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
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
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).
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).
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.
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
+