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Revision of the tenses - Coggle Diagram
Revision of the tenses
Present Simple
Form
Infinitive - 3rd pers sg +s
Question: Do/does (3rd pers sg) +
infinitive?
Negative: Don’t/doesn’t (3rd pers sg)
infinitive
Use
habits and everyday routines
facts and general truths
states, with verbs such as : believe, hate, have, know, like, need, prefer, see, seem, think, understand, want
Actions happening one after the
other
Signal Words
always
every ...
often
normally, usually
sometimes
seldom, hardly ever
never
first, then
Present Continuous
Form
to be + ING form
Question: inversion (verb-subject)
Negative: + not
Use
actions that are happening now or around now (also when describing photos!)
temporary or changing situations
irritating habits, often with
‘always’
Actions happening at the same
time
Signal Words
at the moment
at this moment
today
now, nowadays
right now
Listen!
Look!
Past simple
From
Infinitive +ed
Negative: Didn’t + infinitive
Question: Did + infinitive?
Use
completed past actions or states
past habits
actions in the past that happen
one after the other
a new action that interrupts an action that was already taking place (= past continuous)
Signal Words
always
every ...
often
normally, usually
last year
sometimes
seldom, hardly
ever
never
first, then
irregulars!!!
Past continuous
Use
actions going on at a specific time
in the past
background descriptions
longer actions interrupted by
shorter actions (= past simple)
actions that were happening at the
same time in the past
Signal Words
that day
that/this morning
while
Form
Past simple of to be + ING form
Negative: + not
Question: inversion