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GRAMMAR TENSES - Coggle Diagram
GRAMMAR TENSES
SIMPLE TENSES
CONCEPT
express facts or habitual activities
SIMPLE PAST
Are used for showing actions that were already concluded
Negative
the teacher didn't wait for the students
Subject+did not+ main verb
Interrogative
Did he wash his car last week?
Did+Subject+ main verb (past)
Affirmative
I played the piano
Subject+ main verb (past)
Future simple
Negative
I won't do the homework
subject + will not + main verb + complement
Affirmative
I will travel to London next year.
Subject + will + main verb + complement
Interrogative
will I go out tonight
will+subject+ main verb + complement
Are used for things tat will happen on future
SIMPLE PRESENT
Are used to describe facts and habuts and scheduled events in the future
Negative
Subject+do not+main verb+complement
She doesn’t (does not) eat fruit for dessert.
Affirmative
She drinks a glass of milk every day
Subject+main verb+complement
Interrogative
DO+Subject+main verb+complement
Do you take your children to the doctor?
PERFECT TENSES
PRESENT PERFECT
Used for showing a relation between the past and the future
Negative
I haven't eaten today
subject+ to have not + past participle + complement
Interrogative
have I done my homework
to have + subject + past participle + complement
Afirmative
I have visited my friend
subject + to have + past participle + complement
CONCEPT
They are used for the representation of past actions, which the time isn't known.
PAST PERFECT
Interrogative
had + subject + past participle
Had I visited my friends?
Negative
subject + had not + past participle
You hadn't visited your friends
Afirmative
subject + had + past participle
I had visited my friends
expresses a moment before the recent past
FUTURE PERFECT
Interrogative
will + subject + have + past participle
will i have slept at class?
Negative
subject + will have not + past participle
I will have not visited my friends
shows an action that will be concluded on the future
Afirmative
subject + will have + past participle
i will gave slept on the class
PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Interrogative
Has he been working all day?
has+Subject+ been+ verb ing+complement
Negative
Subject+has not been+ verb ing+complement
He has not been working all day
expresses actions that started at the past and keep happening now
Affirmative
He has been working all day
Subject+has been+ verb ing+complement
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Interrogative
Negative
Affirmative
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Interrogative
Will I have been running for two hours?
will+Subject+ have+ been+ verb ing+complement
Negative
will not have been running for two hours
Subject+ will not have+ been+ verb ing+complement
show the continuation of actions that will be finished on the future
Affirmative
I will have been running for two hours
Subject+ will have+ been+ verb ing+complement
CONTINUOUS TENSES
Future continuous
Negative
You will not be reading in the library
Subject+will+not+verb to be+main verb with ing+complement
Affirmative
You will be reading in the library.
Subject+will+verb to be+main verb with ing+complement
Interrogative
Will you be reading in the library?
will+Subject+verb to be+main verb with ing+complement
shows actions that wil be happening at the future
Past continuous
Negative
She was not going to my house
Subject+verb to be+not+ main ver with ing+complement
Interrogative
Was she going to my house?
verb to be+Subject+ main ver with ing+complement
Shows continuous actions that happened in the past
Affirmative
She was going to my house
Subject+verb to be+ main ver with ing+complement
Present continuous
Negative
She is not watching TV
Subject+verb to be+not+ verb with ing+complement
Are used for showing actions that are happening now
Interrogative
Is she watching TV?
verb to be+Subject+ verb with ing+complement
Affirmative
Subject+verb to be+ verb with ing+complement
They are studying for the test