English Tenses

PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE

TENSES

Whats wrong with these sentences?

Yesterday, I play football with my brother
Yesterday, I played football in the
field with my friends
Tomorrow, I went to the zoo with my
grandparents.
Tomorrow, I am going to the zoo
with my sister
In this moment, I had washed the
dishes.
At the moment I am washing the
dishes.

Past, Present or Future

Yesterday I played football with my
PAST
friends.

Tomorrow I am going to the zoo,

because I want to see beautiful
animals.
FUTURE
At the moment I wash the dishes,
because my mother is sick.

PRESENT

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

run
Look at the following sentences in the
past, present and future tense.

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

run
Yesterday he ran a mile in the park
near to my house.

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

run
In this moment he runs a mile with my
friend.

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

run
Tomorrow he is going to run, because
he needs to exercise.

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

swim
Now, write sentences in the
past, present and future tense.

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

swim
He swam in the sea my last vacations .

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

swim
He swims in the sea with my cousins.

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

swim
Tomorrow He is going to swim in the
lake.

PRESENT SIMPLE
It is used to express:
Daily Routines
Permanent States
Facts that are totally true
Feeling and emotions

Auxiliaries

DO / DOES

(-) (?) are used in negative and

interrogative sentences
But in affirmative sentences (+)
The third person of singular (HE, SHE, IT) adds S or
ES at the end of the verb.

EXAMPLES
To express habits, repeated actions, emotions and
wishes:
I work in London
London is a large city and it has beautiful places
Laura gets up early in the morning
You walk for two hundred meters, then you
turn left and she waits for you.

PAST SIMPLE
Action in the past taking place once, never or several
times
Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
Actions in the past taking place one after the other
Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
Action in the past taking place in the middle of
another action
Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone
suddenly rang.

FUTURE SIMPLE (WILL)

FUTURE GOING TO

Prediction
Assumption
Spontaneous action
Promises
Warnings
Predictions abouth the weather
Uncertainly events

Planned actions
Speakers intentions

EXAMPLES:
I promise I wont tell him about the surprise party.
Don't worry, I'll be careful.
I won't tell anyone your secret.

He is going to spend his vacation in Hawaii.

She is not going to spend her vacation in Hawaii.
A: When are we going to meet each other tonight?
B: We are going to meet at 6 PM.