Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Tenses
Simple
Present
Present
Progressive
Simple Past
Past
Progressive
Present
Perfect
Signal Words
every day
sometimes
always
often
usually
seldom
never
First then
now
at the moment
Look!
Listen!
last
ago
in 1990
yesterday
while
when
just
yet
never
ever
already
So far,
Up to now,
since
for
recently
Use
* Something happens repeatedly
* How often something happens
* One action follows another
* Things in general
* Future meaning: timetables,
programs
Form
I/You/We/They/plural
subject +
infinitive (V1)
Examples
affirmative
I work.
He works.
I go.
He goes.
Examples
negative
I dont work.
He doesnt work.
I dont go.
He doesnt go.
Examples
interrogative
Do I work?
Does he work?
Do I go?
Does he go?
Im working.
Hes working.
Im going.
Hes going.
Im not working.
He isnt working.
Im not going.
He isnt going.
Am I working?
Is he working?
Am I going?
Is he going?
I worked.
He worked.
I went.
He went.
I was working.
He was working.
They were
working.
I didnt work.
He didnt work.
I didnt go.
He didnt go.
I wasnt working.
He wasnt working.
They were not
working.
Did I work?
Did he work?
Did I go?
Did he go?
Was I working?
Was he working?
Were they working?
I have worked.
He has worked.
I have gone.
He has gone.
I havent worked.
He hasnt worked.
I havent gone.
He hasnt gone.
Have I worked?
Has I worked?
Have I gone?
Has he gone?
He/She/It/singular subject
+ infinitive + (-s/-es)
BE (am/is/are) + infinitive +
(-ing)
Regular:
Infinitive + (-d/-ed)
Irregular:
V2 e.g. go went
was/were + infinitive +
(-ing)
Present
Perfect
Progressive
Past
Perfect
Past
Perfect
Progressive
will
Future
going to
Future
Future
Progressive
Future
Perfect
Progressive
all day
the whole day
how long
since
for
already
just
never
how long
since
for
will + infinitive
BE (am/is/are) + going to
+ infinitive
I have been
working.
He has been
working.
I havent been
working.
He hasnt been
working.
Have I been
working?
Has he been
working?
I had worked.
He had worked.
I had gone.
He had gone.
I hadnt worked.
He hadnt worked.
I hadnt gone.
He hadnt gone.
Had I worked?
Had he worked?
Had I gone?
Had he gone?
I will work.
He will work.
I will go.
He will go.
I wont work.
He wont work.
I wont go.
He wont go.
Will I work?
Will he work?
Will I go?
Will he go?
Im going to work.
Hes going to work.
Im going to go.
Hes going to go.
Am I going to work?
Is he going to work?
Am I going to go?
Is he going to go?
Ill be working.
Hell be working.
Ill be going.
Hell be going.
I wont be working.
He wont be
working.
I wont be going.
He wont be going.
Will I be working?
Will he be working?
Will I be going?
Will he be going?