Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Grammatical Tense-diego andrés
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- SIMPLE PRESENT
- The simple present tense in Englih is used
to describe an action that is regular, true o
normal
- SIMPLE PRESENT
STRUCTURE
Subject+Base Verb+
Object
- example: I like
pizza ,she lives
in toronto,We
have a dog,
Anmerkungen:
- Negatives in
simple present
use do not or
does not. They
also use be + not.
- With the present simple, we often use adverbs
of frequency to say 'how often' we do something.
Here's a list of common adverbs:
- always
frequently
generally
hardly ever
infrequently
never
normally
occasionally
often rarely
regularly
seldom
sometimes
usually
- HE/SHE/ IT DOES
- I/THEY/WE DO
- SIMPLE PAST
- It is used to talk about
activities in the past.
- SIMPLE PAST STRCTURE
Subject + Verb + ED
- Verb to be in the simple past
- I/HE/IT/SHE WAS
- YOU/THEY/WE
WERE
- example: I ate dinner at 5:00 pm
yesterday./I finished my
homework before dinner /I was a
teacher 5 years ago.
- NegativeSubject + Did + Not + Base Verb
- I did not eat yesterday./They didn't (did not) go to class
last week.
- Yesterday, last year, ten-years back, few days
ago, a week ago etc… are adverbs or adverb
phrases of past time
- FUTURE SIMPLE
- will/ going to
- Examples: I will go to the park.
She will play soccer later. They will
work tomorrow.
- Examples: I am going to
cook dinner tonight. She is
going to study at 7 pm. They
are going to play a game.
- Subject + Will + Base Verb
- Subject + BE + Going to + Base Verb
- The simple future tense is used to make simple predictions about the future. It is
commonly used with the following time adverbs: tomorrow, next week, next day, at 3 pm,
- Present Progressive
- to be (am, are, is) + infinitive + -ing
- example:I am not playing
football./I am playing football.
- At the moment: ‘I’m watching TV,
at the moment.’ These days: ‘Paul’s
living in Cardiff, these days.’ Now:
‘What are you doing, now?’
Nowadays: ‘I think you are
smoking too much, nowadays.’
- actions happening at the
moment of speaking or
around the moment of
speaking