This document provides information about several English tenses:
1. It explains the simple present tense, used to describe facts, habitual actions, and future schedules. Examples are given of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences.
2. The simple past tense is described as used for completed past actions and repeated past actions. Example sentences show its formation.
3. Details are given on the present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. For each, examples demonstrate how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in that tense.
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1. Simple Present Tense
1- To share facts (something which is always true).
Example:
- I speak English.
- The sun rises from the east.
- They dont live in France.
2- To express regular actions .
- Adverbs of time (always- everyday- usually- often- sometimes- rarely- never)
Example:
- I always visit my grandma on Friday.
- They usually learn something new in class.
3- Events scheduled in near future. (timetables)
Example:
- The train leaves at 3pm.
- The party is tonight.
2. Affirmative sentence
Subject (I- we- they- you) + infinitive verb
Example:
I go to work everyday.
They want to eat chocolate.
Subject (He- she- it) + infinitive verb + s
- Add (es) when the verb ends with (ss- o- sh- ch- tch- x- z)
- Add (ies) when the verb ends with (y), replace the y with ies .
Example:
He goes to school by bus.
She watches the Tv.
A bird flies with two wings.
3. Negative sentence
Subject +auxiliary verb (to do) + negative auxiliary (not) + infinitive verb
Example:
I dont go to work everyday.
He doesnt go to school by bus.
They dont speak French.
She doesnt watch the Tv.
A bird doesnt fly with one wing.
4. Question
Auxiliary verb (to do) + subject + verb
Example:
Do they watch Tv. This night ?
Does she like ice-cream ?
- Wh questions
Wh word + Auxiliary verb (to do) + subject + verb
Example:
Why do they visit the museum ?
Where does he go ?
5. Simple past tense
1- Actions that started and ended in the past.
Example: They invited their friends to the dinner.
2- Use for repeated actions in the past (frequency)
Example: She went to her school on foot.
6. Affirmative sentence
Subject + verb + ed
Example:
He watched the match yesterday.
Exceptions:
1- for verbs that ends with an (e) we only need to add (-d).
- Change --- changed
2- if the verb ends with a short vowel plus a consonant, we double the final consonant before adding
the ed.
- Stop ---- stopped
3- when the verb ends with y. the y become i.
- Study --- studied
7. Negative sentence
Subject +auxiliary verb (to do) + negative auxiliary (not) + infinitive verb
Example:
1- She didnt go to her sister.
2- They didnt buy a new car.
3- You didnt get the right answer.
8. Questions
Auxiliary verb (to do) + subject + verb
Example :
1- Did they listen to the song?
2- Did she make a cake?
3- Did you go alone?
- Wh questions
Wh word + Auxiliary verb (to do) + subject + verb
Example:
When did they visit the pyramids ?
Where did he go ?
Why did you do this?
9. Present continuous tense
1- To speak about something that happening at the moment in which we are speaking.
Indicators: now, right now and at the moment.
Example: Im studying now
2- To talk about something that happening now, but not necessarily at the moment we
are speaking.
Indicators: currently, lately and these days.
Example: She is currently looking for a job.
3- To talk about something decided in the near future.
Example: Im going to the party tonight.
10. Affirmative sentence
Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + verb + ing
Example:
- Im talking
- Shes eating
- Theyre learning
Negative sentence
Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + negative auxiliary (not) + verb +ing
Example:
- Im not talking
- Shes not eating
- Theyre not learning
11. Questions
Auxiliary verb (to be) + subject + verb + ing + ?
Example:
- Are you talking?
- Is she eating?
- Are they learning?
12. Past continuous tense
1- to talk about actions or events that happened in a specific time in the past.
Example :
Ahmed wasnt living in Spain in 2005.
We were still working at 10:00 pm last night.
2- used for two actions were occurring simultaneously in the past.
Example :
My son was reading while I was cooking.
They were talking very loud while we were trying to watch the movie.
3- used for an action in the past that were interrupted.
The action that caused the interruption is in the past simple. Using when and while signal the use of past simple
and continuous.
In general, we use the past simple after when and the past continuous after while.
Example :
Jhon called while I was watching the news.
He was walking to work when he fell.
Was it raining when you left?
13. Affirmative sentence
Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + verb + ing
Example:
- I was talking
- She was eating
- They were learning
Negative sentence
Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + negative auxiliary (not) + verb +ing
Example:
- I was not talking
- She was not eating
- They were not learning
14. Question
Auxiliary verb (to be) + subject + verb + ing + ?
Example:
- Were you talking?
- Was she eating?
- Were they learning?
15. Present Perfect Tense
The present perfect is used to describe an action or situation
that started in the past and continues in the present.
16. Affirmative sentence
Subject + auxiliary verb ( to have ) + past participle verb
Example:
I have (Ive) talked to peter.
She has (shes) gone to work.
We have been to London.
They have learned English.
17. Negative sentence
Subject + auxiliary verb (to have) + not + past participle verb
Example:
I havent talked to Peter.
She hasnt gone to work.
We havent been to London.
They havent learned English.
18. Question
Auxiliary verb (to have) + subject + past participle.. ?
Example:
Have you talked to Peter ?
Has she gone to work ?
Have you been to London ?
Have they learned English ?
19. Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect tense describes a completed activity in the past. It is
used to emphasize that an action was completed before another action
took place.
Example:
John had baked a cake before you arrived.
20. Had + past participle
I had called the police before I investigated the noise in the garden.
(First: I called the police. Next: I investigated the noise.)
The weather changed, but the team had planned its next move.
(First: The team planned. Next: The weather changed.)
Affirmative sentence
21. Had not hadnt + past participle
Example :
I had not called the police before I investigated the noise in the garden.
The weather changed, and the team had not planned its next move.
22. Had + subject + past participle
- Had the team planned its next move before the weather changed?
Question word + had + subject + past participle
- Where had the team planned its next move before the weather changed?