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Download all english tenses - table and more Study Guides, Projects, Research English in PDF only on Docsity! TENSES FORMS (Affirmative - A/Negative - N Question - Q) USE TIME PHRASES I N D E F I N I T E ( S I M P L E ) P R E S E N T A: I work. He/she/it works. You/we/they work. N: I do not (don’t) work. He/she/it does not (doesn’t) work_. You/we/they do not (don’t) work. Q: Do I work? Does he/she/it work_? Do you/we/they work? 1-to talk about general truth and permanent actions(facts): The Earth rotates round its axis. It rains a lot in autumn. I speak English and French. 2-to talk about repeated, customary actions: He gets up at 8 o’clock every morning. They never listen to their teacher. 3-to talk about a planned future action (a timetable or schedule ) The train leaves at 3 tomorrow. always, every day/month/year never, often, normally, seldom, sometimes, usually, twice a week/day…, all the time P A S T A: I worked /went. He/she/it worked/went. You/we/they worked/went . N: I did not (didn’t) work_/go. He/she/it did not (didn’t) work_/go. You/we/they did not (didn’t) work_/go. Q: Did I work_/go? Did he/she/it work_/go? Did you/we/they work_/go? 1-to talk about actions performed in the past (with finished time expressions): I met my friend yesterday. Did you go to the seaside last summer? 2-to talk about a succession of past actions (stories): He opened the door, switched on the light and fed his cat. 3- to talk about an action taking place in the middle of another action: He fell asleep while the teacher was explaining new grammar rules. yesterday, 2 minutes/hours/ days/years ago, in 1970, the other day, last month/year/ week/ Sunday F U T U R E A: I/we shall*/ will work. He/she/it will work. You/they will work. N: I/we shall not (shan’t) * work will not (won’t) work. He/she/it will not (won’t) work. You/they will not (won’t) work. Q: Shall/will I/we work? Will he/she/it work? Will you/they work? 1-to talk about future actions: I’ll call you tomorrow. Mary will get a present next month. 2-to predict the future (with probably, I expect..., I'm sure..., (I) think..., don't think, I wonder..., perhaps) I think it will rain tomorrow. Perhaps she'll be late. I don't think the exam will be very difficult. 3- to express intention at the moment of decision: Do you like these shoes? - Yes, I'll buy them. 4-in the 1st type of conditional sentences If the weather is fine, we’ll go to the country. tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, one of these days, next week/month/ year etc., soon, in the near future, some day, in two days/five minutes/a month etc. Regular verbs + ed : worked, played, Irregular verbs – II column: went, ate *NOTE!!! Shall is used mostly in the questions shall I…?/shall we…? In spoken English we normally use I’ll and we’ll. TENSES FORMS (Affirmative - A/Negative - N Question - Q) USE TIME PHRASES C O N T I N U O U S ( p r o g r e s s i v e ) P R E S E N T A: I am (I’m) working. He/she/is is (he’s) working. You/we/they are (we’re) working. N: I am not (I’m not) working. He/she/it is not (isn’t) working. You/we/they/ are not (aren’t) working. Q: Am I working? Is he/she/we working? Are you/we/they working? 1-to talk about actions that are happening now, at the moment of speaking: Look! The boys are playing football. Hurry up! The train is coming. 2- to talk about actions that are happening around now, but not exactly at the moment of speaking: We are studying very hard these days. We have to prepare for our exams. 3-to speak about what you have already arranged to do: -What are you doing on Saturday? -I am meeting my friend at the station. She is arriving at 8 pm. now, at the moment, at present; Look!, Listen! these days, this morning, today P A S T A: I was working. He/she/it was working. You/we/they were working. N: I was not (wasn’t) working. He/she/it was not (wasn’t) working. You/we/they were not (weren’t) working. Q: Was I working? Was he/she/it working? Were you/we/they working? 1-to talk about a temporary action taking place at a given moment in the past: What were you doing at 6 o’clock yesterday? 2-two or more actions happening at the same time in the past: She was cooking dinner and her kids were watching TV. 3- action interrupted by another shorter action in the past: I was working on computer when the telephone rang. 4- background information in a story: The sun was shining and the birds were singing… at 6 o’clock yesterday, from 3 to 6 On Monday, when Mum came, while F U T U R E A: I/we shall*/will be working. He/she/it will be working. You/they will be working. N: I/we shall not (shan’t) *be working. will not (won’t) be working. He/she/it will not (won’t) be working. You/they will not (won’t) be working. Q: Shall/will I/we be working? Will he/she/it be working? Will you/they be working? 1- to talk about an action at a particular moment in the future. The action will start before that moment but it will not have finished at that moment: I will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow. This time on Sunday I'll be bathing in the sea. When you arrive, he will be waiting for you. at 5 o’clock tomorrow, this time on Sunday, when I come to be (am/is/are) + verb + -ing to be(was/were) + verb + -ing shall/will + be + verb +-ing *NOTE!!! Shall is used mostly in the questions shall I…?/shall we…? In spoken English we normally use I’ll and we’ll.