AREVALO IRAHETA MARTA DELSY 31 2069 2011
Tense
TENCE S
Affirmative/Negative/
Use
Signal Words
Question Simple Present
A: He speaks. N: He does not speak. Q: Does he speak?
Present Progressiv e
A: He is speaking. N: He is not speaking. Q: Is he speaking?
Simple Past A: He spoke. N: He did not speak. Q: Did he speak?
action in the present taking placeonce, never or several times • facts • actions taking place one after another • action set by a timetable or schedule
always, every …, never, normally, often, seldom, sometimes, usually if sentences type I (If Italk)
action taking place in the moment of speaking • action taking place only for a limited period of time • action arranged for the future
at the moment, just, just now, Listen!, Look!, now, right now
action in the past taking placeonce, never or several times • actions taking place one after another • action taking place in the middle of another action
yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday if sentence type II (If Italked, …)
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Past Progressiv e
A: He was speaking. N: He was not speaking. Q: Was he speaking?
Present Perfect Simple
A: He has spoken. N: He has not spoken. Q: Has he spoken?
Present Perfect Progressiv e
A: He has been speaking. N: He has not been speaking. Q: Has he been speaking?
Past Perfect Simple
A: He had spoken. N: He had not spoken. Q: Had he spoken?
action going on at when, while, as long as a certain time in the past • actions taking place at the same time • action in the past that is interrupted by another action already, ever, • putting emphasis just, never, on the result not yet, so • action that is still going on far, till now, • action that stopped up to now recently • finished action that has an influence on the present • action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking all day, for 4 • putting emphasis years, since on the course or duration (not the 1993, how result) long?, the • action that recently whole week stopped or is still going on • finished action that influenced the present • action taking place already, just, before a certain time in never, not the past yet, once, • sometimes until that day interchangeable with if sentence past perfect progressive type III (If •
putting emphasis only on the fact(not the duration)
Ihad talked, …)
action taking place before a certain time in the past • sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple • putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action
for, since, the whole day, all day
action in the future that cannot be influenced • spontaneous decis ion • assumption with regard to the future
in a year, next …, tomorrow If-Satz Typ I (If you ask her, she will help you.) assumption: I think, probably, perhaps
decision made for the future • conclusion with regard to the future
in one year, next week, tomorrow
action that is going on at a certain time in the future • action that is sure to happen in the near
in one year, next week, tomorrow
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Past Perfect Progressiv e
A: He had been speaking. N: He had not been speaking. Q: Had he been speaking?
Future I Simple
A: He will speak. N: He will not speak. Q: Will he speak?
Future I Simple
A: He is going to speak. N: He is not going to speak. Q: Is he going to speak?
(going to)
Future I Progressiv e
A: He will be speaking. N: He will not be speaking. Q: Will he be
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speaking? Future II Simple
A: He will have spoken. N: He will not have spoken. Q: Will he have spoken?
Future II Progressiv e
A: He will have been speaking. N: He will not have been speaking. Q: Will he have been speaking?
Conditional I Simple
A: He would speak. N: He would not speak. Q: Would he speak?
Conditional I Progressiv e
A: He would be speaking. N: He would not be speaking. Q: Would he be speaking?
Conditional II Simple
A: He would have spoken. N: He would not have spoken. Q: Would he have spoken?
Conditional II
A: He would have been speaking.
future action that will be finished at a certain time in the future
by Monday, in a week
action taking place before a certain time in the future • putting emphasis on the courseof an action
for …, the last couple of hours, all day long
action that might take place
if sentences type II (If I were you, I would go home.)
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action that might take place • putting emphasis on the course /duration of the action •
action that might have taken place in the past •
action that might have taken place in the •
if sentences type III (If I had seen that, Iwould have helped.)
Progressiv e
N: He would not have been speaking. Q: Would he have been speaking?
past • puts emphasis on the course /duration of the action
Modal auxiliary verbs Are: can, could, may, might, must, oughtto, shall, should, will, would and need (need can be a full verb, too). We can play football. We could play football. We may play football. We might play football. We must play football. We mustn't play football. We needn't play football. We ought to play football. We shall play football. We should play football. We will play football. We would play football.
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WHEN YOU DO NOT USE MODALS Do not use modals for things which The sun rises in the East. happen definitely. They do not have an -s in the 3rd person He can play football. singular. Questions are formed without Can he speak Spanish? do/does/did. It follows a full verb in the infinitive. They must read the book. There are no past forms (except could He was allowed towatch the and would). film. When you use the past particple, you You should have told me. tell about things which didnot happen in.
Form positive long form can could may might ought to need shall should will would
contracted form ------'ll 'd 'll 'd
negative long form cannot could not may not might not ought not to need not shall not should not will not would not
contracted form can't couldn't --oughtn't to needn't shan't shouldn't won't wouldn't