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ENGLISH TENSES - Coggle Diagram
ENGLISH TENSES
PAST
PAST SIMPLE
REGULAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE: I worked
NEGATIVE: I didn't work
INTERROGATIVE: Did I work
IRREGUAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE: I went
NEGATIVE: I didn't go
Did I go?
[PARADIGM OF MAIN IRREGULAR VERBS (
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/it/grammatica/grammatica-britannico/table-of-irregular-verbs
)
PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT
PRESENT SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE:
I, you, we, they
work /
He, she, it
work
S
NEGATIVE:
**I, you, we, they
don't work /
He, she, it
DOESN'T work
INTERROGATIVE: Do
I, you, we, they
work? / DOES
he, she, it
work?
We use it to speak about ROUTINES, HABITS and FACTS that are always true. It is often accompained by ADVERBS or EXPRESSIONS of FREQUENCY: always, sometimes, often, usually, seldom, never, every day, every two weeks...
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE: I'm working
NEGATIVE: I'm not working
INTERROGATIVE: Am I working?
VERB BE:
We use it to speak about things that ARE HAPPENING while speaking or writing. It is often accompained by expressions of time like NOW, IN THIS MOMENT, RIGHT NOW...
FUTURE
BE GOING TO
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
WILL
CONDITIONALS
FIRST CONDITIONAL
SECOND CONDITIONAL
THIRD CONDITIONAL
