Present Simple and Continuous - Past Simple and Continuous
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ScribdTranslationsSimple present
The present simple is used to express habits, routines, situations.
permanent or scientific truths.
Affirmative He/she/it + verb without S
I/you/we/they + verb with S
Negative He/She/It does not verb
I/you/we/they don't + base form of the verb
Question Do I/you/we/they + verb without S
Does he/she/it plus verb in the base form?
Palabras claves: Always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never, once/twice/three
times a day/week/month/year, on Mondays/Tuesdays.
Present continuous
The present continuous is used to describe an action that is happening.
place at this moment.
Affirmative Subject + am/are/is + verb-ing
Negative Subject + Am not/aren't/isn't +
coning verb
Question Am/are/is + subject + verb with -ing
Simple past
The simple past is used for sentences in which the idea, act, or state has already occurred.
completed. It could have been finished five minutes ago or five centuries ago, the
the end time doesn't matter, the only important thing is that something is being talked about
that no longer happens or exists in the present.
Simple past with regular and irregular verbs:
The verb is modified the same for all pronouns.
The auxiliary 'did' is used in negative and interrogative sentences.
In the simple past, verbs are divided into regular and irregular.
to change a regular verb to the simple past, you only need to add 'ed'.
change, to change an irregular verb to simple past we have to
resort to the list of verbs.
Affirmative I/you/we/they/he/she/it + verb
conEDo irregular verb
Negative I/you/we/they/he/she/it didn't
verb in infinitive
Question Did I/you/we/they/he/she/it
verb in infinitive
Simple past with the verb to be:
We use Was or Were depending on the pronouns we have.
★ Nose uses the auxiliary Did.
Affirmative I/he/she/it was ........
You/we/they were ...
Negative I/he/she/it wasn't ........
You/we/they weren't ...
Question Was I/he/she/it ...
Were you/we/they ……….
Past continuous
The "past continuous" describes actions or events situated in a time
prior to the present, whose beginning is situated in the past and that has not yet
completed at the moment of speaking. In other words, it expresses an action.
incomplete or unfinished of the past.
Affirmative I/he/she/it + was + verb-ing
You/we/they + were + verb with
ing
Negative I/he/she/it + wasn't + verb with
ing
You/we/they weren't + verb
coning
Question Was he/she/it verbing
Were you/we/they + verb with
ing
