2. PAST PRESENT FUTURE SIMPLE PRESENT uses TO BE (am, is, are) DO / DOES PRESENT PROGRESSIVE PAST PROGRESSIVE
3. TO BE uses Affirmative Interrogative Negative I am + Comp You are + Comp He / She / It is + Comp We / You /They are + Comp Or I ’m + Comp He ’s + Comp We ’re + Comp I am not + Comp You are not + comp He / She / It is not + Comp We/ You / They are not + Comp or I ’m not + Comp You ’re not + Comp He / She / It ’s not + Comp We / You / They ’re not + Comp Or I ’m not + Comp You aren’t + Comp He/ She /It isn’t + Comp We / You /They aren’t + Comp (Wh) + Am + I + Comp + ? (Wh) + Are + You + Comp + ? (Wh) + Is + He/ She/ It + Comp +? (Wh) + Are + We/ You/ They + Comp+? HOW?
4. With the verb To Be you can express… Your name Your occupation (job, profession) Your origin Where you are Your age Your mood state Your marital status Your physical description Describe your personality I’m worried about the exam. I’m from Zacatlán. I’m an engineer. I’m Elsa De Ita. I’m a very shy person. I’m single. I’m tall. I’m at home. I’m 19. EXAMPLES
5. SIMPLE PRESENT uses AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE I / You/ We/ They + Verb + Comp He/ She / It + Verb s + Comp I / You/ We/ They + DO NOT + Verb + Comp He/ She / It + DOES NOT + Verb + Comp Or (DON’T) (DOESN’T) (Wh) + DO + I/ You/ We/ They + Verb+ Comp+? (Wh) + DOES + He/ She/ It + Verb+ Comp + ?
6. SIMPLE PRESENT (DO / DOES) is used to express… Habitual Actions Permanent (or more or less permanent) Truth Future Actions Intructions Directions / Instructions EXAMPLES My mother get s up at 6 a.m. every day. I live in Puebla with my family. Turn on the lights, please. I have lunch with my father tumorrow at 3:00 p.m.
7. PAST PRESENT FUTURE SIMPLE PAST uses AFFIRMATIVE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE PAST PROGRESSIVE
8. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AFFIRMATIVE USES INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE I + am + Verb ing + Comp He/ She/ It + is + Verb ing + Comp We/ You/ They + are + Verb ing + Comp (Wh) + am + I + Verb ing + Comp + ? (Wh) + is + He/ She/ It + Verb ing + Comp + ? (Wh) + are + We/ You /They + Verb ing + Comp + ? I + am + not + Verb ing + Comp He/ She/ It + is + not + Verb ing + Comp We/ You/ They + are + not + Verb ing + Comp
9. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE is used to… Talk about current actions (at the moment of speaking ) Talk about actions that happens These days My sisters Luisa and Fany are studying Psychology My father and my uncle Carlos are watching the game. My friend and I are living together. Yuri is sleeping. Sophie is dating with Luke I’m working until late this week.
10. PAST PRESENT FUTURE SIMPLE PAST uses (TO BE ) WAS / WERE DID PAST PROGRESSIVE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
11. (TO BE) WAS / WERE uses AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE I + WAS + Comp You + WERE + Comp He + WAS + Comp She + WAS + Comp It + WAS + Comp We + WERE + Comp You + WERE + Comp They + WERE + Comp You/ We/ They + WERE + Not + Comp I/ He/ She / It + WAS + Not + Comp (Wh) + WERE + You / We / They+ Comp+? (Wh) + WAS + I/ He/ She / It + Comp+ ?
12. Using WAS /WERE you can express… Somebodie’s origin in the past Your occupation in the past Your age in the past Your mood state in the past Your marital status in the past Your physical appearance in the past Your personality in the past My ganny was from Atlixco I was bored in the party. Brian was single those days. When he was in the kinder garden, he was noisy and mischevious. I was 21 two years ago. In 1997, I was a student. Laurie was thin. Your location in the past I was at home last night.
13. SIMPLE PAST (DID) uses AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE I + Verb in PAST + Comp You He She It We You They I / You/ We/ They + DID NOT + Verb in PRESENT + Comp He/ She / It Or (DIDN’T) (Wh) + DID + I + Verb (Pres) + Comp+? You He She It We You They
14. Using the SIMPLE PAST (DID) you can express… Actions that were completed in the past My sister didn’t Jen studied medicine My uncle Joseph travelled to Jamaica one year ago. My ex-boyfriend didn’t cheated me My brother Sean and my friend Alex visited France last September Vicky lived with Laurent for three months I didn’t mean it. My mom worked there for many years Why did you say that? When did you start to work?
15. PAST PRESENT FUTURE PAST PROGRESSIVE uses AFFIRMATIVE PAST PROGRESSIVE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
16. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AFFIRMATIVE USES INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE I/ He/ She/ It + WAS + Verb ing + Comp We/ You/ They + WERE + Verb ing + Comp (Wh) + WAS + I/ He/ She/ It + Verb ing + Comp + ? (Wh) + WERE + We/ You /They + Verb ing + Comp + ? I/ He/ She/ It + WAS + not + Verb ing + Comp We/ You/ They + WERE + not + Verb ing + Comp
17. PAST PROGRESSIVE is used to… Talk about current actions in the past (at the moment of speaking ) Talk about actions that happened during a period of time My sisters Luisa and Fany were studying Psychology My father and my uncle Carlos were watching the game. My friend and I were living together. Yuri was sleeping then. At that time Sophie was dating with Luke I was working until late that week .
18. PAST PRESENT FUTURE uses BE GOING TO WILL PRESENT PROGRESSIVE PAST PROGRESSIVE
19. BE GOING TO (FUTURE) AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE USES I + am + going to + Verb + Comp He/ She/ It + is + going to + Verb+ Comp We/ You/ They + are + going to + Verb + Comp I + am + going to + Verb + Comp He/ She/ It + is + going to + Verb+ Comp We/ You/ They + are + going to + Verb + Comp (Wh)+ am +I + going to + Verb + Comp+ ? (Wh)+ is + He/ She/ It + going to + Verb+ Comp+? (Wh) + are +We/ You/ They + going to + Verb + Comp+?
20. BE GOING TO is used to express… Future Plans Luis is going to to work next Sunday. We are having dinner with my parents tonight. Sarah is going to have an exam. My parents are going to buy a new car. I’m going to finish my career. They are going to get married next year.
21. WILL (FUTURE) USES AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE I + Will + Verb + Comp You He She It We You They I + Won’t + Verb + Comp You He She It We You They Will + I + Verb + Comp + ? You He She It We You They
22. WILL is used to express… Intentions My cousins won’t work with their father. I’ll help you with the housework tomorrow. With your help, we’ll finish by 10:00. Will your sister promise to help? My brothers won’t be on time for the party. Will you see your boyfriend soon? Requests Promises Offers Predictions