated actions, with examples of negative and interrogative forms. 2) Present continuous tense, used to express ongoing actions in the present moment, with examples of negative and interrogative forms. 3) Past simple tense, used to talk about completed actions in the past, with examples of regular/irregular verbs and negative and interrogative forms. 4) Past continuous tense, used to talk about ongoing actions that were happening at a specific time in the past, with examples of negative and interrogative forms. 5) Future simple tense, used to talk about actions that

1. UNIVERSIDAD YACAMBÚ
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ADMINISTRATIVAS – CONTADURÍA
PÚBLICA
MODALIDAD ESTUDIOS A DISTANCIA
IDIOMA BÁSICO INTENSIVO
VERBAL TIMES
BERTHA IDA VILCHEZ SALAZAR
C.I 19.995.493
MÉRIDA, 06 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2015

2. VERBAL TIMES
1.- PRESENT SIMPLE:
This is a verb tense used to express actions that take place in the present and with a certain frequency , that is,
every day, every morning, among other.
Example:
You speak english.
I study medicine.
USES:
a) Negative – present simple:
SUBJECT + DO NOT or DON’T / DOES NOT or DOESN’T + VERB + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
You do not speak english
I don’t study medicine
b) Interrogatory – present simple:
DO / DOES + SUBJECT + VERB + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Do you speak english?
Does she study medicine?

3. 2.- PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE:
It is a verb tense used to express actions that take place in the present, in the moment which is rendering the
phrase.
Example:
You are speaking english.
I am studing medicine.
USES:
a) Negative – present continuous:
SUBJECT + TO BE (am, is, are) + NOT + VERB (ing) + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
You are not speaking english
I am don’t studing medicine
b) Interrogatory – present continuous:
TO BE (am, is, are) + SUBJECT + VERB (ing) + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Are you speaking english?
Is she studing medicine?

4. 3.- PAST SIMPLE:
It is a verb tense used to express actions that took place in the past, without the excessive amount of time past
in which they took place.
Example:
You went to the beach.
I wrote a novel.
USES:
a) Negative – past simple:
SUBJECT + AUXILIAR VERB (Did not / didn't) + VERB + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Susan did not dance at the party yesterday.
I didn’t do the job yesterday
b) Interrogatory – past simple:
AUXILIAR VERB (DID) + SUBJECT + VERB + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Did Susan dance at the party yesterday?
Did you do homework last night?
In English, there are two types of Simple Past or Past simple: regular or irregular. Regular verbs form
the past simple by adding the suffix - ed to the infinitive and irregular verbs form their Simple Past
without following any rules.

5. 4.- PAST CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE:
Is a time when verbal actions that took place in the past are expressed , but in a particular moment . This tense
is formed with the past of the verb (to) be (was or were) + the action verb (-ing ).
Example:
I was dancing at the party yesterday.
You were playing last night.
USES:
a) Negative – past continuous:
SUBJECT + WAS NOT OR WASN'T / WERE NOT OR WEREN'T + VERB (ing) + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Susan was not dancing at the party yesterday.
You weren’t doing homework.
b) Interrogatory – past continuous:
WAS / WERE + SUBJECT + VERB (ing) + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Was Susan dancing at the party yesterday?
Were you doing homework last night?

6. 5.- FUTURE SIMPLE:
It is a verb tense used to express actions that will occur in the future, no matter the time too . It is formed with
the particle will + infinitive verb action without the (to).
Example:
I will dance tomorrow at the party.
You will read at night.
USES:
a) Negative – future simple:
SUBJECT + WILL NOT / WON’T + VERB + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Susan will not dane tomorrow at the party.
You will not read that book.
b) Interrogatory – future simple:
WILL + SUBJECT + VERB + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Will Susan dance at the party yesterday?
Will you read that book?

7. 5.- FUTURE CONTINUOUS:
It is a verb tense used to talk about what is happening at any given time in the future . It is formed with the
particle will + be + the action verb (-ing).
Example:
I will be dancing tomorrow at the party.
You will be reading at night.
USES:
a) Negative – future continuous:
SUBJECT + WILL NOT / WON’T + BE + VERB (ing) + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Susan will not be dancing tomorrow at the party.
You will not be reading that book.
b) Interrogatory – future continuous:
WILL + SUBJECT + BE + VERB (ing) + SUPPLEMENT
Example:
Will Susan be dancing at the party yesterday?
Will you be reading that book?