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English Tenses: Simple & Continuous Guide

This document provides an overview of simple and continuous tenses in English, including the present, past, and future tenses. It defines the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, and future "be going to" tenses through examples. The purpose is to review the structures of these tenses and how to use them properly.

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English Tenses: Simple & Continuous Guide

This document provides an overview of simple and continuous tenses in English, including the present, past, and future tenses. It defines the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, and future "be going to" tenses through examples. The purpose is to review the structures of these tenses and how to use them properly.

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ENGLISH

CLASS
With Teacher Mylena
Sant'Anna
Welcome!
CLASS
OBJECTIVES

The purpose for our Objectives inform the


class today is to structures of time
remember simple and tenses and how to
continuous time tenses use them.
in English: present
and past.
PRESENT
SIMPLE PRESENT
Affirmative form: subject + verb +
complement
Negative form: subject + do/does not +
main verb + complement
Interrogative form: Do/Does + subject +
main verb +complement?

EXAMPLES:
I usually run in the morning.
I read a book.
The sun is hot.
The train leaves at 5 p.m. (FUTURE)
I don't eat fish.
Do you speak english?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Affirmative form: subject + verb to be +
main verb with ing + complement
Negative form: subject + verb to be + not
+ main verb with ing + complement
Interrogative form: Verb to be + subject
+ main verb with ing +complement?

EXAMPLES:
I am reading a book at the moment.
Is he studying english?
We aren't talking about him.
I'm studying english tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
(FUTURE)
PRESENT PERFECT
Affirmative form: subject + have/has/ +
main verb in the past participle +
complement
Negative form: subject + have/has + not
+ main verb in the past participle +
complement
Interrogative form: Have/has + subject +
main verb in the past particple
+complement?
EXAMPLES:
I've studied english since 2018.
PAST
SIMPLE PAST
Affirmative form: subject + verb +
complement
Negative form: subject + did not + main
verb + complement
Interrogative form: Did + subject + main
verb +complement?

EXAMPLES:
I ran in the morning.
I read a book.
I didn't eat fish yesterday.
Did you go to England?
PAST CONTINUOUS
Affirmative form: subject + verb to be +
main verb with ing + complement
Negative form: subject + verb to be + not
+ main verb with ing + complement
Interrogative form: Verb to be + subject
+ main verb with ing +complement?

EXAMPLES:
I was reading a book.
Was he studying english?
We weren't talking about him.
OBS:
IN THE PAST YOU USUALLY ADD
"ED" IN THE VERB, E.G. LOVE ->
LOVED, BUT IT JUST HAPPEN IN
REGULAR VERB, THE IRREGULAR
VERBS HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS
TO PAST AND YOU NEED TO
REMEMBER.
FUTURE
BE GOING TO
Affirmative form: subject + verb to be +
going to + main verb + complement
Negative form: subject + verb to be + not
going to + main verb + complement
Interrogative form: Verb to be + subject
going to + main verb +complement?

EXAMPLES:
He is going to work here.
BE GOING TO
Affirmative form: subject + verb to be +
going to + main verb + complement
Negative form: subject + verb to be + not
going to + main verb + complement
Interrogative form: Verb to be + subject
going to + main verb +complement?

EXAMPLES:
He is going to work here.
Activity Time

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