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VERB TENSES - Coggle Diagram
VERB TENSES
Present simple
Key words
Usually
Sometimes
Always
Examples
Negative: She does not read the newspaper every day
Question: Does she read the newspaper every day?
Positive: She reads the newspaper sometimes
Uses
To talk about generalities or scientific facts
For events scheduled in the near future
To talk about things that happen regularly
For instructions (the imperative)
Present continuos
Keywords
Right now
At the moment
Now
Currently
Exemples
Negative: They are not drinking
Question: Are you working?
Positive: She is cleaning the room now.
Uses
To talk about something that is happening today but not necessarily when we speak.
To talk about something that is already decided that will be done in the near future
To talk about something that is happening at the moment we speak.
PAST SIMPLE
Keywords
Last
Ago
Yesterday
Examples
Negative: They didn't learn how to swim two years ago
Question: Did you work very hard last week?
Positive: I called your house yesterday
Uses
For repeated or habitual actions in the past
for narratives or actions from long periods in the past
To talk about a specific action that started and ended in the past