Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Tenses
- Past
- Past Simple
- Use
- Actions that happened in the past
- Structure
- (+) S + VP (-) S + AUX"DO" IN PAST + NOT + V (?) AUX "DO" IN PAST + S + V + ?
- Examples
- (+) I swam (-) I did not swim (?) Did you swim?
- Past Continous
- Use
- Emphasis on the course of an action in the past, particular moment in the past
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX "BE" IN PAST + V ing (-) S + AUX"BE" + NOT + V ing (?) AUX "BE" + S + V ing + ?
- Examples
- (+) You were crying / He was crying (-) You were not crying / He was not crying (?) Were you crying? / Was he crying?
- Past Perfect
- Use
- Actions in the past before another happend.
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX "HAVE" IN PAST + VPP (-) S + AUX "HAVE" IN PAST + NOT + VPP (?) AUX "HAVE" IN PAST + S + VPP + ?
- Examples
- (+) He had eaten (-) He had not eaten (?) Had he eaten?
- Past Perfect Continous
- Use
- Actions that were unfinished when another action started
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX "HAVE" IN PAST + BEEN + V ing (-) S + HAD + NOT + BEEN + V ing (?) AUX "HAVE" IN PAST + S + BEEN + V ing + ?
- Examples
- (+) I had been running (-) I had not been running (?) Had you been running
- Present
- Present Simple - here we use the verb in simple form but with 3rd person we ad an -s at after the verb
- Use
- General Information, habits, facts, states, actions taking place one after another
- Structure
- (+) S + V/Vs (-) S + DO/DOES + NOT + V (?) DO/DOES + S + V + ?
- Examples
- (+) I work / She works (-) I do not work /She does not work (?) Do you work ? / Does she work ?
- Present Continous
- Use
- Action that is happening now, action in the future
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX "BE" + V ing (-) S + AUX "BE" + NOT + V ing (?) AUX "BE" + S + V ing + ?
- Examples
- (+) She is dancing (-) She is not dancing (?) Is she dancing?
- Present Perfect
- Use
- Emphasis, action that stopped recently or still going on, change
- Structure
- (+) S + HAVE + VPP (-) S+ HAVE + NOT + VPP (?) HAVE + S + VPP + ?
- Examples
- (+) She has been to Gto. (-) She has not been to Gto. (?) Has she been to Gto?
- Present Perfect Continous
- Use
- Emphasis on the course of an action, action that recently stopped/ still going on/influenced in the present.
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX "HAVE" + BEEN + V ing (-) S + AUX "HAVE" + NOT + BEEN + V ing (?) AUX "HAVE" + S + BEEN + V ing + ?
- Examples
- (+) I have been playing / He has been playing (-) I have not been playing / He has not been playing (?) Have you been playing? / Has he been playing?
- Future
- Future Simple 1 and 2
- Use
- 1 - Action that can not be influenced, spontaneous decision, assumption
- Structure 1
- (+) S + AUX "WILL" + V (-) S + AUX"WILL" + NOT + V (?) AUX "WILL" + S + V + ?
- Examples
- (+) I will run (-) I will not run (?) Will you run?
- 2 - Decision made for the future, conclusion
- Structure 2
- (+) S + AUX "BE" + GOING TO + V (-) S + AUX "BE" + NOT + GOING TO + V (?) AUX"BE" + S + GOING TO + V + ?
- Examples
- (+) He is going to run (-) He is not going to run (?) Is he going to run?
- Future Contunous
- Use
- Action that is sure to happen, in a certain time in the future.
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX "WILL" + BE + V ing (-) S + AUX "WILL" + NOT + BE + V ing (?) AUX "WILL" +S+ BE+ V ing + ?
- Examples
- (+) He will be doing homework later today (-) He will not be doing homework later today (+) Will he be doing homework later today?
- Future Perfect
- Use
- Action in the future before another or to be completed.
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX"WILL" + HAVE + VPP (-) S + AUX "WILL" + NOT + HAVE + VPP (?) WILL + S + HAVE + VPP + ?
- Examples
- (+) He will have arrived (-) He will not have arrived (?) Will he have arrived?
- Future Perfect Continous
- Use
- Actions that will be unfinished, but have reached a certain stage
- Structure
- (+) S + AUX "WILL" + HAVE + BEEN + V ing (-) S + AUX "WILL" + NOT + HAVE + BEEN + V ing (?) AUX "WILL" + S + HAVE + BEEN + V ing + ?
- Examples
- (+) You will have been dancing (-) You will not have been dancing (?) Will you have been dancing
- Kathleen M. Johnson, C. C. (2002). Essential English Workbook 1. México D.F.: Comercializadora Projmojol.