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    Past Simple: Affirmative Form

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    The document describes the structure and use of several English verb tenses: - Past simple is used to talk about completed past actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Past continuous describes ongoing or incomplete past actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Present simple is used for habitual or repeated present actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Present continuous describes actions happening now. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Future simple with "will" expresses actions that will occur later. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Future "be going to" suggests

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    The document describes the structure and use of several English verb tenses: - Past simple is used to talk about completed past actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Past continuous describes ongoing or incomplete past actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Present simple is used for habitual or repeated present actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Present continuous describes actions happening now. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Future simple with "will" expresses actions that will occur later. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Future "be going to" suggests

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    The document describes the structure and use of several English verb tenses: - Past simple is used to talk about completed past actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Past continuous describes ongoing or incomplete past actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Present simple is used for habitual or repeated present actions. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Present continuous describes actions happening now. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Future simple with "will" expresses actions that will occur later. It has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. - Future "be going to" suggests

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    Past Simple: Affirmative Form

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    PAST SIMPLE

    El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una acción que concluyó en un tiempo anterior al actual. La
    duración no es relevante. El tiempo en que se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado reciente o un pasado
    lejano.

    STRUCTURE
    AFFIRMATIVE FORM

    Subject + verb in past (verbs regular termination in ED) + complement


    I walked in the park
    She slept in school
    NEGATIVE FORM

    Subject + did not + verb in infinitive+ complement


    I did not (didn’t) eat
    They didn’t play in the garden
    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    Did + subject + verb in infinitive?

    Wh questions + did + subject + verb in infinitive?


    Did I sing?
    Did they play?
    What did I eat?
    When did they walk?

    Verb to be in past simple


    You – we – they = were you were, we were, they were
    I – she – he – it = was I was , she was, he was, it was

    1
    PAST CONTINUOUS
    El "past continuous" describe acciones o eventos situados en un tiempo anterior al presente, cuyo comienzo
    se sitúa en el pasado y que todavía no ha concluido en el momento de hablar. Dicho de otro modo, expresa
    una acción incompleta o inconclusa del pasado.

    STRUCTURE
    AFFIRMATIVE FORM

    Subject + aux (was/ were) + verb in infinitive + ing (eat+ ing= eating)
    I was walking
    We were swimming
    NEGATIVE FORM

    Subject+ aux (was not/ were not) + verb in infinitive+ ing


    You were not sleeping in the bed
    She wasn’t buying in the store
    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    Aux (was/ were) + subject + verb in infinitive+ ing?


    Wh questions + aux (was/ were) + subject + verb in infinite + ing?
    Was he playing?
    Why were we dancing?
    Wasn’t she reading?

    SIMPLE PRESENT
    El presente simple se utiliza para hablar de cosas que suceden habitualmente, no se usa
    para hablar sobre algo que está pasando en el momento en el que hablamos.
    STRUCTURE
    AFFIRMATIVE FORM
    Subject + verb + complement
    I walk in the park
    She swims in the pool

    2
    NEGATIVE FORM

    Subject + aux (don’t/ doesn’t) + verb


    She doesn’t talk
    I don’t run
    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    Aux (do/ does) + subject + verb

    Wh questions + aux (do /does) + subject + verb


    Do I talk?
    What does Fernando read?

    DO OR DOES
    I – you – we – they = do I do, you do, we do, they do
    He – she – it = does he does, she does, it does

    RULES OF CONJUGATIONS OF THIRD PERSON (HE, SHE, IT)


     If the verb ends in s, sh, ch, or x, add es to the verb. SPECIAL VERBS:
    o pass – passes
    o wash – washes o do – does
    o watch – watches o go – goes
    o fix – fixes o have – has

     If the verb ends in y, delete the y and add ies.


    o study – studies
    o worry – worries
    o try – tries
    o fly – flies

     If the verb ends in ay, ey, oy, uy, just add s.


    o enjoy – enjoys
    o stay – stays
    o buy – buys
    o obey – obeys

    3
    PRESENT CONTINUOS
    El presente continuo se utiliza para hablar sobre algo que está pasando en el momento en el que
    hablamos.

    STRUCTURE
    AFFIRMATIVE FORM

    Subject + verb to be (am, is, are) + verb + ing

    I am talking
    She is dancing
    NEGATIVE FORM

    Subject + verb to be (am not, is not, are not) + verb+ ing

    We are not eating


    She isn´t understanding
    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    Verb to be (am, is, are) + subject + verb+ing

    Wh questions+ verb to be (am, is, are) + subject + verb+ing

    Am I buying?
    Where are you studying?

    FUTURE SIMPLE WILL

    El future simple es un tiempo verbal que utilizamos generalmente para expresar


    acciones o hechos que sucederán en un tiempo posterior al momento presente: yo
    cantaré, tú cantarás, él cantará, etc.
    STRUCTURE
    AFFIRMATIVE FORM

    Subject+ aux (will) + verb

    Sara will speak


    You will learn

    4
    NEGATIVE FORM

    Subject+ aux (will not or won’t) + verb

    She won’t write a letter


    I won’t wash
    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    Aux (will) + subject + verb

    Will she talk to me tomorrow?

    FUTURE BE GOING TO
    El uso de "going to" para referirse a eventos futuros sugiere un vínculo muy sólido con el presente. El
    momento preciso no es relevante, es posterior al ahora, pero la actitud implica que dicho evento depende de
    algo que sabemos sobre la situación actual. "Going to" se emplea sobre todo para hablar de nuestros planes
    e intenciones, o para realizar predicciones basadas en evidencias actuales

    STRUCTURE

    AFFIRMATIVE FORM

    Subject + verb to be (am, is, are) + going to + verb


    I am going to travel

    She is going to dance in the party

    NEGATIVE FORM

    Subject + verb to be (am not, is not, are not) + going to + verb


    He isn’t going to read the book

    We aren't going to work on weekends

    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    Verb to be (am, is, are) + subject + going to + verb

    Is he going to play the basketball?

    Is my father going to work in the house?

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