Zusammenfassung der Ressource
TENSE
- Present Simple
- Uses
- Make known permanent actions or states.
- Communicate actions or states that are repeated over time.
- Transmit routines, continuous events that are repeated daily or with a certain periodicity.
- Give instructions or directions
- Structure
- Affirmative
- Subject + verb + complement
- Example
- He eats a lot of fruits
- I eat a lot of fruits
- Negative
- Subject + auxiliary do / does not + verb + complement
- Example
- I do not eat a lot of fruits
- He does not eat a lot of fruits
- Question
- Auxiliary do / does + subject + verb + complement + ?
- Example
- Do I eat a lot of fruits?
- Does he eat a lot of fruits?
- Short answers
- Negative
- No + , + suject + don't / doesn't
- Example
- No, I don't / No, she doesn't
- Affirmative
- Yes +, + subject + do / does.
- Example
- Yes, I do / Yes, she does
- Time expressions
- Always
- Sometimes
- Often
- Usually
- Never
- Every day
- Once a week
- Present Continuous
- Uses
- Describe actions that occur at the exact moment you speak or write
- Establish contexts. Talk about general, personal or social situations that occur today.
- Anticipate facts, appointments, events or actions that will occur in the future.
- Mention temporary events.
- Describe actions that occur constantly.
- Structure
- Affirmative
- Subject + verb to be + gerund verb + complement.
- Example
- I am listening to music
- She is listening to music
- Negative
- Subject + verb to be + not + gerund verb + complement.
- Example
- I am not listening to music
- He is not listening to music
- Question
- Verb to be + subject + gerund verb + complement + ?
- Am I listening to music?
- Is he listening to music?
- Short answers
- Affirmative
- Yes +, + subject + Verb To Be
- Example
- Yes, I am / Yes, she is
- Negative
- No +, + subject + Verb To Be + not
- Example
- No, I am not / No, she isn't
- Time expressions
- Now
- At the moment
- At present
- Today
- Nowadays
- Stative verbs