Presentation about the simple present, simple past, simple future; and continuous present, past and future.

1. SIMPLE AND
CONTINUOUS TENSES
AUTOR: LORENT GÓMEZ

2. SIMPLE PRESENT

3. SIMPLE PRESENT
The simple present is a verbal tense used to express actions that
take place in the present, and that are done with certain frequency,
for example, each morning, or each week. It is also used to express
facts or general statements.

4. SIMPLE PRESENT
It is formed with the base form of verb ‘to be’ as following:
• Affirmative form: Subject + Verb (infinitive) + Complement
For negative and interrogative forms, we need the auxiliary verb
“DO”.
• Negative form: Subject + Do not - Don’t / Does not – Doesn’t +
Verb (infinitive) + Complement
• Interrogative form: Do / Does + Subject + Verb (infinitive) +
Complement + ?

5. SIMPLE PRESENT
When the subject is the third person of singular, we have always to
add an S to the verb, but there are some exceptions:
• If the verb finishes in S, SH, CH, SS, ZZ or X, you add an ES at the
end of the verb.
• If the verb finishes in O, you also add ES at the end of the verb.
• If the verb finishes in Y after a consonant (and NOT after a vowel),
you replace the Y with IES.

6. SIMPLE PRESENT
Examples:
• She goes to sleep late every night.
• Ana loves to go to the movies every Monday.

7. SIMPLE PAST

8. SIMPLE PAST
The simple past is a verbal tense used to express actions that took
place in the past in a specific time, about habitual actions that took
place in the past, and to describe events that happened in the past –
and not now-. There are two types of simple past: regular simple
past (formed with regular simple past verbs), and irregular simple
past (formed with irregular simple past verbs).

9. SIMPLE PAST
The regular verbs in simple past are formed by adding a D or an ED
at the end of the verb in its base form. The irregular verbs in simple
past are form following no rules, you just have to learn each one of
them.

10. SIMPLE PAST
Affirmative form: Subject + Verb (simple past) + Complement
Negative form: Subject + Did not/Didn’t + Verb (simple past) +
Complement
Interrogative form: Did + Subject + Verb (infinitive) +
Complement + ?

11. SIMPLE PAST
Examples:
• I studied in France for two years.
• Monica and Chandler traveled to Las Vegas last month.

12. SIMPLE FUTURE

13. SIMPLE FUTURE
The simple future is a verbal tense used to express actions that will
take place in the future, regardless the exact moment.
• Affirmative form: Subject + Will + Complement.
• Negative form: Subject + Will not/Won’t + Complement.
• Interrogative form: Will + Subject + Complement + ?

14. SIMPLE FUTURE
Examples:
• Will you marry me?
• I won’t go to my parent’s dinner tomorrow.

15. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

16. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
The present continuous is a verbal tense used to express actions that take place
in the present, in the very moment that they are being announced by the
interlocutor.
• Affirmative form: Subject + Verb to be + Verb (-ing) + Complement
• Negative form: Subject + Am-is-are not + Verb (-ing) +
Complement
• Interrogative form: Am-is-are + Subject + Verb (-ing) +
Complement + ?

17. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Examples:
• Are you going to the movies?
• Gabriel is making a portrait.

18. PAST CONTINUOUS

19. PAST CONTINUOUS
The past continuous is a verbal tense used to express actions that took
place in a specific or particular moment in the past. Also, it is used to
express two actions that were happening at the same time in the past,
and the course of an action during the past.
• Affirmative form: Subject + Was/Were + Verb (-ing) +
Complement
• Negative form: Subject + Was not-wasn’t/Were not-weren’t +
Verb (-ing) + Complement
• Interrogative form: Was/Were + Subject + Verb (-ing) +
Complement + ?

20. PAST CONTINUOUS
Examples:
• John was doing his homework at seven o’clock last night.
• Was John doing his homework at seven o’clock last night?

21. FUTURE CONTINUOUS

22. FUTURE CONTINUOUS
The future continuous is a verbal tense used to talk about what is going to
occur in a particular moment in the future.
• Affirmative form: Subject + Will be + Verb (-ing) + Complement
• Negative form: Subject + Will not/Won’t be + be + Verb (-ing)
+ Complement
• Interrogative form: Will + Subject + be + Verb (-ing) +
Complement + ?

23. FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Examples:
• Ana will be playing the cello at the Centro Cultural Chacao
tomorrow night.
• Will Ana be playing the cello at the Centro Cultural Chacao
tomorrow night?