Tenses

UNIVERSIDAD YACAMBÙFACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES

CARRERA: PSICOLOGÌAASIGNATURA: IDIOMA BÁSICO INTENSIVO

Autor: Jenny Huertas

C.I. V- 12.960.307HPS-151-00391V

Agosto, 2015

SIMPLE AND COTINUOUS TENSES

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSESUse the simple Present tense to state facts and describe habitual actions.

Many Americans work part-time (fact)

Judy swims three time a week (habitual action)

• In the simple present tense, use the base form of the verb with, I, you, we and they.

I work part-time

• Use the base form + -s or –es with he, she, and it

Doris works part-time

Use the simple past tense to talk about past action and facts.

To form the simple past tense of a regular verb, add -ed to the base form. If the base form ends in -e, add -d. If the base form ends in a consonant plus y, change the y to i and add –ed.

From questions in the simple past tense with the auxiliary did + subject + based form

Form negative statements in the simple past with did + not (didn´t) + base form

SIMPLE PAST TENSES

Daphne´s plane landed half an hour ago

Diana talked to her on the phone

Play – played; study - studied

Did Diana´s phones ring last night?

We didn´t take a vacation las year

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSESBasic form:

Subject + will + verb (present form)

Be Going To One way to express the future is to use a form of be (am/is/are) + going to + the base

I will clean up mi room

I think it will rain

I can´t go to the meeting tomorrow. I´m going to be with my family

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSESUse the present continuous to talk about actions in progress now.

Form the present continuous with a form of be and a present participle

Make negative statements with not: I´m not working today

Some statements in the present continuous describe activities over a period of time:

They´re making pizza

Bob is working

We aren´t driving to work this week

Past continuous Tenses

The past continuous shows an action that was in progress in the past. Form the past continuous with was or were and the present participle.

Use the past continuous past tense to show one een interrupting an action in progress

The man was singing

I was sleeping

The future continuous tensesWe mainly use the Future Continuous to indicate that we will be in the middle of doing something in a specified time in the future.

In an hour, I will be sitting in front of my TV

Beatrice will be getting married very soon