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REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELAUNIVERSIDAD YACAMBU

ESCUELA DE HUMANIDADES-PSICOLOGIAESTUDIOS A DISTANCIA

SIMPLE TENSES AND CONTINUOUS TENSES

INTEGRANTE:

MARIA GABRIELA DURAN

C.I: 13114969

CABUDARE 28 DE JULIO DE 2015

Verb tenses tell us when things happen.

Events can happen in the

Past

Present

Future

The Past

This is when an event has already happened.

I walked across to buy some sweets from the shop.

I shouted to my brother in the playground.

I ran down the lane with the dog.

The Present

This is when an event is actually happening.

I am walking across to buy some sweets from the shop.

I am shouting to my brother in the playground.

I am running down the lane with the dog.

The Future

This is when an event has not taken place yet.

I will walk across to buy some sweets from the shop.

I will shout to my brother in the playground.

I will run down the lane with the dog.

Look at each of these sentences and decide what tense it has been written in.We went for a walk.

George will rush into school today.

City beat United 6-0 last week.

Lucy will be driving me to school today.

I am smelling my supper cooking in the kitchen.

Shelley will be coming for lunch on Sunday.

Can you make the following sentences into the past, the present and the future tense?

I like going to Manchester with my Mum.

I like going to Manchester with my Mum.PRESENT

I liked going to Manchester with my Mum.PAST

I will like going to Manchester with my Mum. FUTURE

I will laugh at the clown in the circus.

I am laughing at the clown in the circus. PRESENT

I laughed at the clown in the circus.PAST

I will laugh at the clown in the circus. FUTURE

I swam in the pool on Wednesday.

I am swimming in the pool on Wednesday.PRESENT

I swam in the pool on Wednesday. PAST

I will swim in the pool on Wednesday. FUTURE

Tenses-Continuous-

Tenses-Continuous-

Present continuousis composed of two parts—the present tense of the verb to be (am; is ;

are) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student is running.

Every student is running.

be+be+

Present Continuous

They are talking to each other.

He is singing..

I am playing a computer..

The sun is shining.

Past continuousis composed of two parts : the past tense of the verb to be (was / were) and the base of the main verb +ing (V-ing).

Every student was running yesterday. Every student was running yesterday.

was/

were+was/

were+

Past continuous

They were talking to each other yesterday.

He was singing yesterday.

I was playing a computer yesterday.

The sun was shining yesterday.

Future continuousis made up of two elements : the simple future of the verb ‘to be’ –will be + the present participle of the verb-Ving.

Every student will be running tomorrow.

Every student will be running tomorrow.

Will be

+Will be

+

Future continuous

They will be talking to each other tomorrow.

He will be singing tomorrow.

I will be playing a computer tomorrow.

The sun will be shining tomorrow.

Present perfect continuous

is composed of two parts—the present perfect of the verb ‘to be’ (have/has been)

+ the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student has been running for two hours. Every student has been running for two hours.

has

been+has

been+

Present perfect continuous

They have been talking to each other for two hours.

He has been singing for two hours.

I have have been playing the computer for two hours.

The sun has been shining for two days.

Past perfect continuousis composed of two parts : the past perfect of the verb to be (had been) and the present participlr (V-ing).

Every student had been running for two hours. Every student had been running for two hours.

had

been+had

been+

Past perfect continuous

They had been talking to each other for two hours.

He had been singing for two hours.

I had been playing the computer for two hours.

The sun had been shining for two days.

Future perfect continuous

is made up of two elements : the future perfect of the verb to be (will have been) + the present participle of the main verb (V-ing).

Every student will have been running for hours. Every student will have been running for hours.

Will have been

+

Will have been

+

Future perfect continuous

They will have been talking to each other for two hours.

He will have been singing for two hours.

I will have been playing the computer for two hours.