Friday 13 June 2014

TENSES, TENSES...

TENSES

PAST SIMPLE                                                       PAST CONTINUOUS                  

ATE                                                                        WAS or WERE EATING
DIDN'T EAT                                                          WASN'T or WEREN'T EATING
(WH-) DID + subject + EAT?                                (WH-) WAS or WERE + subject +  EATING?

PRESENT SIMPLE                                                 PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EAT (S)                                                                    AM or IS or ARE EATING
DON'T(DOESN'T) EAT                                          AM or IS or ARE NOT EATING
(WH-) DO (DOES) + subject + EAT?                     (WH-) AM or IS or ARE + subject+ EATING?

SIMPLE FUTURE                                                   FUTURE CONTINUOUS

AM or IS or ARE GOING TO EAT      
AM or IS or ARE NOT GOING TO EAT
(WH-) AM or IS or ARE NOT GOING TO EAT

WILL EAT                                                                WILL BE EATING
WILL NOT or WON'T EAT                                     WILL NOT or WON'T BE EATING
(WH-) WILL + subject + EAT?                                (WH-) WILL + subject + BE EATING?


PERFECT TENSES

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE                                PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

HAVE or HAS EATEN                                             HAVE or HAS BEEN EATING
HAVE or HAS NOT EATEN                                    HAVE or HAS NOT BEEN EATING
(WH-) HAVE or HAS + subject + EATEN?              (WH-) HAVE or HAS + subject + BEEN  EATING?

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE                                        PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

HAD EATEN                                                            HAD BEEN EATING
HAD NOT EATEN                                                   HAD NOT BEEN EATING
(WH-) HAD + subject + EATEN?                            (WH-) HAD + subject + BEEN  EATING?

TIME EXPRESSIONS

ALWAYS, NEVER, NOWADAYS...                        AT THIS MOMENT
YESTERDAY, LAST WEEK, IN + year...                 AT THAT MOMENT IN THE PAST, FUTURE
TOMORROW, NEXT WEEK...
RECENTLY, SINCE + year, month, date...      
BY THE TIME...