VERB TENSES Teacher Rosa Maricato
*There are exceptions to this rule ! VERB TENSES Teacher Rosa Maricato Simple Continuous Perfect Present AFFIRMATIVE * he/she/it VERB + “s” NEGATIVE/INTERROGATIVE * Do + main verb present infinitive be + main verb present - ing have + main verb present past participle Past AFFIRMATIVE Regular- VERB + “ed” Irregular – list ! NEGATIVE/INTERROGATIVE * Do + main verb past infinitive be + main verb past - ing have + main verb past past participle *There are exceptions to this rule ! e.g. verb “to be” Future will + main verb infinitive Conditional would + main verb infinitive
Most other verb tenses have a similar structure (and name) Example: - Present perfect continuous She has been singing have + been + main verb present - ing •Some verb tenses have other types of structure Example:- Future with “going to” She is going to sing. be + going to + main verb present infinitive Teacher Rosa Maricato
Teacher Rosa Maricato 2009-10 VERB TENSES Circle the verb(s) and identify the verb tense: She’s in London. They were spies. She usually goes home at 7 p.m. I would love that film. They will help you. They have left the video in the café. Are they watching the video? What did you do this Easter? Was he driving a car? Where do you live? Present simple Past simple Present simple Conditional Future Present Perfect Present Continuous Past simple Past Continuous Present simple
Teacher Rosa Maricato 2009-10 VERB TENSES Circle the verb(s) and identify the verb tense: They don’t live in London. She wasn’t spying on you . He didn’t go home at 7 p.m. I ‘d love to go with you. They won’t help you. They left the video in the café. Has he seen the accident? What are you going to do ? Had he ever driven a car? Present simple Past continuous Past simple Conditional Future Past Simple Present Perfect Future with “going to” Past Perfect
VERB TENSES PRESENT SIMPLE Affirmative Negative Interrogative Rewrite the sentences in the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms: PRESENT SIMPLE Affirmative Negative Interrogative I watch a video You watch… He watches… I don’t watch You don’t watch He doesn’t watch Do I watch…? Do you watch…? Does he watch…? PAST SIMPLE Affirmative Negative Interrogative I watched a video You watched… He watched… I didn’t watch You didn’t watch He didn’t watch Did I watch…? Did you watch…? Did he watch…? Teacher Rosa Maricato
VERB TENSES PRESENT Continuous Affirmative Negative Interrogative I am watching a video You are watching… He is watching… I ‘m not watching You aren’t watching He isn’t watching Am I watching…? Are you watching…? Is he watching…? PAST Continuous Affirmative Negative Interrogative I was watching a video You were watching… He was watching… I wasn’t watching You weren’t watching He wasn’t watching Was I watching…? Were you watching…? Was he watching…? Teacher Rosa Maricato
VERB TENSES PRESENT perfect Affirmative Negative Interrogative I have watched a video You have watched… He has watched… I haven’t watched You haven’t watched He hasn’t watched Have I watched…? Have you watched…? Has he watched…? PAST perfect Affirmative Negative Interrogative I had watched a video You had watched… He had watched… I hadn’t watched You hadn’t watched He hadn’t watched Had I watched…? Had you watched…? Had he watched…? Teacher Rosa Maricato
VERB TENSES FUTURE Affirmative Negative Interrogative I will watch a video You will watch… He will watch… I won’t watch You won’t watch He won’t watch Will I watch…? Will you watch…? Will he watch…? CONDITIONAL Affirmative Negative Interrogative I would watch a video You would watch… He would watch… I wouldn’t watch You wouldn’t watch He wouldn’t watch Would I watch…? Would you watch…? Would he watch…? Teacher Rosa Maricato
VERB TENSES FUTURE with “going to” Affirmative Negative Interrogative I am going to watch … You are going to watch… He is going to watch… I ‘m not going to watch You aren’t going to watch He isn’t going to watch Am I going to watch…? Are you going to watch.? Is he going to watch…? Teacher Rosa Maricato