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VERB TENSES
Cecília Hartt
SIMPLE TENSES
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SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
FUTURE
CONDITIONAL
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
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Used to talk about routines and habits.
 AUXILIARY VERBS
– DO ( I/you/we/they)
– DOES (he/she/it)
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Used in:
– questions
– negative sentences
– Short answers
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
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I/WE/YOU/THEY
Do you speak
English?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
I speak English but
not very well.
I don’t speak English
very well.
DON’T=DO NOT
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HE/SHE/IT
Does he speak
English?
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn’t.
He speaks English but
not very well.
He doesn’t speak
English very well.
DOESN’T=DOES
NOT
VERB + S (or) ES
(HE/SHE/IT)
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She works a lot.
 She teaches English.
 She goes to work by car.
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VERB+ES =After verbs ended in:
SS/SH/CH/X/Z/O and Y preceded by consonant
SIMPLE PRESENT
(VERBS+ES)
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FOR
I/YOU/WE/THEY:
KISS
WASH
WATCH
FIX
BUZZ
GO
STUDY
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FOR
HE/SHE/IT:
 KISSES
 WASHES
 WATCHES
 FIXES
 BUZZES
 GOES
 STUDIES
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
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Used to talk about what happened at a
definite time in the past.
 AUXILIARY VERB
– DID ( I/you/we/they/he/she/it)
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Used in:
– questions
– negative sentences
– Short answers
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
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REGULAR VERBS
VERB + D (or) ED:
Work=worked
Did you work a lot
yesterday?
Yes, I did. I worked
very much yesterday.
No, I didn’t. I didn’t
work a lot yesterday.
DIDN’T=DID NOT
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IRREGULAR VERBS
(NO RULE)
Go=went
Did s/he go to the
cinema yesterday?
Yes, she went to the
cinema yesterday.
No, he didn’t go to the
cinema yesterday.
DIDN’T=DID NOT
SIMPLE PAST TENSES
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REGULAR VERBS:
Play=played
Study=studied
Stay=stayed
Wash=washed
Watch=watched
Need=needed
Love=loved
Want=wanted
Like=liked
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IRREGULAR VERBS:
Write=wrote
Read=read
Eat=ate
Drink=drank
Buy=bought
Send=sent
Come=came
Teach=taught
See=saw
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
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AUXILIARY VERB: WILL+VERB
(I/you/we/they/he/she/it)
 Used to indicate a decision about the future
taken at the moment of speaking.
 I think I’ll (I will) go out on the weekend.
 I think I won’t (I will not) go out on the
weekend.
 Will you follow me? Yes, I will./No, I won’t.
CONDITIONAL TENSE
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AUXILIARY VERB: WOULD +VERB
(I/you/we/they/he/she/it)
 Used in polite requests, asking for help and
to indicate conditions.
 Would you please help me with this?
 Would you open the door for me, please?
 I’d (I would) buy a new car if I had money.
 I wouldn’t (would not) do that if I were
you.
CONTINUOUS TENSES
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
TENSE
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TO BE (PRESENT)+(VERB+ING)
 Used to talk about actions in progress,
happening now, at the moment.
 I am teaching now.
 You are studying now.
 Is she learning?
 They aren’t playing now.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
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VERB TO BE (PAST)+(VERB+ING)
 Used to talk about actions that were in
progress at a definite time in the past.
VERB TO BE (PAST)
I was
we were
he was
you were
she was
they were
it was
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
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What was your teacher doing yesterday
evening?
 She was working.
 Was she using a computer?
 Yes, she was.
 Were they working too?
 No, they weren’t.(were not)
PERFECT TENSES
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2.
3.
PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
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AUXILIARY VERBS:
HAVE (I/you/we/they)+PAST
PARTICIPLE
HAS (he/she/it)+PAST PARTICIPLE
Used to talk about actions that :
Happened at indefinite times
Started in the past and continue up until
now
Have a present result
Can be repeated
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
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For I/we/you/they:
 Have you worked at
your present job for a
long time?
 Yes, I have.
 No, I haven’t.
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HAVEN’T=HAVE
NOT
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For he/she/it:
 Has she worked at her
present job for a long
time?
 Yes, she has.
 No she hasn’t.
HASN’T=HAS NOT
PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
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AUXILIARY VERBS:
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HAVE (I/you/we/they)+BEEN+(VERB+ING)
 HAS (he/she/it)+BEEN+(VERB+ING)
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It is used to emphasize the continuation of
actions that started in the past and continue up
until now.
PRESENT PEFECT
CONTINUOUS
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For I/you/we/they:
 Have you been
working at your
present job for a long
time?
 Yes, I have been
working at my present
job for a long time.
 No, I haven’t been
working at my present
job for a long time.
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For he/she/it:
 Has she been working
at her present job for a
long time?
 Yes, she has been
working at her present
job for a long time.
 No, she hasn’t been
working at her present
job for a long time.
PAST PERFECT TENSE
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AUXILIARY VERB:
 HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE
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IT IS THE PAST OF THE SIMPLE PAST
Had you seen that film before?
 Yes, I had.
 No, I hadn’t. (had not)
PAST PARTICIPLES
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REGULAR
VERBS(Third column
of verbs):
ALL PAST
PARTICIPLES END
IN “ED” OR “D”
Love-loved-loved
Like-liked-liked
Hate-hated-hated
Work-worked-worked
Study-studied-studied
Play-played-played
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IRREGULAR VERBS
(Third column of
verbs):
The 3 forms can be the
same, only 2 forms
can be the same or the
3 forms can be
different:
Put-put-put
Cut-cut-cut
Teach-taught-taught
Go-went-gone