TURI4B

English Tenses Manual

Ricardo Hernndez Rivera

Present

Present Simple
Form Form Subject + verb simple Uses Simple Present tense is used to describe habitual actions that occur with some frequency and makes no reference to whether it is happening in the present. Examples

Present Perfect
Form Form Have + Past Participle verb Uses Is a perfect time used to express the action has been completed with respect to the time that is the speaker. Examples

Affirmative: I speak English and French Negative: I don't (do not) smoke Interrogative: Do you speak Spanish?

Affirmative: He has walked Negative: He has not walked. Interrogative: Has he walked?

Present Progressive
Form Form Have + be +infinitive + "-ing

Present Perfect Progressive

Form Form Have + be +infinitive + "-ing Uses Is a verb form that helps us to highlight an action that started in the past and has continued to occur up to the present Examples

Uses is used to express actions happening at the same time you are talking
Examples

Affirmative: You are playing Negative: You are not playing Interrogative: Are you playing?

Affirmative: I have been studying for 2 hours this afternoon.

Negative: I havent been studying for a long time. Interrogative: Have you been studying for a long time?

Past

Past Simple
Form Personal Pronoun + Past Simple Verb Uses Is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and have already completed Examples Affirmative: He Speaks. Negative: He Does Not Speak. Interrogative: Does He Speak? Form

Past Perfect
Structure Subject + "Had" + Past Participle Uses

Is used to refer to an action that took place in a time before another action, although both have happened in the past by establishing an order among them
Examples Affirmative You had cleaned the house. Negative You had not cleaned the house. Interrogative Had you cleaned the house?

Past progressive
Form Be + Verb + Ing Uses

Past perfect progresive

Form Structure Subject + "Had" + "Been" + Gerund Uses

is a past tense, which is used to talk about the development of an action that took place in a given time, the end does not know or does not matter, as well as to express that an action occurred when another interrupted finally refer to actions occurring simultaneously.
Examples Affirmative: Alina was running in the court football last weekend. Negative: Alina wasnt running in the court football last weekend. Interrogative: Was Alina running in the court football last weekend?

Is used to express a past action before another pass

Examples Affirmative: He Has Been Speaking. Negative: He Has Not Been Speaking Interrogative: Has He Been Speaking?

Future

Future Simple
Form Structure Subject + "will" + main verb Uses Examples

Future Perfect
Form Subject + "will have" + main verb Uses Examples

Future Progressive
Form Subject + "will be" + gerund Uses Examples Examples

Future Perfect Progressive

Form Subject + "will have been" + main verb Uses