tenses
DESCRIPTION
TENSESTRANSCRIPT
TENSES
PARTICIPLE Participles are words formed from verbs which can be used as adjectives.There are two types of participles:
•The Past Participle: (usually ending -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n)
Regular verb Irregular verb
jump > jumped know > known
paint > painted choose > chosen
•The Present Participle: (ending -ing).
Infinitive are verbs which we have to ending -ing to give correct tense to the sentence.
INFINITIVE
HE 4 PAST EXAMPLE
Simple Past I broke
Past Progressive I was breaking
Past Perfect I had broken
Past Perfect Progressive I had been breaking
THE 4 PRESENT EXAMPLE
Simple Present I break
Present Progressive I am breaking
Present Perfect I have broken
Present Perfect Progressive I have been breaking
THE 4 FUTURE EXAMPLE
Simple Future I will break
Future Progressive I will be breaking
Future Perfect I will have broken
Future Perfect Progressive I will have been breaking
PAST SIMPLEIt is what happen in the past which are separate from now and they are end
it:
TO BE verb:
Affirmative:
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
They were
Questions:
She was a student.
Was she a student?
Negative:
I was not/ wasn’t
You were not/ weren’t
He was not/ wasn’t
She was not/ wasn’t /
It was not/ wasn’t
We were not/ weren’t
They were not/ weren’t
PAST PERFECT
Is the past before the past.
And we use the auxiliary: had:
She had lived there for 10 years now.
Subject + had + Participle verb “live”.
Negatives:
We add not after had.
I had not (hadn’t) lived there.
PAST PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS
We form the to be verb in past (was/were) + and
other verb ending “ing”.
I was watching the news
castTo be + watch + ing.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Is the past before the past.
And we ask how long? question to use this form?
She had been living there for 10 years now.
Subject + had + been + ing (verb) .
PRESENT SIMPLE
To describe: habits or daily routines:
He plays tennis
She eats a lot.
To express permanent situation:
She is very happy
My father is a lawyer.
To express possession with the verb:
You have a beautiful sister.
Affirmatives phrases:
We have to add a letter S to “He, She, or It”:I sing
You sing
He sings
She sings
It sings
We sing
They sing
PRESENT PERFECTStart in the past but still going in the
present.
And we use the auxiliary: have and
has:
She has lived in this house for ten
years.
Auxiliary have/has + Participle verb “live”.
Negatives:
We add not after have /has.
I have not (haven’t) seen.
It is verb “to be” + and other verb ending
“ing”
PRESENT CONTINUOS
I a m w a t c h i n g T V.TO BE + WATCH +
ING
W e a r e w a t c h i n g T V .TO BE + WATCH + ING
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
We used to talk about experiences on unspecific time
and we use the have/ has verb.
She have been living there for 10 years now.
Subject + have + been + ing (verb) .
FUTURE SIMPLE
To talk about future intentions or situations we use
auxiliary be going to or will.
I am going to finish the job
I will finish the job.
Affirmatives phrases:
I am going to do something.Verb tobe in present + going to + verb in infinitive
I will do something.Will + verb in infinitive
We can use contraction like:
I’m
She’s + going to +verb
They’re
You´ll
We’ll + the verb.
He’ll
I’m going to take a break.
We´ll play baseball.
FUTURE PERFECT
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
We use this tense when the situation will have happened in
the future.
We use the auxiliary will have + the verb in participle.
I will have lived --- She will have lived.
I will have lived / She will have lived Subject + will have + verb in participle.
We use this tense when the things happening at the future
and give time.
We use the auxiliary will be + the verb in infinitive.
I will be living --- She will be living.
I will have lived / She will have lived Subject + will be + verb in infinitive
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
We use this tense when we refer of how long before future
action.
We use the auxiliary will have + been + the verb in infinitive.
I will have been living / She will have been
livingSubject + will have been + verb in infinitive.