REVIEW OF TENSES

SIMPLE PRESENT

USE: TALK ABOUT GENERAL TRUTH /ROUTINES/ FACTS

AFFIRMATIVE: He / she/ it /___He goES to the movies.

VERBS s / es / ies/

Do he _does___ his homework.

Watch They __watch____ Tv very often

NEGATIVE: DON’T / DOESN’T

DON’T : I YOU WE THEY / DOESN’T : HE SHE IT

Auxiliaries : They __DON’T___ watch tv very often.

MARLENE WASHES THE DISHES EVERY NIGHT.

MARLENE DOESN’T WASH THE DISHES VERY OFTEN

INTERROGATIVE DO DOES YES/NO QUESTIONS / WH .

DO : I YOU WE THEY DOES: HE SHE IT

They usually study science in the mornings.

1.- Do they usually study in the mornings?

Yes, They do. / No, they don’t

2.- WHAT do they study in the mornings? They study science.

WH : WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB (base form) …?

WHY / WHERE / WHEN/ HOW/ WHO/ WHICH / ….

Helen usually goes to school with her sister on foot.

HOW DOES HELEN USUALLY GO TO SCHOOL WITH HER SISTER?

ON FOOT.

WHERE DOES HELEN GO WITH HER SISTER ? TO SCHOOL

WHO DOES HELEN GO TO SCHOOL WITH ? HER SISTER

WHICH ( PHONE) DO YOU PREFER , THIS OR THAT ONE ¿

SIMPLE PAST regular and irregular verbs

REGULAR : work - workED IRREGULAR : sleep - slept

1.- advice adviced sleep splept

2.- try tried bring brought

3.- cry cried understand understood

4.- name named let let

5.- call called think thought

PAST TENSE : talk about finished actions

AFFIRMATIVE SUBJECT + VERB regular/irregular + COMPLEMENT

He worked in the bank two years ago

TIME EXPRESSIONS : yesterday / last week / 3 days ago / in 1966

NEGATIVE : DID + NOT = DIDN’T : I / YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/THEY

SUBJECT + DIDN’T + VERB (base form) + COMPL

HE DIDN’T WORK IN THE BANK TWO YEARS AGO.

INTERROGATIVE : DID

(WH) AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB (base form) COMPLEMT ?

Did he work in the bank two years ago? Yes, he did

No, he didn’t

WHERE DID HE WORK TWO YEARS AGO? IN THE BANK

FUTURE : WILL / GOING TO/ PRESENT CONTINUOUS

AFFIRMATIVE : WILL : subject + will + VERB + complement

I will study French

NEGATIVE WILL + NOT = WON’T : I-you –he-s-he-it-we-they

I WON’T study French .

QUESTIONS : (WH)will + subject verb + complement ?

Will you study French? Yes, I will. / No, I won’t

WHAT will you study?

GOING TO : FUTURE

AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT + TO BE ( AM IS ARE) + GOING TO + VERB + COMPLEMENT

I AM GOING TO STUDY FRENCH NEXT MONTH.

NEGATIVE BE + NOT ( AM NOT ) ( ISN’T ) ( AREN’T)

They aren’t going to go to the movies because they don’y have money

INTERROGATIVE

WH - BE + SUBJECT + GOING TO + VERB + COMPLEMENT?

Is she going to travel to Madrid next month? Yes, she is / No she isn’t

WHEN IS SHE GOING TO TRAVEL TO MADRID? NEXT MONTH.