English Grammar Guide: Tenses, Signal Words, and Usage, Apuntes de Inglés

¡Descarga English Grammar Guide: Tenses, Signal Words, and Usage y más Apuntes en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! TENSE SIGNAL WORDS USE FORM EXAMPLES AFFIRMATIVE EXAMPLES NEGATIVE EXAMPLES INTERROGATIVE [simple Present [every day, sometimes, always, Joften, usually, seldom, never, [first ... then laction follows another, things in general [with stative verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.) L-future meaning: timetables, programmes something happens repeatedly, how often something happens, oneiniinitive hhe/she/it: finfínitive + s (es, ies) don't work. He doesn't work. don't go. He doesn't work [Do T work? [Does he work? [Now, right now, just now [something is happening at the same time of speaking 'm not working. [Present [at the moment, nowadays [future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged tdbe (am/are/is) + He isn't working. [Continuous —— |Looio Listen [do it (a fixed plan, date) linfinitive + ing [Today, tomorrow, tonight, next [last ..., ... ago, in 1990 action took place in the past, mostly connected with an expression|regular: infinitive + ed didn't work. [Did 1 work? [Simple Past — [yesterday 1 time (no connection to the present) [irregular: ( ) He didn't work. [Did he work? idn't go. [Did 1 go? He didn't go. [Did he go? Fan action happened in the middle of another action wasn't worl [Past Continuous [while [someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you don'Iwas/were + He wasn't working. know whether it was finished or not finfínitive + ing wasn't going. [Was I going? He wasn't going [Was he going? Present Perfect Just, yet, never, ever, already, so|sth. has happened or ls finished in the past and TE has a connection|have/has + past parti] haven't worked [Have I worked? [far, up to now, o the present nitive + ec) or (Grd e), [he has worked. He hasn't worked. [Has he worked? [Since, for, recently Faction started in the past and continues up to the present ve gone. haven't gone. ¡ve I gone? he has gone. He hasn't gone. las he gone? [Present Perfect [1 day, the whole day, how long, |-action began in the past and has Just stopped have/has + been + have been wo: haven't been worl [Have I been working? [Continuous —— |since, for, lately [-how long the action has been happening linfínitive + ing [He has been working. He hasn't been working. [Has he been wor! emphasis: length of time of an action have been going. haven't been going. [Have I been goi lHe has been going. He hasn't been going. Fmostly when two actions in a Story are related to each other: thehad pal had worked hadn't worked. past Perfect — already, just, never, before, by [action which had already happened ls put into Past Aertec, the athel"(infinitive + ec) or (3rd cl) [te had worked He hadn't worked. [the time, after faction into Simple Past. had gone. hadn't gone. [Had I gone? the past of the Present Perfect He had gone. He hadn't gone. |Had he gone? [Past Perfect [Fowlong, since, for, before, — [phow long something had been happening before something elsg had been working. hadn't been working. [Had I been working? [Continuous — [after happened lhad + been + [He had been working. He hadn't been working. [Had he been working? linfínitive + ing had been going. hadn't been going. [Had I been going? [He had been going. He hadn't been going. [Had he been going? [will - future — [Tomorrow, next week / month... [;predictions about the future (you think that sth will happen). Jwill + infinitivo work. won't work [Think, soon, the day after, |-you decide to do sth. spontaneously at the time of speaking. work, He won't work. [-main clause in type 1 of the Conditional sentences o. won't go. Hell go. He won't go. [going to - future] [Tomorrow, next week / month... [when you have already decided to do sth. in the future [be (am/are/is) + going to + Tm going to work. [He's going to work Tm not going to work He's not going to work. Jm T going to work? [is he going to work? [what you think what will happen [infinitive 'm going to go. 'm not going to go. [am going to go? He's going to go He's not going to go. [for FAn action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. Th be working. won't be working. [Future Jaction has begun before the certaín time [will + be + infinitive + ing — [He'll be working. He won't be working. l he be working? [Continuous [Something happens because it normally happens. be [When, by the time, before, by, have + past [Future Perfect by then, until, by the end two / three...years time, by this time tomorrow /week... fe fos. Fsth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future itive + ed) or (314 cl) He won't have gone. [Future Perfect For, by the time, by the end of [this year / month..., by this time Fsth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future have + been + won't have been wor] He won't have been working. [Continuous —— tomorrow, in two / three...years emphasis: length of time of an action linfinitive + ing have been goíng. won't have been going. ftime, in July / April next year... [Hell have been going He won't have been going. would work. wouldn't work [Conditional Fsth. that might happen would + infinitive [He would work. He wouldn't work. [Would he work? [Simple [-main clause in type II of the Conditional sentences would go. wouldn't go. [Would I work? le would go. He wouldn't go. [Would he work? would be working. wouldn't be working, [Would I be working? [Conditional Psth. that might happen would + be + [He would be working. He wouldn't be working. [Continuous emphasis: length of time of an action linfínitive + ing would be go! wouldn't be go: [He would be going. He wouldn't be going. [Would he be going? would + have + past would have worked. wouldn't have worked. [Would I have worked? Fsth. that might have happened in the past [participle* [He would have worked. He wouldn't have worked. [Would he have worked? [Conditional [-main clause in type III of the Conditional sentences would have gone. wouldn't have gone. [Would I have gone? [Perfect itive + ed) or (3rd cl). [He would have gone. He wouldn't have gone. [Would he have gone? would have been working. [E wouldn't have been working. [Would1 have been working? [Conditional Fsth. that might have happened in the past [He would have been working. He wouldn't have been working. [Would he have been working? [Perfect emphasis: length of time of an action would have been going. wouldn't have been going. [Would I have been going? [Continuous [He would have been going. — He wouldn't have been going. — [Would he have been going?